Friday, 20 September 2013

What is freeware and shareware software?

Freeware  is software that is available for use at no monetary cost or for an optional fee,but usually (although not necessarily) closed source with one or more restricted usage rights.

Example of freeware software are:
Adobe PDF, Google Talk, yahoo messenger, MSN messenger

Shareware (also termed trialware or demoware) is proprietary software that is provided to users on a very limited basis and only for a certain limited trial basis and pursuant to a license which restricts any commercial benefit, use or exploitation of the software.

Example of Shareware software:
Winzip, Cuteftp, Getright

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