Dictionary

Freeware categories

Freeware

free + software - free-of-charge, but copyright-protected software and you can not do with it what the author has not authorized. Usually commercial distribution or use by commercial organizations is not permitted.
Why free:

1. Most often - the promotion of a new name on the market,
2. raw, experimental product,
3. a truncated version, advertises a full-featured product,
4. There are free programs only for the CIS,
5. or for non-commercial use,
6. There are also simply "GNU/GPL" fans who believe that the software must be free and written together,
7. is a category of software written "for yourself," but without greed.

FLOSS, or Free/Libre and Open-Source Software

In English, the word free means not for money, so the term "libre" is included in the term, that is, it's about free software, not to be confused with freeware.
Free to distribute open source software.
It is believed that the term was invented by Rishab Aiyer Ghosh in 2001. The abbreviation FLOSS is widely used in Europe, in USA prefer the term FOSS, Without libre.

Donateware

donate + software - the same as FREEWARE, is only offered to those who wish to pay.

Shareware

share + software - try before you buy. You can use free for a limited time, usually 30 days.

Trial, Trialware

The probe is practically the same as the conditionally-free one. The only difference is that it is not the time of free use that is limited, but a certain number of program starts. Although this product can also be called Shareware.

Demo

Demo version is a program with limited functions, after payment and registration restrictions are removed.

Adware

advertisement + software - free programs with a banner, advertising, which made the program free for you.
For example, Eudora's email program offers a choice: pay, use free, but with a restricted function or a free full-featured version with a banner.

Pirated products

In one way or another, stolen software, which harms everyone, from developers to users. Illegal duplication and distribution of software significantly affect the economy, billions of dollars a year are deposited in the pockets of the Mafia. This inhibits the development of new technology. And finally, this is unfair.

warez

warez - short from �software� - Illegally distributed software.
If you are offered to download a program with a crack, a "medicine", a serial number or a serial number generator, it's a hacked program or a.
Using such a program, you become an accomplice in theft.
You can not fully trust a hacked program, because using a compromised accounting program is stupid. The accounting error caused by the failure of the hacked program will cost more. It's also extremely stupid to try to protect a compromised computer with an antivirus. Especially when there is an excellent Freeware.

Postcardware (cardware)

postcard + software - A free program, but the author - a collector of postcards asks users to register by sending him a postcard.

Homepageware

homepage + software - A free program, but every time you launch it, your home page will become the author's page of the program. This type of programs deservedly received no distribution.

Careware

care + software - The user must stop complaining about life for an hour, a day or a week and say some words of encouragement to someone.

Commercial

Full payment when buying a program, "a cat and a bag," because this type of sales is not popular.

Public domain software

Software without copyright, distributed with the source code. The main idea was the development of the program in the future. Unlike Open Sourse, it is easy to modify, assign and sell.

Spyware

spy + software - Spyware, usually distributed together by other useful, engaged in collecting information to the user's computer and sending it to the creator.

Abandonware

abandon + software - (OS, editor, game or media file), which is no longer offered for sale by the manufacturer.
This term has no legal value, and much abandonware is not in the public domain, and can not be legally distributed without the permission of the right holder.
For example, some popular programs, including NeXTStep (OS for NeXT computer), OpenStep, WordPerfect and many interactive games have been replaced/replaced by modern analogues. In some cases, a company or site receives permission from the manufacturer to distribute such a program. Most often, Abandonware is distributed free, sometimes - for a fee.

Genuinware

genuine + software - Software distributed free, but requires authentication of the operating system.

Public license GNU

GNU General Public License - It is also abbreviated as GNU GPL or even simply GPL.
Open source programs are developed and improved by joint efforts and do not belong to the same author. But in this case, these developments can easily be assigned.
To prevent this, there is a standard license that does not allow it to be assigned.

Open sourse

Software written with open source, a folk product, does not have a specific author (such as Linux ...), anyone who wants it can fit into it and adjust it to their needs, and then distribute it. The source code must be attached to the program. Modified software should be distributed under the same conditions as the original product. The author of the source product even has the right to require that the source code of its program be distributed without changes, but complete with appropriate patches (patches).

Free software

Same as Open sourse.
Software, in relation to which the user has "four freedoms": to launch, study, distribute and improve the program.

Closed source

Software whose source code is not available to the user.

Shared source

Type of license, where the source code of the program is available to certain groups.
For example, Microsoft has opened the code NET.framework for a number of organizations and specialists, for more effective program development.