what is the difference between Freeware v/s Shareware ?
Freeware v/s Shareware
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18-Jul-2018
Updated on 18-Jul-2018
Prakash nidhi Verma
18-Jul-2018Freeware:
- it for free by download through the internet
- Free of cost
- Not allowed covered all the copyrights
- Usually
- All the copyright laws are retained. User License EULA(End User License Agreement)
- All features are freely available
- Free of cost distributed among the people
- Having no time limit
- A free copyrighted software
- Neither can sell these software nor can make any changes
- MSN messenger, yahoo messenger, Adobe PDF,etc
Shareware:
- It allows the people to try before they buy
- Free for specific period of time later on asked the user to purchase
- Not allowed covered all the copyrights
- provided a free trail than pay
- Here also copyrights holders holds all the rights
- May or may not be freely distributed usually requires author's permission
- Program may only 30 days work duration
- Some features are free for trial and covered by copyright
- It cannot be modified and it may be either a cut down or a temporary version
- Winzip,CuteFTP,Getright,etc