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2. Shareware - Wikipedia

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   Shareware is a type of proprietary software that is initially shared by the owner for trial use at little or no cost. [1] Often the software has limited functionality or incomplete documentation until the user sends payment to the software developer. [ 2 ]

3. TreeDraw - Wikipedia

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   Developed by SpanSoft, Scotland, the software is distributed as shareware with a free trial period. [3] ... TreeDraw version 4 was released on 2 January 2012. [8]

4. Game demo - Wikipedia

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   Shareware was also the distribution method of choice of early modern first-person shooters (FPS). There is a technical difference between shareware and demos. Up to the early 1990s, shareware could easily be upgraded to the full version by adding the "other episodes" or full portion of the game; this would leave the existing shareware files intact.

5. Freeware - Wikipedia

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   XnView is available free of charge for personal use but must be licensed for commercial use. The "free" version may be advertising supported, as was the case with the DivX. Ad-supported software and registerware also bear resemblances to freeware. Ad-supported software does not ask for payment for a license, but displays advertising to either ...

6. Proprietary software - Wikipedia

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   Shareware is closed-source software whose owner encourages redistribution at no cost, but which the user sometimes must pay to use after a trial period. The fee usually allows use by a single user or computer. In some cases, software features are restricted during or after the trial period, a practice sometimes called crippleware.

7. Nelson Ford - Wikipedia

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   In 1984, through his shareware column in Softalk-PC magazine, he was responsible for standardizing the use of the term shareware for free-trial software. He wrote several shareware games: CardShark Hearts, CardShark Spades, and CardShark Bridge Tutor. Nelson Ford was inducted into the Shareware Hall Of Fame in August 2001.