Not to be confused with Free software or Free and open-source software.
Software distributed and used at no cost, with other rights still reserved
Freeware is software, most often proprietary, that is distributed at no monetary cost to the end user. There is no agreed-upon set of rights, license, or EULA that defines freeware unambiguously; every publisher defines its own rules for the freeware it offers. For instance, modification, redistribution by third parties, and reverse engineering are permitted by some publishers but prohibited by others.[1][2][3] Unlike with free and open-source software, which are also often distributed free of charge, the source code for freeware is typically not made available.[1][3][4][5] Freeware may be intended to benefit its producer by, for example, encouraging sales of a more capable version, as in the freemium and shareware business models.[6]
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Freeware is software, most often proprietary, that is distributed at no monetary cost to the end user. There is no agreed-upon set of rights, license,...
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...
released as freeware; games that, in their original license, were not considered freeware, but were re-released at a later date with a freeware license,...
a selected list of freeware video games implemented as traditional executable files that must be downloaded and installed. Freeware games are games that...
The following is a list of notable word processors. AbiWord – available for AmigaOS, Linux, ReactOS and Solaris Apache OpenOffice Writer – available for...
drives. The freeware version 2 of Revo Uninstaller can support both 32-bit and 64-bit applications. Uninstaller "Revo Uninstaller Freeware - Release History"...
FAAC (Freeware Advanced Audio Coder) is a software project which includes the AAC encoder FAAC and decoder FAAD2. It supports MPEG-2 AAC as well as MPEG-4...
Internet Explorer with its popular Windows operating system and did so as freeware with no restrictions on usage. The market share of Internet Explorer peaked...
RivaTuner is a freeware overclocking and hardware monitoring program that was first developed by Alexey Nicolaychuk in 1997 for the Nvidia video cards...
HxD is a freeware hex editor, disk editor, and memory editor developed by Maël Hörz for Windows. It can open files larger than 4 GiB and open and edit...
licence) PDF reader and note-taker for macOS Foxit Reader: Proprietary, freeware. Allows users to add elements to PDFs (e.g. arrowed comment boxes, text...
project management software List of text editors List of wiki software Freeware PIMs at Curlie Shareware PIMs for Windows at Curlie PIMs as Web Applications...
file in formats such as HTML, CSV, or XML. Aida started in 1995 with the freeware ASMDEMO, a 16 bit DOS hardware analyser software with basic capabilities...
Usenet is a worldwide, distributed discussion system that uses the Network News Transfer Protocol (NNTP). Programs called newsreaders are used to read...
to create or edit PDF files. Even without removing the password, most freeware or open source PDF readers ignore the permission "protections" and allow...
A type designer is a person who designs typefaces. (The term "typographer" is sometimes misapplied to type designers: a typographer is a person who arranges...
right to make copies. Proprietary software can be divided into two types: freeware, which includes the category of "free trial" software or "freemium" software...
portmanteau of "Windows" and "AMP". The minimalist WinAMP 0.20a was released as freeware on April 21, 1997. Its windowless, menu bar-only interface showed only...
developed by E-Press corporation that came in two versions: EasyOffice Freeware, free for non-commercial personal use. It was featured in Maximum PC magazine...
a division of Degro, Ltd. NewGame Software's first releases were the freeware turn-based strategy game The General and the desktop application Panels...
and deployed in April 2010. In June 2012, Google acquired Quickoffice, a freeware proprietary productivity suite for mobile devices. In October 2012, Google...
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