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Freeware1. Copyrighted prorgams that have been made available without charge for public use. The programs cannot be resold for profit. From QUECID 2. n. [common] Free software, often written by enthusiasts and distributed by users' groups, or via electronic mail, local bulletin boards, Usenet, or other electronic media. At one time, `freeware' was a trademark of Andrew Fluegelman, the author of the well-known MS-DOS comm program PC-TALK III. It wasn't enforced after his mysterious disappearance and presumed death in 1984. See shareware, FRS. From Jargon Dictionary |
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