legal Software, often written by enthusiasts and
distributed at no charge by users' groups, or via the
Usenet, or other electronic media.
At one time, "freeware" was a trademark of
AndrewFluegelman. It wasn't enforced after his death.
(roughly, software with unrestricted redistribution) or
"
shareware" (software distributed without charge for which
users can pay voluntarily).
(2003-07-26)