Freeware Python editor

[Rainer Deyke]

"Chris Gonnerman" <chris.gonnerman at newcenturycomputers.net> wrote in message
news:mailman.1004590322.31204.python-list at python.org...
> FreeWare is a counterpoint to ShareWare.  I was there... before
> ShareWare was invented, we just called it free software (not
> to be confused with Free Software ala GNU), but then ShareWare
> came out, expecting payment, and those who didn't care to be
> paid called their programs FreeWare.

The trademarked term "freeware" was originally used to refer to sofware that
is freely shared with a completely voluntary payment system.  The term
"shareware" was originally used as a non-trademarked term for the same
concept.  Later "freeware" was used to refer to free-as-in-free-beer
software without voluntary payment systems, and later still the definition
of "shareware" was extended to include time- and feature-limited demo
software.


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