Freeware, Free and Open Source Software are not Same | ReadersZone

Posted by:ajaypathak 1781 days ago • Discuss • http://readerszone.com

People often think that free software means open source software. Most people think that Linux is free software. Software’s that run on Linux operating system is absolutely free but this is not the case. There is a lot of difference in all these terms. After studying a lot of websites I found some real good facts that I am sharing with you.

Freeware: Freeware software’s are available to use with no cost. Proprietary software’s can also be freeware software. Freeware software’s are generally used by companies to help developers, students and communities to develop software skills while using this freeware software, but not to loose their business potential software companies don’t give the source code of the software’s. Freeware software is different from shareware software. Shareware software’s are used for marketing purpose. Computer users can download and use a limited version of software or full version of software for a limited period of time. We can say that Shareware software is just like “Try before you buy”.
Freeware generally refers to software that is copyrighted and the term shareware refers to commercial software that is copyrighted, but which may be copied for others for the purpose of their trying it out with the understanding that they will pay for it if they continue to use it

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