[comp.sys.amiga] Freeware

dillon@CORY.BERKELEY.EDU (Matt Dillon) (06/20/88)

	Hey people!  Fix your Subject: lines!  If the discussion wanders
off of the original subject, then modify the line!  PLEASE?????

	My definition of terms has always been something like this:

Public Domain:
    Explicitly declared placed in public domain, no copyright (as has been
    pointed out, the definition of 'public domain' precludes putting a 
    copyright statement on the work).

FreeWare:
    NOT public domain.  (usually Explicit) Copyright, with generous
    (free) distribution terms.  No $$ requested.

ShareWare:
    Same as FreeWare, but $$ requested by the starving artist that wrote
    the program, usually in return one supposedly gets some sort of
    support: (zero or more of) manuals, update notices, hints, whatever.

Commercial:
    (usually Explicit) Copyright, must pay $$ to buy.