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Shareware vs Abandonware - What's the difference?

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Abandonware is a related term of shareware.

Shareware is a related term of abandonware.


As nouns the difference between shareware and abandonware

is that shareware is (computing) a type of software that is distributed without payment but is limited in any combination of functionality, availability, or convenience while abandonware is : a software product, especially a video game, whose copyright is no longer defended or which is no longer marketed even by the company who made it.

shareware

English

Noun

(-)
  • (computing) A type of software that is distributed without payment but is limited in any combination of functionality, availability, or convenience.
  • References

    abandonware

    Noun

    (-)
  • : A software product, especially a video game, whose copyright is no longer defended or which is no longer marketed even by the company who made it.
  • See also

    * free software * public domain * announcementware * vaporware