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National Teaching and Learning Change ProgrammeInformation and Communication Technology: Dictionary

shareware

Software distributed as shareware has a licence allowing free use (and usually distribution) of the software for a trial period. If the user wishes to continue using the software a fee must be paid, possibly in return for improved versions, manuals and support.

Related terms
licencemulti-user licenceOpen Source Software (OSS)public domain softwaresingle-user licencesite licencesupportbeta versionversionsoftwaresoftware librarymanualdemo version
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