diff -r da0024f4f068 -r 2e3bc2435d68 package-distribution.rst --- /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 +++ b/package-distribution.rst Sat Feb 20 23:13:00 2016 +0200 @@ -0,0 +1,153 @@ +.. -*- coding: utf-8; -*- +.. include:: HEADER.rst + +====================== + Package distribution +====================== +.. contents:: + +Beerware +======== + +Beerware is term for software released under a very relaxed license. It +provides the end user with the right to use a particular program. + +Should the user of the product meet the author and consider the software +useful, he is encouraged to buy the author a beer 'in return' (or, in some +variations, drink a beer in the author's honor):: + + /* ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- + * "THE BEER-WARE LICENSE" (Revision 42): + * wrote this file. As long as you retain this notice you + * can do whatever you want with this stuff. If we meet some day, and you think + * this stuff is worth it, you can buy me a beer in return Poul-Henning Kamp + * ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- + */ + + http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beerware + +Demoware +======== + +Demoware (also known as trialware) is commercial software released for free +(shareware) in a version which is limited in one or more ways. + + http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demoware + +Crippleware +=========== + +Crippleware is any product whose functions have been limited (or "crippled") +with the sole purpose of encouraging or requiring the user to pay for those +functions (either by paying a one-time fee or an on-going subscription fee). +Crippleware is also a term used to describe software that makes use of Digital +Rights Management. + + http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crippleware + +Nagware +======= + +Nagware (also known as begware, annoyware or a nagscreen) is a type of +shareware that reminds (or nags) the user to register it by paying a fee. It +usually does this by popping up a message when the user starts the program, or +intermittently while the user is using the application. These messages can +appear as windows obscuring part of the screen or message boxes that can +quickly be closed. Some nagware keeps the message up for a certain time +period, forcing the user to wait to continue to use the program. + + http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nagware + +Registerware +============ + +Registerware refers to computer software which requires the user to give +personal information, e.g an email address, through registration in order to +download or use the program. + + http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Registerware + +Scareware +========= + +Scareware comprises several classes of scam software, often with limited or no +benefit, sold to consumers via certain unethical marketing practices. + + http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scareware + +* Donationware. + +Donationware is a licensing model that supplies fully operational software to +the user and pleads for an optional donation be paid to the programmer or a +third-party beneficiary (usually a non-profit). The amount of the donation may +also be stipulated by the author, or it may be left to the discretion of the +user, based on individual perceptions of the software's value. Since +donationware comes fully operational (i.e. not crippleware) and payment is +optional, it is a type of freeware. + + http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donationware + +Freeware +======== + +Freeware is computer software that is available for use at no cost or for an +optional fee. + + http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freeware + +Shareware +========= + +Shareware is proprietary software that is provided to users without payment on +a trial basis and is often limited by any combination of functionality, +availability or convenience. Shareware is often offered as a download from an +Internet website or as a compact disc included with a magazine. + +The rationale behind shareware is to give buyers the opportunity to use the +program and judge its usefulness before purchasing a license for the full +version of the software. + +The words "free trial" or "trial version" are indicative of shareware. + + http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shareware + + +Foistware +========= + +Foistware, Bloatware, or Bundler is software bundled with completely unrelated +programs. That means that there is no particular property in the software that +makes it foistware, but rather the context in which it was installed. + + http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foistware + +Bloatware +========= + +Software bloat is a term used to describe the tendency of newer computer +programs to have a larger installation footprint, or have many unnecessary +features that are not used by end users, or just generally use more system +resources than necessary, while offering little or no benefit to its users. +Bloatware, or foistware, is also used to describe software that comes +pre-installed on a computer when it's bought, mostly consisting of +time-limited trials or feature-lacking basic or "beginner" versions. + + http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloatware + +Shovelware +========== + +Shovelware is sometimes used to denote foistware which was chosen to fill up +the remaining space on a freely distributed CD-ROM. + + http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shovelware + +Abandonware +=========== + +Abandonware is a term used to describe computer software that is no longer +sold or supported, or whose copyright ownership may be unclear for various +reasons. While the term has been applied largely to older games, utility +software, etc. + + http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abandonware