| A Classification of Ware Types |
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| Please take
into account that the Ware
Glossary by Pricelessware is NOT universally accepted. Therefore the final classification of a particular program into one of the following categories can be definitely made only after a thorough test. |
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| Non-Commercial | Commercial | Ambiguous | ||||||
| Offered | Uncertain | Payable |
Promotive | Annoying | ||||
| Worthwhile | PublicDomain | Open Source | Orphanware | CDware | ||||
| Freeware | Registerware | Abandonware | Shareware | Begware | ||||
| Requestware | Liteware | Professional | Ifyoulikeitware | |||||
| Donationware | Betaware | Adware | Tokeepitware | |||||
| Marginal | Crippleware | Nagware | ||||||
| Worthless | ................ | TimeLimited | Trialware | |||||
| Useless | Demoware | |||||||
| Offensive | Spyware | |||||||
| Destructive | Malware | |||||||
| Illegal | Expired Software / Warez | |||||||
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