Commercial vs Free Software Comparison (Post 1)

Freeware- Software that is provided without charge.

• EXAMPLES.
• Mozilla Firefox.
• Adobe Flash Player.

Shareware- Software that is available free of charge; may be distributed for evaluation with a fee request for additional features or a manual ect.

• EXAMPLES.
• CodeChange Studio.
• Advanced Access Password Recovery.

Open Source- Of or relating to or being computer software for which the source code is freely available.

• EXAMPLES.
• OpenOffice.
• Perl.

Commercial Software- Commercial Software, or less commonly payware, is computer software that is produced for sale or that serves commercial purposes.

• EXAMPLES.
• Manager Plus Pro.
• Raisers Egde.