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Donationware

Term · Computing and IT · MLC-T-CMP-000330

A software licensing model where the program is fully functional and may be freely copied and distributed, but the author requests a payment to support continued development. The user is under no legal or technical obligation to pay, making it a form of freeware. Unlike shareware, which has limited features or a trial period, donationware provides the complete software upfront without restriction.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-CMP-000330
FieldComputing and IT
SubjectSoftware
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-CMP-000330",
  "term": "Donationware",
  "field": "Computing and IT",
  "definition": "A software licensing model where the program is fully functional and may be freely copied and distributed, but the author requests a payment to support continued development. The user is under no legal or technical obligation to pay, making it a form of freeware. Unlike shareware, which has limited features or a trial period, donationware provides the complete software upfront without restriction.",
  "subject": "Software",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/computing/donationware/"
}

Record 368 of 1,553 in Computing and IT terminology (MLC-0101). Request the full dataset.