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freeware n.
[common] Free software, often written by enthusiasts and distributed by users' groups, or via [[Email|electronic mail]], local [[BBS|bulletin boards]], [[Usenet]], or other electronic media. '''At one time, `freeware' was a trademark of [[Andrew Fluegelman]], the author of the well-known [[MS-DOS]] comm program PC-TALK III. It wasn't enforced after his mysterious disappearance and presumed death in 1984.'''
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freeware n.
[common] Free software, often written by enthusiasts and distributed by users' groups, or via electronic mail, local bulletin boards, Usenet, or other electronic media. At one time, `freeware' was a trademark of Andrew Fluegelman, the author of the well-known MS-DOS comm program PC-TALK III. It wasn't enforced after his mysterious disappearance and presumed death in 1984.
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