Washed Out

I remember at one point, with a previous release of mine, I stumbled upon a shareware site, and the total number of downloads was in the thousands, maybe the hundreds of thousands. But there's no doubt that the Internet and that kind of sharing has been a huge benefit for the band.

American Musician

John McAfee

Limit use of shareware and public domain software to systems without fixed disks. If you do use them on fixed disks, allocate separate subdirectories... Public domain or shareware software should never be placed in the root directory.

American Businessman

If operating in a network environment, do not place public domain or shareware programs in a common file-server directory that could be accessible to any other PC on the network.

Linus Torvalds

I've never regretted not making Linux shareware: I really don't like the pay for use binary shareware programs.

Finnish Businessman

Shareware tends to combine the worst of commercial software with the worst of free software.

Shareware is not fully free. Creators expect payment if you continue using it after the trial.

Payment Expected

The initial download may have limited features. Full features are unlocked after purchase.

Limited Features

Shareware usually has a time limit, often 30 days, before you must pay or stop using it.