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Share-aware: A new shareware model proposal

Added by Papergrl

Description: Shareware programs have been around for a long time, even before the Internet went commercial, and it's main advantage is that it lets potential buyers to try the software before deciding if they buy it or not (imagine if Microsoft was a shareware company!). But it also has a few problems. Many people due to pay the software under the license agreement fail to do so for a number of reasons (that I will not discuss here), thus preventing software authors from receiving much needed income. I will present here a different way for shareware authors to get their fair share (pun intended) of the software pie.