Software, often written by enthusiasts and distributed at no charge by users'groups, or via the World-Wide Web, electronic mail, bulletin boards, Usenet, or other electronic media.At one time, "freeware" was a trademark of {Andrew Fluegelman}.It wasn' t enforced after his death."Freeware" should not be confused with "free software" (roughly, software with unrestricted redistribution) or "shareware" (software distributed without charge for which users can pay voluntarily).Jim Knopf' s story .[Jargon File](2003-07-26)