Editing Crippleware (section)

==Computer software==
Deliberately limited programs are usually [[freeware]] versions of [[software|computer programs]] that lack the most advanced (or even crucial) features of the original [[computer program|program]]. Limited versions are made available in order to increase the popularity of the full program (by making it more desirable) without giving it away for free. Examples include a [[word processor]] that cannot save or print, and unwanted features, for example [[screencasting]] and [[video editing software]] programs applying a [[watermark]] (often a logo) onto the video screen. However, crippleware programs can also differentiate between tiers of paying software customers.

The term "crippleware" is sometimes used to describe [[software]] products whose functions have been limited (or "[[wikt:cripple|cripple]]d") with the sole purpose of encouraging or requiring the user to pay for those functions (either by paying a one-time fee or an ongoing subscription fee).<ref name="hackers_dict"/><ref>{{cite web | url= http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/0,,sid9_gci862925,00.html | title= Crippleware — a definition from Whatis.com | access-date= 2007-05-10 | archive-date= 2007-07-13 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070713214918/http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/0,,sid9_gci862925,00.html | url-status= live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/C/crippleware.html| title=Crippleware — a word definition from Webopedia| date=30 November 2004| access-date=10 May 2007| archive-date=15 June 2007| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070615050733/http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/C/crippleware.html| url-status=live}}</ref>

The less derogatory term, from a [[shareware]] software producer's perspective, is ''feature-limited''. Feature-limited is merely one mechanism for marketing shareware as a damaged good; others are time-limited, usage-limited, capacity-limited, [[nagware]] and output-limited.<ref>{{cite web|last=Brice|first=Andy|title=What type of free trial should I offer for my software?|url=http://successfulsoftware.net/tag/feature-limited/|access-date=28 February 2012|archive-date=27 December 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111227111333/http://successfulsoftware.net/tag/feature-limited/|url-status=live}}</ref> From the producer's standpoint, feature-limited allows customers to try software with no commitment instead of relying on questionable or possibly staged reviews. Try-before-you-buy applications are very prevalent for mobile devices, with the additional damaged good of ad-displays as well as all of the other forms of damaged-good applications.<ref>{{cite web|last=Kim|first=Eddie|title=The Best Book On Marketing Your Android App|url=http://www.marketandroidapps.com/development-2/free-paid-app-versions/|access-date=28 February 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111121012509/http://www.marketandroidapps.com/development-2/free-paid-app-versions/|archive-date=21 November 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>

From an [[Open Source software]] providers perspective, there is the model of [[open core]] which includes a feature-limited version of the product and an open-core version. The feature-limited version can be used widely; this approach is used by products like [[MySQL]] and [[Eucalyptus (software)|Eucalyptus]].