Editing Freeware (section)

===Software license===
{{main|Software license}}
Freeware software is available for use without charge and typically has limited functionality with a more capable version available commercially or as shareware. It is typically fully functional for an unlimited period of time.<ref>{{cite book
|last1= Dixon
|first1= Rod
|title= Open Source Software Law
|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=9b_vVPf53xcC&q=%22free+software%22+freeware&pg=PA4
|access-date= 2009-03-16
|year= 2004
|publisher= Artech House
|isbn= 978-1-58053-719-3
|page= 4
|quote= On the other hand, freeware does not require any payment from the licensee or end-user, but it is not precisely free software, despite the fact that to an end-user the software is acquired in what appears to be an identical manner.}}</ref>

In contrast to what the [[Free Software Foundation]] calls [[free software]], the author of freeware usually restricts the rights of the user to use, copy, distribute, modify, make derivative works, or [[reverse engineer]] the software.<ref name="linfo" /><ref name="lawrence">{{cite book
|last1= Graham
|first1= Lawrence D
|title= Legal battles that shaped the computer industry
|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=c6IS3RnN6qAC&q=%22Legal+battles+that+shaped+the+computer+industry%22+%22from+the+beginning+of+the+computer+age%22&pg=PA175
|access-date= 2009-03-16
|year= 1999
|publisher= Greenwood Publishing Group
|isbn= 978-1-56720-178-9
|page= 175
|quote=Freeware, however, is generally only free in terms of price; the author typically retains all other rights, including the rights to copy, distribute, and make derivative works from the software.}}</ref><ref name="adobe-reader">{{cite web |url=https://www.adobe.com/products/eulas/pdfs/Reader10_combined-20100625_1419.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110510015219/http://www.adobe.com/products/eulas/pdfs/Reader10_combined-20100625_1419.pdf |archive-date=2011-05-10 |url-status=live |title=ADOBE Personal Computer Software License Agreement |quote=This license does not grant you the right to sublicense or distribute the Software. ... This agreement does not permit you to install or Use the Software on a computer file server. ... You shall not modify, adapt, translate, or create derivative works based upon the Software. You shall not reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble, or otherwise attempt to discover the source code of the Software. ... You will not Use any Adobe Runtime on any non-PC device or with any embedded or device version of any operating system. |access-date=2011-02-16|lang=ar|publisher=[[Adobe Inc.|Adobe]]}}</ref><ref name="adobe-distribution">{{cite web |url=https://www.adobe.com/cfusion/mmform/index.cfm?name=distribution_form&pv=rdr |publisher=[[Adobe Inc.|Adobe]]|title=ADOBE READER AND RUNTIME SOFTWARE – DISTRIBUTION LICENSE AGREEMENT FOR USE ON PERSONAL COMPUTERS |quote=Distributor may not make the Software available as a standalone product on the Internet. Distributor may direct end users to obtain the Software, with the exception of ARH, through electronic download on a standalone basis by linking to the official Adobe website. |access-date=2011-02-16}}</ref> The [[software license]] may impose additional usage restrictions;<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.irfanview.com/eula.htm |title=IrfanView Software License Agreement. |quote=IrfanView is provided as freeware, but only for private, non-commercial use (that means at home). ... IrfanView is free for educational use (schools, universities and libraries) and for use in charity or humanitarian organisations. ... You may not distribute, rent, sub-license or otherwise make available to others the Software or documentation or copies thereof, except as expressly permitted in this License without prior written consent from IrfanView (Irfan Skiljan). ... You may not modify, de-compile, disassemble or reverse engineer the Software. |access-date=2011-02-16}}</ref> for instance, the license may be "free for private, non-commercial use" only,{{citation needed|date=December 2018}} or usage over a network, on a server, or in combination with certain other software packages may be prohibited.<ref name="adobe-reader" /><ref name="adobe-distribution" /> Restrictions may be required by license or enforced by the software itself; e.g., the package may fail to function over a network.{{citation needed|date=December 2018}}