Editing Shareware (section)

=== Donationware ===
{{Main|Donationware}}

Donationware is a licensing model that supplies fully operational unrestricted software to the user and requests an optional donation be paid to the programmer or a third-party beneficiary (usually a [[non-profit]]).<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2011/TECH/web/06/13/subscription.donations/|title=Reading apps sell subscriptions to fuzzy feelings|last=Milian|first=Mark|work=[[CNN]]|date=2011-06-13|access-date=2014-05-22|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140522090519/http://www.cnn.com/2011/TECH/web/06/13/subscription.donations/|archive-date=2014-05-22}}</ref> The amount of the donation may also be stipulated by the author, or it may be left to the discretion of the user, based on individual perceptions of the software's value. Since donationware comes fully operational (i.e. not [[crippleware]]) with payment optional, it is a type of [[freeware]].  In some cases, there is a delay to start the program or "nag screen" reminding the user that they haven't donated to the project.  This nag feature and/or delayed start is often removed in an update once the user has donated to (paid for) the software.