Can anyone help me describe the differences between Shareware, Freeware and Public Domain Software?

I badly need answers for my project due on Thursday, Please help me. =(

Freeware: is computer software that is available for use at no cost or for an optional fee.

Shareware: is a marketing method for computer software in which the software can be obtained by a user, often by downloading from the Internet or on magazine cover-disks free of charge to try out a program before buying the full version of that program. If the "tryout" program is already the full version, it is available for a short amount of time, or it does not have updates, help, and other extras that buying the added programs has. Shareware has also been known as "try before you buy". A shareware program is accompanied by a request for payment, and the software's distribution license often requires such a payment.

Public domain software: is software that is not copyrighted. If the source code is in the public domain, that is a special case of non-copylefted free software, which means that some copies or modified versions may not be free at all

1. Shareware: You pay a small fee to buy or use the software. It isn't free. Many people cheat this by just not paying anything. The software is usually copyrighted.
2. Freeware: the software or game is really free to have and use on your computer. It is usually copyrighted.
3. Public Domain Software: Refers to any program that is not copyrighted. Public-domain software is free and can be used without restrictions. The term public-domain software is often used incorrectly to include freeware, free software that is nevertheless copyrighted.

Shareware - software that can be use for a limited time. Its like a trial software. Some are fully functional and some are limited.

Freeware - completely free software.

Public Domain Software -Most prolly a free software too.

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