costware

English

Etymology

cost +‎ -ware

Noun

costware (uncountable)

1. (computing, slang, rare) Commercial software.

   Synonyms: buyware, payware

   Antonyms: free software, freeware

   • 1994 September 27, Michael Sattler, San Francisco, “Why All The Different Eudora Versions?”, in comp.sys.mac.comm‎^[1] (Usenet), retrieved 2022-01-18:

     There are two paths to travel in Eudora-land. The 1.* versions are freeware, the 2.* versions are costware. The big difference between the two is filtering, a darn useful feature. 2.1 is the latest and greatest costware version.

   • 1997 February 10, Vinal Applebee, “3D Fonts”, in comp.cad.autocad‎^[2] (Usenet), retrieved 2022-01-18:

     Anybody know of any shareware (or costware) that will create 3D fonts for Autocad?????

   • 1997 July 6, Chris Cox, “plugin is costware now?”, in comp.lang.tcl‎^[3] (Usenet), retrieved 2022-01-18:

     The plugin has (AFAIK) always been costware for commercial use.

   • 1999 March 23, Andrea Gasperi, “Please Help (Tomorrow on pubblishing)”, in microsoft.public.vinterdev‎^[4] (Usenet), retrieved 2022-01-18:

     Now my questions:
     1) wich components should I install on the publishing server?
     2) where do I get it?
     3) do I need to restart the server after setup?
     4) is the software I install costware?

   • 2000 May 2, pegleg, “CompuPic Pro vs ThumbsPlus”, in rec.photo.digital‎^[5] (Usenet), retrieved 2022-01-18:

     I recently bought T+, went for the costware version, without trying it out.

Translations

commercial software — see payware