Careware (or charityware, helpware, goodware) is software distributed in a way that benefits a charity. The term "careware" is a variant on shareware and freeware. Some careware is distributed free, and the author suggests that some payment be made to a nominated charity. Other careware includes a levy for charity on top of the distribution charge. It can also be a barter of some kind, or even a pledge to be kind to strangers. Computer software (or simply software) refers to one or more computer programs and data held in the storage of a computer for some purpose. ... This article is about charitable organizations. ... Look up shareware in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... The term Freeware refers to gratis proprietary software with closed source. ...

The concept of careware and the first known use of the term itself appeared in Dr. Dobb's Journal in Al Stevens' C Programming Column in about 1988. Stevens was developing a user interface library and publishing the source code in monthly installments. To distribute code to readers, Stevens suggested they send him an addressed stamped mailer with a blank diskette. He copied the code onto the diskette and returned it. He also suggested that to express their appreciation they include a dollar, which he would donate to the local food bank in Brevard County, Florida. Stevens named this distribution method "careware."^{[citation needed]} Dr. Dobbs Journal (DDJ) is a monthly journal published in the United States by CMP Media. ... A food bank is a place where food, both non-perishable goods and perishable goods like fresh produce, frozen items, and baker products, are offered to nonprofit agencies for distribution to people who may not be able to afford food. ... Brevard County is a county located in the U.S. state of Florida, along the coast of the Atlantic Ocean. ...

Paul Lutus's careware idea involves no monetary exchange - instead it involves a request for the user to "stop complaining for a while and make the world a better place." [1] Paul Lutus (born 1945) is a programmer, a pilot, a sailor and a NASA engineer. ...

For example, the vim text editor is free software but includes a request from its author, Bram Moolenaar, that users donate to ICCF Holland for work to help AIDS victims in Uganda. Another current example is MJ's CD Archiver, a file archiver for Microsoft Windows/Linux/Mac OS X. The suggested charity is NACEF, a US-registered charity for China's Project Hope. Vim, which stands for Vi IMproved, is an open source, multiplatform text editor extended from vi. ... Free software is software that can be used, studied, and modified without restriction, and which can be copied and redistributed in modified or unmodified form either without restriction, or with minimal restrictions only to ensure that further recipients can also do these things. ... Bram Moolenaar is an active member of the open source software community. ... International Child Care Fund Holland is a small non-governmental organization that supports a project in Kibaale, a small town in the south of Uganda. ... For other uses, see AIDS (disambiguation). ... Windows redirects here. ... This article is about operating systems that use the Linux kernel. ... Mac OS X (pronounced ) is a line of graphical operating systems developed, marketed, and sold by Apple Inc. ... This article is about the Chinese service project. ...

A close variation of careware is donateware, which has a stricter definition than careware. Donateware (or donationware) is a form of software distribution. ...

Software packages under careware

• KiXtart
• Arachnophilia
• Vim (text editor)
• fireFTP, an FTP extension for Firefox
• RenameStar, a multiple file renaming utility
• Charity-ware.org houses a collection of over 100 charityware titles created by a variety of developers.

This article was originally based on material from the Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, which is licensed under the GFDL. The KiXtart free-format scripting language has rich built-in functionality for easy scripting. ... Vim, which stands for Vi IMproved, is an open source, multiplatform text editor extended from vi. ... Software redirects here. ... This article is about advertising-supported software. ... Beerware is a term that originally referred to a software license similar to shareware but more layed-back. ... Commercial software is computer software sold for commercial purposes or that serves commercial purposes. ... Crippleware is a form of shareware. ... Demoware is a term of distinction used to differentiate between types of shareware software. ... Donateware (or donationware) is a form of software distribution. ... Foistware is software which is installed with completely unrelated programs. ... Freely redistributable software (FRS) is software that anyone is free to redistribute. ... Free software is software that can be used, studied, and modified without restriction, and which can be copied and redistributed in modified or unmodified form either without restriction, or with minimal restrictions only to ensure that further recipients can also do these things. ... The term Freeware refers to gratis proprietary software with closed source. ... Nagware is a term of distinction used to differentiate between types of shareware software. ... The logo of the Open Source Initiative For other uses, see open source. ... Otherware is a collective term referring to software that is not distributed as freeware, shareware or commercial software. ... Postcardware, also called just cardware, is a style of software distribution similar to shareware, distributed by the author on the condition that users send the author a postcard. ... Registerware refers to computer software which requires the user to give personal information through registration in order to download or use the program. ... Commercial software is software that is sold for profit, and represented, until recently, the vast majority of all software used. ... Look up shareware in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... “GFDL” redirects here. ...