Donationware: you must donate to use it. Not like regular optional donates.
You can literally donate 1ct. I have no idea how people can complain when developers want money for their work.
The "Linux community" is 80% users that dont contribute, 10% "powerusers" that still dont contribute, 5% people that help with nondevelopment work (bug reporting, community support, etc.) and 5% actual developers.
(Completely rough estimation)
I have no problem with "pay what you can". I just hate "you must donate X amount to use this software". If I need to donate, then it is not a donate. It is payment.
Never had this but yeah maybe. "Pay for binaries" is still free software though
English people on their way to ruin the meaning of every word.
Where the fuck did you get this definition from?
If I remember correctly vim is charityware and is entirely free, I only found out about the charity part on accident.
Who needs to get definitions from other sources when you can make your own definitions?
Yeahhh... I paid for it because I needed the functionality.
I agree this is bullshit, especially the donation for activation code.
Thats just paid sortware with extra name
Well yeah, I don't really see the problem with that though.
Randsomeware
You must pay to use your own software
I hear you. I think it's just exceedingly rare. Not saying it doesn't exist, I just think giving it a name is a little strange given how unbelievably rare it is. But, you got to start somewhere! So, I digress. I guess, here it is. 🤷♂️
It's the humble bundle model.
You have no idea how deep the -ware rabbit hole goes.
There is also software that you could compile from source yourself but the binaries are locked behind a donation. Are those also donationware?
Theres also software you can download for free, but you gotta pay for the password to unlock the rar file...
pls answer I need to know if I can use aseprite without disappointing daddy stallman
Paid software is completely fine with RMS as long as the source is available to the users (not even to everyone) as long as you can freely redistribute the source (like RHEL before they enshittified)
Escortware. You're not paying for the software, you're paying for the time you're using the software.
Isn't that essentially software as a service?
Arrest creative cloud for prostitution. All those people are paying to get fucked.
Mostly I’m just paying to not have to learn GIMP. 😅
That's why i declined a free photoshop license and some cad software license when i was a student, and instead went straight to learning Gimp and FreeCAD
Once you know one tool it's hard to switch
chef's kiss