Postcardware

Postcardware

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.

This is similar to beerware. A variation, Emailware, uses the same approach but requires the user to send the author an email.

Postcardware, like other "novelty" software distribution terms, is often not strictly enforced.

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The concept was first used by Aaron Giles, author of JPEGView.cite web|url=http://aarongiles.com/history/index.html |title=Aaron's Computing History |accessdate=2006-08-07 |accessmonthday= |accessyear= |author= |last=Giles |first=Aaron |authorlink=Aaron Giles |coauthors= |date= |year= |month= |format= |work= |publisher= |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate=] Another well-known piece of postcardware is the roguelike game "Ancient Domains of Mystery", whose author collects postcards from around the world. Orbitron is distributed as postcardware. Exifer is a popular application among digital photographers that is "postcardware". Caledos Automatic Wallpaper Changer is a "still alive" project cardware. Linux was postcardware for a long time as well. [cite book|last=Torvalds|first=Linus|authorlink=Linus Torvalds|title=Just for Fun|publisher=HarperCollins Publishers|location=New York|isbn=0-06-662072-4]

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