Definition Fairware is the term for software released and distributed for a symbolic (fair) price - hence the name "fair-ware". The term was first used by Internet sites marketing software for one dollar, but can as well be used to describe any software of which the cost is marginal in comparison to the benefit.
History The term was invented by Yael Rubinstein and Adi Daniel, in Tel Aviv, Israel, on January 2008, and the first Internet Site using the fairware marketing model was Wishapp.com , later that year.
Fairware, is actually a more moderate, less cynical term for Beerware.
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