Donationware: you must donate to use it. Not like regular optional donates.

  • Rustmilian@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    That’s the true definition of donationware.
    If you’re being forced to “donate” any amount of money upfront to use the software, it’s no longer donationware, it’s literally just paidware. Even if the source code is available elsewhere under a FOSS license, that specific copy is by definition paidware.