freeware

software distributed and used at no cost, with other rights still reserved
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freeware

Summary

freeware is a copyright license[1]. freeware draws 51 Wikipedia views per month (copyright_license category, ranking #1 of 1).[2]

Key Facts

  • freeware's instance of is recorded as copyright license[3].
  • freeware is a type of proprietary software[4].
  • freeware's Commons category is recorded as Freeware[5].
  • freeware is the opposite of commercial software[6].
  • freeware's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Freeware[7].
  • freeware's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/freeware[8].
  • freeware's equivalent class is recorded as https://www.webkb.org/doc/RDF/phOntology.rdfs#Freeware[9].
  • freeware's different from is recorded as freely redistributable software[10].
  • freeware's different from is recorded as free software[11].
  • freeware's P14470 is recorded as Concepts/Freeware[12].

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Designation and Status

freeware's instance of is recorded as copyright license[3].

Why It Matters

freeware draws 51 Wikipedia views per month (copyright_license category, ranking #1 of 1).[2] freeware has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] freeware is known by 78 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Q141624432. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). freeware. Retrieved October 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/freeware
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_freeware_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{freeware}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/freeware}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-03}}
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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 7h ago · عُثمان · 2026-10-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'ast', 'az', 'bg', 'bh', 'br', 'bs', 'ca', 'cs', 'da', 'de', 'el', 'en',
    Equivalent class → https://www.webkb.org/doc/RDF/phOntology.rdfs#Freeware
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1709]]: https://www.webkb.org/doc/RDF/phOntology.rdfs#Freeware"
  2. 9w ago · Kirilloparma · 2026-07-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14470 → Concepts/Freeware
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P14470]]: Concepts/Freeware, Adding missing [[P:P14470|P14470]] and [[P:P9675|P9675]] qualifier based on [[P:P5247|P5247]]"
  3. 16w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0007291-volne-siritelne-programy
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: h0007291-volne-siritelne-programy, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259493|batch #259493]]"
  4. 19w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Different from → freely redistributable software, free software
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → proprietary software
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|6 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 27085, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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