It's common to abuse the word "free." Think of all the "free
downloads."
Certainly is. Is that the case here?
Nothing confusing here: It says 30 days allowed. Then and there, with
those words, it is explicitly not freeware.
Where does it say "30 days allowed"? It says "30-day trial version" in
contrast to "full release version." Further, it also refers to it as the
"trial version," without mention of a 30-day limitation, then goes on to
explain the one limitation of the trial version without making it clear
whether you are or aren't allowed to use the trial version beyond any
trial period. What it says, "explicity," is "this is the only limitation
of the trial version." It sounds to me like they could be using "trial
version" as a euphemism for "lite version" or some such, another "abuse"
I've also seen before. Wouldn't only being able to use it for a limited
time be a significant limitation also? It seems terribly confused and
poorly presented, to me -- anything but explicit.
Anyway, I already told my friend who asked had asked me if I knew of
anything like this about it. She can check out the license for herself.
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