Share and enjoy! imp.
1. Commonly found at the end of software release announcements
and README files, this phrase
indicates allegiance to the hacker ethic of free information
sharing (see hacker ethic,
sense 1). 2. The motto of the complaints division of Sirius
Cybernetics Corporation (the ultimate gaggle of incompetent suits) in Douglas Adams's "Hitch Hiker's
Guide to the Galaxy". The irony of using this as a cultural
recognition signal appeals to hackers.
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shareware /sheir'weir/ n.
A kind of freeware (sense 1)
for which the author requests some payment, usually in the
accompanying documentation files or in an announcement made by
the software itself. Such payment may or may not buy additional
support or functionality. See also careware, charityware, crippleware, FRS, guiltware,
postcardware, and -ware; compare payware.