postcardware

( n.)

   A  kind of {shareware} that borders on {freeware}, in that the author
   requests only that satisfied users send a postcard of their home town
   or  something.  (This  practice,  silly  as  it might seem, serves to
   remind  users  that they are otherwise getting something for nothing,
   and  may  also  be  psychologically related to real estate `sales' in
   which  $1  changes  hands  just  to keep the transaction from being a
   gift.)

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[Reference(s) to this entry by made by: {annoyware}{shareware}]