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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) :   [ foldoc ]

  postcardware
       
          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.)
       
          [{Jargon File]
       
       

From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) :   [ jargon ]

  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.)
  
  

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  postcardware
     n.
     (lb en computing) A software product whose author requests as payment
  a postcard from the user's hometown.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  postcardware
     n.
     (lb en computing) A software product whose author requests as payment
  a postcard from the user's hometown.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  postcardware
     n.
     (lb en computing) A software product whose author requests as payment
  a postcard from the user's hometown.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  postcardware
     n.
     (lb en computing) A software product whose author requests as payment
  a postcard from the user's hometown.

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