Miss Anita is excited to use a new software which is freely available to…

Concept

Software distribution terms describe different rights: price, source-code access, permission to modify, and permission to redistribute are separate properties.

Freeware is software supplied for use at no monetary charge, but its source code may remain proprietary and modification rights need not be granted.

Application

The software can be downloaded freely, which establishes the no-charge distribution property. Anita cannot modify the source code, so the description does not grant open-source modification rights. These conditions describe freeware.

Contrast

• Freeware: available at no charge; source code and modification rights may remain restricted.

• Open-source software: source code is available under a licence that permits inspection and modification.

• Firmware: low-level software embedded in hardware to control a device.

• Liveware: the human users or operators of a computer system.

Cross-check

Checking the two clues separately gives free of cost and no right to modify source code, which is consistent with freeware rather than open-source software.

Result: Anita is using freeware.