When is a piece of software Free or Freeware?

When is a piece of software Free or Freeware? - Or could it be shareware?

This blog is about a piece of true freeware. One of the posts I show, with the permission of Timwi, how to download, save, run and play the game, with little details that I have encountered while playing the game. The game scrabble can be downloaded from http://www.lionking.org/~timwi/progs.htm

Anyway, to the point now about the millions of pieces of software in cyberspace that are on the surface, appear to be freeware whilst many of them, are indeed, not freeware as we would believe them to be. I think that the term free or freeware should be separate listings and free should not come up in a freeware search at all as is the case with Google. Even the giants like Norton, Mcafee and Zone Alarm come up on a freeware search.

Then one day I discovered a truly true freeware site that only have freeware software listed and so the problem can be minimised if you or I only search for freeware from that site which is http://sourceforge.net/ or browse the site at (once you have created a FREE ACCOUNT) https://sourceforge.net/softwaremap/ through the 230000ish of freeware. There are many many excellent programmes some of which mimic the wealthiest office programmes for free - ZERO. A few months ago I came upon a great bit of software - a game called Scotland yard a game about chasing after Mr. X by using brain power to predict where Mr. X is moving by taxi, bus or underground. He shows himself a few times through the game at given moves or rounds. I am sure that if you need a freeware piece of software for a certain thing ie Office, Security or Browser to name only three then you will be surprised by what is actually freeware for everyone.