Donateware
Donateware is a form of software distribution. Distributed as freeware, donateware stipulates that the user must donate to a charitible cause in order to "register" the software. Sometimes the author of the program stipulates which charity the user must donate to, sometimes they just suggest one, and sometimes the author leaves the choice up to the user. Normally the user doesn't need to contact the author with any information in order to "register" their program--it is implicit with the donation (registering doesn't "unlock" any extra features). The donation stipulation is little more than a gimic since the program's author can't verify whether or not the user made any such donation. Therefore, donateware can be thought of as "freeware with a reminder to be charitible."
Predictably, this form of software distribution is very uncommon. One of the early versions of donateware was Screenpeace, a screen saver for Microsoft Windows 3.0. The suggested charity was Greenpeace, though any other charity qualified.
See also: crippleware, careware, guiltware, postcardware, payware
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