software distribution
I
have
thus
far
used
the
word
as
if
it
had
obvious
meaning
in
the
software
world
.
Certainly
it
means
selling
or
giving
copies
of
software
away
to
others
.
It
also
may
include
such
arrangements
as
incorporating
into
consumer
or
industrial
products
and
selling
those
products
to
others
.
For
some
software
,
it
may
also
include
making
the
software
available
across
a
network
for
execution
by
other
s