Keep me logged in until I sign out. But as your computing sophistication grows, you will inevitably want to add your own software. There are, however, some important legal issues connected with buying and using software. Shareware is protected by copyright, but the copyright holder permits free copying and distribution. The new user is usually requested, on the honor system, to remit a relatively small payment for costs and to register as a user.
Programmers make it available through on-line bulletin boards and user groups.
You may not have the right to copy it for others, however, since the programmer might want it to keep tabs on where it goes. Remember that software is a commodity that costs money to produce and whose producers are as entitled to payment as the producers of cars, food and shelter. The fact that there is no direct cost to the producer if someone makes an illegal copy of the software does not change this legal and moral fact. Illegally copying software is no more legitimate than copying videotapes, books or musical recordings. Software piracy deprives the producer of the fruit of the producer's labor, something that any working person or anyone who owns property should understand.