On the other hand, we still talk like our grandparents. Language and culture play off each other. The Eskimos have multiple words for snow because snow is an important part of their life. Yet they talk about snow all the time because they can . We build new words because we have to, but once we have them, they are there to be used.
Wares are things that merchants sell.
Freeware is electronic product that merchants on the infobahn sell for nothing. In the real world, on the rare occasions when someone wants to release a work 'into the world' for nothing, they can release it into the public domain. The author maintains copyright on the work and, in theory, retains control over the distribution of the work because of this. The concept of freeware, to my knowledge, has never been tested in court. The freeware concept is spreading beyond computer software.