But there's a big difference between "Here, we've developed this great application - you can buy it for only $5 in the store!" and "Look, I've written this in my past time to share with you for free. Take a look, it's completely free, so feel free to do with it whatever you want. Oh, but if you feel generous, please consider donating!".

A lot of people (me included) don't have a problem with taking something for free that was actually OFFERED for free. Sometimes, when I have some spare money lying around and the application was exceptionally good, I might feel like donating. But I don't feel obliged to do so.

On the other hand, when something was offered for price X, my code of honour would keep me from taking it for free. It was not meant to be taken for free, and it wasn't done in anybody's spare time because he had fun making it or just felt generous to share something with the community - but rather it was made by someone who's depending on the money because that's actually how they make their living.

So I really don't think open source donation-ware is representative for non DRM paid products.


Concerning keywords: Errr... no? It's nothing I read about, it's what I experienced first hand and have heard from (hardcore Apple fan ) friends, too.

Don't know, maybe look up the version it got updated to (I think it was somewhere around this time last year) and then something like "reset" and/or whatever the message is that iTunes returns when you plug in a non-compatible iPhone. Can't remember anymore, I think that was the last times I started iTunes, anyway.