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As their website currently indicates, this is distributed under "Freemium" model.

Some rather basic features, such as Find All and Replace All are unavailable in the basic version provided here.

  • Use conventional PR title: <manifest-name[@version]|chore>: <general summary of the pull request>
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As their [website indicates](https://hhdsoftware.com/free-hex-editor), this is distributed under "Freemium" model.

Some rather basic features, such as **Find All** and **Replace All** are unavailable in the basic version provided here.
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The Hex Editor Neo manifest changes its license identifier from Freeware to Freemium.

Estimated code review effort: 1 (Trivial) | ~2 minutes

Mergeability Score: 🟡 Moderate · up to d9431

The manifest uses Freemium, but the supplied evidence indicates that Freeware is the documented identifier for this application. This mismatch may cause repository validation or metadata correctness problems, so the PR is not merge-ready until the identifier is corrected.

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Check name Status Explanation
Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly identifies the manifest and accurately describes the license identifier change.
Description check ✅ Passed The description explains the license change and includes both required checklist confirmations; no issue reference is provided.
Docstring Coverage ✅ Passed No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check.
Linked Issues check ✅ Passed Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
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In `@bucket/hex-editor-neo.json`:
- Line 6: Update the license identifier in the manifest from Freemium to
Freeware, preserving the rest of the manifest unchanged.
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z-Fng commented Aug 14, 2026

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freeware

Freeware may be intended to benefit its producer by, for example, encouraging sales of a more capable version, as in the freemium and shareware business models;[6] or by collecting and selling user's personal data.[7]

For well-known licenses, please use the identifier found at https://spdx.org/licenses For other licenses, use the URL of the license, if available. Otherwise, use “Freeware”, “Proprietary”, “Public Domain”, “Shareware”, or “Unknown” (defined below), as appropriate.

Currently, besides the standard SPDX identifiers, the Scoop Wiki only allows the following license identifiers (“Freeware”, “Proprietary”, “Public Domain”, “Shareware”, or “Unknown”). Freemium is not among them.

According to the Wiki documentation, it should indeed be labeled as freeware. Moreover, its official website also explicitly states that it is freeware.

identifier: The SPDX identifier, or “Freeware” (free to use forever), “Proprietary” (must pay to use), “Public Domain”, “Shareware” (free to try, must pay eventually), or “Unknown” (unable to determine the license), as appropriate.

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