Fairware: Empowering users to use software without barriers, at a fair price

Fairware：使用户能够以公平的价格无障碍地使用软件

• 批准号: 10044285
• 金额: $ 6.37万
• 依托单位: FAIRWARE LIMITED
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Grant for R&D
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2022 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10044285
• 关键词: Fairware; Empowering; users; use; software

There are now 1.9 million professional freelancers in the UK, with over 438,000 digital freelancers working less than 2.5 hours/day, utilising software as a primary tool to deliver their work. It is not uncommon for freelancers to each subscribe to 3 to 5 software.These subscriptions are expensive, inflexible, and often comes with multiple logins. Every single subscriber is treated the same, disregarding the fact that some are short term or light users.Fairware Ltd seek to address the need of these short term, light users who require greater flexibility in using software by offering a Pay As You Use software streaming platform.This technology inspired innovation will reduce wastefulness and idleness currently experienced in software, creating a circular economy and reduces environmental impact.

英国目前有190万专业自由职业者，其中超过43.8万名数字自由职业者每天工作时间不到2.5小时，他们利用软件作为主要工具来完成工作。对于自由职业者来说，每个人订阅3到5个软件并不罕见。这些订阅价格昂贵，不灵活，并且通常需要多个登录。每个用户都受到同样的待遇，而不考虑其中一些是短期用户或轻度用户。Fairware Ltd寻求解决这些短期用户的需求，这些用户在使用软件时需要更大的灵活性，他们提供了一个按需付费的软件流媒体平台。这项技术激发的创新将减少目前在软件领域所经历的浪费和闲置，创造循环经济并减少对环境的影响。