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Look up -ware in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Abandonware is a product, typically software, ignored by its owner and manufacturer, which can no longer be found for sale, and for which no official support is available.[1]
Within an intellectual rights contextual background, abandonware is a software (or hardware) sub-case of the general concept of orphan works. Museums and various organizations dedicated to preserving this software continue to provide legal access.[2]
The term "abandonware" is broad and encompasses many types of old software. Definitions of "abandoned" vary, but in general it is like any item that is abandoned – it is ignored by the owner, and as such, product support and possibly copyright enforcement are also "abandoned".[3]
^"How abandonware works". How Stuff Works. June 15, 2015. Retrieved January 19, 2019.
^Greg Costkyan (May 18, 2000). "New Front in the Copyright Wars: Out-of-Print Computer Games". The New York Times.
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own Eclipse engine which allows for porting to any number of systems. Abandonware refers to software that may still be capable of running on modern computers...
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