

Museums and various organizations, dedicated to preserving this software, continue to provide legal access. Within an intellectual rights contextual background, abandonware is a software (or hardware) sub-case of the general concept of orphan works. Although such software is usually still under copyright, the owner may not be tracking copyright violations. Benefits of joining the Abandonware RingĪbandonware is a product, typically software, ignored by its owner and manufacturer, and for which no official support is available.Why abandonware should not be software piracy.Why abandonware is technically software piracy.THE ABANDONWARE FAQ v6 (written 1997, revised 2020)
