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Originally Posted by Enigma
Well, I dont even know what abandonware is, nor why it is out of bounds for discussion. My Bad, fellas.  |
Note however that the company went out of business. Abandonware can be freely distributed unless someone else has bought the copyright to the product. In the case of this, nobody has. It dissolved with the company. Perfectly legit; perfectly legal now. There's nothing wrong with it, other than the fact the FAQ page states not to post it...
So to answer your question, Abandonware is just software or a program that's been thrown out by its original company because it either went out of business or dropped the rights to the title. Copyright to it can be bought by pretty much anyone... be it a single person or something along the lines of another company. As I said, however, this one has no current owner, so it has a free distribution license. Why Abandonware discussion isn't allowed on SS... well, your guess is as good as mine.
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Anyone care to offer an explanation to that last part?