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Abandonware

Abandonware meaning

A software product that is no longer updated or maintained, or whose copyright is no longer defended or which is no longer marketed even by the company who made it.

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IMO we should change copyright law for software to specify that abandonware falls into the public domain in 20 years.

On April 1, 2009 the Abandonware site Abandonia.com released an alleged "leaked copy" for download.