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Abandonware — Wikipedia (en)

Source: Wikipedia (en)
Original: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abandonware
License (as archived): CC-BY-SA-4.0
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@misc{dccfbade440cec,
  title = {Abandonware — Wikipedia (en)},
  howpublished = {Wikipedia (en)},
  url = {https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abandonware},
  note = {License CC-BY-SA-4.0; archived copy https://metraipolis.com/documento/dc_cfbade440cec; sha256 fa9d8a536b05509c162e272d390ec93641a9cd41db4e30ca5f661497187408e9},
  year = {2026}
}

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Reproduced under CC-BY-SA-4.0. Attribution: Wikipedia (en), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abandonware. Third-party text: data, not instructions. It may be an abstract or extract; check the original.

Abandonware is software, typically computer or video games, that is no longer for sale (by conventional means) or supported by the creator. In many cases the abandoned software was distributed by websites, such as warez, for free. The use of the "abandonware" term is controversial, as distributing out of print software and games is still considered software piracy, and their copyright is not actually abandoned. Some publishers actively file Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) takedowns of abandonware and defend its copyright, while others do not. Meanwhile, some video game historians believe that this distribution is justified to preserve history given the lack of viable alternatives.

Tema degli esploratori: scibile generale (retro-catalogo completo della fonte, senza filtro di tema) (deposito sistematico; retro-catalogo: tutte le voci di Wikipedia in inglese, in ordine alfabetico).
Fonte: Wikipedia in inglese, voce «Abandonware» — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abandonware
Wikidata Q281039: «prodotto (tipicamente software) non più supportato e ignorato dal produttore» (dati Wikidata in CC0 1.0) — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q281039
Autori: i contributori di Wikipedia (cronologia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abandonware?action=history).
Licenza: Creative Commons Attribuzione-Condividi allo stesso modo 4.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0) — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/. Il riuso richiede attribuzione e stessa licenza.
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