Abandonware refers to software that is no longer being sold or supported by its publisher. Most abandonware is still considered illegal to sell unless the publisher has re-released the software as fre [..]

Abandonware refers to software that is ostensibly still protected by copyright, but is no longer supported or marketed. In many cases, the software may be designed for obsolete systems or produced by [..]

Software no longer supported by a publisher or vendor. Unlicensed use of copyrighted abandonware typically qualifies as piracy. (see Copyright

A nice sounding but legally-meaningless term for games no longer sold and thus deemed fair to download for free. Respectable abandonware sites will remove any that return to the market, such as via GO [..]

A colloquial term used to describe software that the creating …

(computing,chiefly|_|video games): A software product, especially a video game, whose copyright is no longer defended or which is no longer marketed even by the company who made it.