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Abandonware is a product, typically software, ignored by its owner and manufacturer, which can no longer be found for sale, and for which no official support is available and cannot be bought. [1] Within an intellectual rights contextual background, abandonware is a software (or hardware) sub-case of the general concept of orphan works.
Examples of orphan works include photographs that do not note the photographer, such as photos from scientific expeditions and historical images, old folk music recordings, little known novels and other literature. [1] Software which becomes an orphaned work is usually known as abandonware.
Orphaned technology refers to software, such as abandonware and antique software, but also to computer hardware and practices. Subcategories This category has only the following subcategory.
In August 2014 the source code for the game's X-Ray Engine 1.5.10 became available on GitHub under a non-open-source license. [227] The successor's engine, X-ray 1.6.02, became available too. [ 228 ] [ 229 ] As of October 2019 the xray-16 engine community fork, "OpenXRay", achieved compiling state and support for the two games Call of Pripyat ...
Here are some examples: Rare Vintage Texaco Porcelain 42-inch (Double Sided Sign Gas Oil): $2,500 on eBay Antique Porcelain Sign Gevaert Camera Store Advertising: $1,995 on vssoutlet.com
2. Push Cart Pete. Could be worth: $9,200 This creepy dude from the '30s is actually one of the rarest toys you can find, and one of the first products from the then-new company Fisher Price.
Abandonware; Software not to include in this category: Video games, because most video games would otherwise meet the definition above after a short period of time
Abandonia is an abandonware website, focusing mainly on showcasing video games and distributing games made for the MS-DOS system.. Abandonia also features a music section and an Abandonware List, [1] a continuously expanded database of over 4600 games including information about their publishers, release dates and whether according to the staff's knowledge the software is sold, protected or ...