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Posted December 21, 2008
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thefifthhorseman: *sigh*
Some people just don't understand the boundary between legal and illegal, I see...

Dude, chill out. He probably just didn't realise abandonware was illegal to sell.
Post edited December 21, 2008 by TheKreep
Posted December 21, 2008
Abandonware and freeware are different BTW. Freeware is when the person who owns the rights of the game has specified you can download it for free. Abandonware is when the owner is unknown (due to publisher being closed down or something along those lines) and it is put online for download without owner's consent.
Majority of Abandonware is illegal.
Posted December 21, 2008
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evilguy12: Abandonware and freeware are different BTW. Freeware is when the person who owns the rights of the game has specified you can download it for free. Abandonware is when the owner is unknown (due to publisher being closed down or something along those lines) and it is put online for download without owner's consent.
Majority of Abandonware is illegal.

Correction: All "Abandonware" is illegal, otherwise it wouldn't be classified as abandonware. (It would conveniently shift to freeware.)
Point is abandonware whether the original company is still operating or not is illegal. Ethics you can debate till the world explodes in 2012.
Post edited December 21, 2008 by Freyar
Posted December 21, 2008
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evilguy12: Abandonware and freeware are different BTW. Freeware is when the person who owns the rights of the game has specified you can download it for free. Abandonware is when the owner is unknown (due to publisher being closed down or something along those lines) and it is put online for download without owner's consent.
Majority of Abandonware is illegal.
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Freyar: Correction: All "Abandonware" is illegal, otherwise it wouldn't be classified as abandonware. (It would conveniently shift to freeware.)
Point is abandonware whether you get it or not is illegal. Ethics you can debate till the world explodes in 2012.

I just didn't want generalise...some sites count Shareware games as Abandonware.
Posted December 21, 2008
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Freyar: Correction: All "Abandonware" is illegal, otherwise it wouldn't be classified as abandonware. (It would conveniently shift to freeware.)
Point is abandonware whether you get it or not is illegal. Ethics you can debate till the world explodes in 2012.
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evilguy12: I just didn't want generalise...some sites count Shareware games as Abandonware.

Shareware isn't abandonware then. It can be legally distributed.
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