What Is Abandonware and Is It Legal?

You might come across the term "abandonware" when searching for old games. What is that? Is abandonware safe and legal?

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What Is Abandonware, and Is It Illegal or Just a Gray Area?

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Is Abandonware Safe and Legal? - The Infobits

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Is it legal to reverse engineer and revive an abandonware game? : r/NoStupidQuestions

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Are 'freeware” and “abandonware' software and/or video games commercially exploitable? Can I reproduce them without a licensing agreement? - Quora

The EFF, ESA go to war over abandonware, multiplayer gaming rights