They define "abandonware" as:
"In order for a piece of software to be abandonware, it must, as a general
guideline:
Be over 7 years old.
Be out of support by the manufacturer.
Be mostly out of use by the general populace (abandoned)"
So, if you are a software author, if you won't SUPPORT stuff that you did
over 7 years ago, they believe that they have a right to distribute it?
Copyright law does NOT take ownership away from you, and permit others ot
distribute it without compensation, based on refusal to continue to
market or support your previous versions and products.
All this time, I thought that you had to be DEAD before they could take
your work.
Q: To what extent are they making a "good faith" effort to contact the
"prior" (actually current) owners of the intellectual property rights?
