abadonware typically refers to software where the owner is unknown or hard to track down. Not to software that the owner is still in business, and knows they ow

abadonware typically refers to software where the owner is unknown or hard to track down. Not to software that the owner is still in business, and knows they own the copyright. Many times a company buys out another company, and then gets bought out itself. Sometimes a company doesn't even know it owns the rights, and other times it is almost impossible to track down who actually owns the rights... That is abondonware.