Abandonware Necromancy - Revision history

Eric: Added some more links under the "Internal Links" section

2021-02-05T03:42:02Z

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	=Internal Links=		=Internal Links=
	*		*[[Informative Article on Undocumented Open Source Code]] (related note, need to make a page/word for 'documnenting stuff that wasn't / was poorly documented)

	=External Links=		=External Links=

Eric: Added some more links under the "External Links" section

2021-02-02T23:57:59Z

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	*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abandonware The Wikipedia Page on Abandonware]		*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abandonware The Wikipedia Page on Abandonware]
			*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_formerly_proprietary_software The Wikipedia Page on Formerly Proprietary Software]
	*[https://killedbygoogle.com/ A website called "Killed By Google" showing all their Abandonware]		*[https://killedbygoogle.com/ A website called "Killed By Google" showing all their Abandonware]
	**Need to determine total software vs total hardware		**Need to determine total software vs total hardware

Eric: Added some more information

2021-02-02T23:46:32Z

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	**This is because hardware rights tend to be sold off, rather than be just abandoned, but not always		**This is because hardware rights tend to be sold off, rather than be just abandoned, but not always
	* '''TLDR: If Tilt Brush can be open sourced, and if all sorts of retro games can be revived by enthusiasts reverse engineering them, what else can we apply that to?'''		* '''TLDR: If Tilt Brush can be open sourced, and if all sorts of retro games can be revived by enthusiasts reverse engineering them, what else can we apply that to?'''

			=To-Do=
			*Finish Page Up
			*Start Digging Around for "Abandonware of Intrest" and maybe make a page on that

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Eric: Added some more links under the "External Links" section

2021-02-02T23:45:32Z

Added some more links under the "External Links" section

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	*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abandonware The Wikipedia Page on Abandonware]		*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abandonware The Wikipedia Page on Abandonware]
	*[https://killedbygoogle.com/ A website called "Killed By Google" showing all their Abandonware]		*[https://killedbygoogle.com/ A website called "Killed By Google" showing all their Abandonware]
			**Need to determine total software vs total hardware

Eric: Added some more links under the "External Links" section

2021-02-02T23:45:04Z

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	*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abandonware The Wikipedia Page on Abandonware]		*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abandonware The Wikipedia Page on Abandonware]
			*[https://killedbygoogle.com/ A website called "Killed By Google" showing all their Abandonware]

Eric: Added some more links under the "External Links" section

2021-02-02T23:37:42Z

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	*		*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abandonware The Wikipedia Page on Abandonware]

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2021-02-02T23:37:08Z

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	*Mainly relevant to Software, but sometimes can be extended to hardware		*Mainly relevant to Software, but sometimes can be extended to hardware
	**This is because hardware rights tend to be sold off, rather than be just abandoned, but not always		**This is because hardware rights tend to be sold off, rather than be just abandoned, but not always
			* '''TLDR: If Tilt Brush can be open sourced, and if all sorts of retro games can be revived by enthusiasts reverse engineering them, what else can we apply that to?'''

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2021-02-02T23:15:27Z

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	*The "Retro Gaming Community" has frequently reverse engineered games, and consoles, to run after support has ended, and to be able to emulate them on other hardware that can be maintained		*The "Retro Gaming Community" has frequently reverse engineered games, and consoles, to run after support has ended, and to be able to emulate them on other hardware that can be maintained
	**"It runs doom" is a good example of this, as well as all the internet features of the Wii Console		**"It runs doom" is a good example of this, as well as all the internet features of the Wii Console

			===Collective Action Leading to [[Open Sourcing]] ===
			*This is more rare, but has begun to emerge as a method
			*A recent example is [[Tilt Brush]]
			**This was an Application that allowed users to Paint in a 6DOF Enviroment in VR
			**It was widely praized and one of the first "unique" vr applications that made it "worth it" to care about vr (see [[Killer Application]] )
			**It was killed off probably due to the operating costs of the "Poly" website for sharing the media people creating, and diminishing sales as people purchased it and it didn't use a [[Software as a Service]] model
			**However Due to Pressure From the Community It's Code (along with the code for poly, there was a petition, check in on this) was Open Sourced

	=Internal Links=		=Internal Links=

Eric: Added some more information

2021-02-02T23:06:02Z

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 *Mainly relevant to Software, but sometimes can be extended to hardware
 **This is because hardware rights tend to be sold off, rather than be just abandoned, but not always
 =Internal Links=

Eric: Created Page + Added Basic Sections/Info

2021-02-02T22:59:22Z

Created Page + Added Basic Sections/Info

New page

=Basics=
*This page goes over the concept of bringing [[Abandonware]] "back from the dead"
*Mainly relevant to Software, but sometimes can be extended to hardware
**This is because hardware rights tend to be sold off, rather than be just abandoned, but not always

=Internal Links=
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=External Links=
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