[bencelaszlo]

I think what we need is to legalize abandonware. Abandonware is now something that happens in practice and works because nobody is interested about going after these games and other types of software.

What if a game would become legally abandonware after: - its company went bankrupt - it got pulled from (online) stores - required servers were turned off

After this, the abandonware would become freely distributable but commercially unavailable. Online games and services should also publish server binaries.

[beretguy]

This can’t help online only games. Nobody other than the company has access to server code.