microsoft live movie maker is an example of a freely licensed software, often called freeware.
microsoft live movie maker is an example of a freely licensed software, often called free what?
freeware
section::::alternatives to software abandoning.









































there are alternatives for companies with a software product which faces the end-of-life instead of abandoning the software in an unsupported state.









































section::::alternatives to software abandoning.:availability as freeware.









































sometimes user-communities convince companies to voluntarily relinquish copyright on software, putting it into the public domain, or re-license it as free software or as freeware. transfer of public domain or freely licensed software is perfectly legal, distinguishing it from abandonware which still has full copyright restrictions.
abandonware
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windows movie maker (known as windows live movie maker for the 2009 and 2011 releases) is a discontinued video editing software by microsoft. it was a part of windows essentials software suite and offered the ability to create and edit videos as well as to publish them on onedrive, facebook, vimeo, youtube, and flickr.









































movie maker was officially discontinued on january 10, 2017 and it is replaced by "microsoft story remix" which is built in with microsoft photos in windows 10.









































section::::history.









































section::::history.:initial releases.
windows movie maker