Microsoft makes Zork open-source
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Microsoft makes Zork open-source
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Re: Microsoft makes Zork open-source
#2(URL changed from https://www.theverge.com/news/824881/zork-open-source-micros..., which points to this)
Re: Microsoft makes Zork open-source
#3… right, Activisiom bought Infocom in the 1980 s…
Re: Microsoft makes Zork open-source
#4Can we get a GPL (or even MIT) release of id Tech 7? Pretty please.
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#5… right, Activisiom bought Infocom in the 1980 s…
Yeah. I had to walk down memory lane to try to remember who bought whom as well. I completely forgot that Activision/Blizzard is a subsidiary of Microsoft Gaming these days.
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#6Getting a lot of GitHub errors trying to look at the source code.
Still, pretty cool; I remember playing work as a kid.
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#7Pretty huge milestone, congrats. I can imagine how much time / effort it took to get there!
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#8https://github.com/historicalsource/zork1 Direct link to the repository
Re: Microsoft makes Zork open-source
#9Can we get a GPL (or even MIT) release of id Tech 7? Pretty please.
Dang. I had forgotten Zenimax got scooped up by MSFT Gaming a few years back. It's not an unreasonable request, though I suspect it should be made directly to MSFT Gaming.
Re: Microsoft makes Zork open-source
#10Why does Microsoft own the rights to Zork?