Why does Microsoft own the rights to Zork?
Infocom was bought by Activision, ActivisionBlizzard was bought by Microsoft.
Microsoft makes Zork open-source
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#12Why does Microsoft own the rights to Zork?
Activision bought Infocom in 1986, and Microsoft purchased Activision in 2023.
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#13Why does Microsoft own the rights to Zork?
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#14So Zork was written in Lisp? It had to be!
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#15Hasn't the code to Zork been available for ages? For instance: https://github.com/MITDDC/zork
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#16It is pitch black. You are likely to be eaten by a grue.
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#17Why does Microsoft own the rights to Zork?
Because they bought Activision, who owned the rights since the 80's.
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#18I've seen a few things called 'Zork source code' in various places over the years (even on a CD that came with a game programming book of some sort), and copies like this:
https://github.com/MITDDC/zork
What's the lineage here?
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#19Can 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.
By number of acquired studios, Microsoft is one of the biggest publishers, hence even if XBox the console goes bust, they still have a big weight as Microsoft Game Studios and XBox brand.
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#20So Zork was written in Lisp? It had to be! --- >
MDL, actually, which was derived from LISP.