Microsoft makes Zork I, II, and III open source under MIT License
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- Zork, Zork II, and Zork III have been released under the MIT License.
- The open-source initiative was a collaboration between Xbox, Activision, and Microsoft’s Open Source Programs Office (OSPO).
- Only the game code is open-source; commercial packaging, marketing assets, and trademarks remain proprietary.
- Microsoft contributed directly to historical repositories, adding an MIT License via pull requests.
- Microsoft acquired the Zork IP through its 2022 purchase of Activision, which had previously acquired Infocom in the '80s.
- The Zork source code was previously uploaded to GitHub in 2019 but lacked a clear license until now.