zork1

The source code Scott & co. released is word-for-word exactly the same as the pirated source code that's been floating around the Internet since at least 2009, and that pagetable.com wrote about in 2018: https://www.pagetable.com/?p=774 This is what Microsoft slapped a license and an AI-slop README on. Sure, they can legally do that, they still own the copyright, but it's still pretty funny that they're essentially laundering pirated software. The Zork I/II/III releases were even more blatant, with git commits adding license texts to existing pirate (or, if you prefer, archival) releases of the old source code: https://github.com/historicalsource/zork1 https://github.com/historicalsource/zork2 https://github.com/historicalsource/zork3 It makes me wonder how many of Microsoft's other releases of old source code are laundered pirate release

The writing should be assumed to be subject to copyright still even though the code is open source. In this case it sounds like Microsoft's Legal has taken the assumption the writing is applicable under the code license and is mostly seeking to enforce trademarks and brand (don't commercially release something implying it is a Microsoft-approved Zork) more than the writing, per Scott's wording of Microsoft's legal requests here: https://github.com/historicalsource/zork1/pull/3 Obviously, I'm not a lawyer, that's not legal advice, build commercial derivatives at your own risk and with your own lawyer's advice.

https://github.com/historicalsource/zork1 Direct link to the repository

Thanks, looks like this is the relevant code: https://github.com/historicalsource/zork1/blob/master/1actio... As I understand it, the thief doesn’t travel via room exits, but rather warps through the rooms sequentially in the order they’re listed in the code, skipping any that are sacred or non-land.

Most of Infocom classics can be found at e.g. https://github.com/historicalsource/zork1

Here is the link to the repo itself. https://github.com/historicalsource/zork1

-- https://github.com/historicalsource/zork1/blob/master/gverbs... The SPRAYED? global wasn't used in Zork I, but showed up in Zork II as the Frobozz Magic Grue Repellent.