Overview
- The release covers only the games' source code, with trademarks, marketing materials, and commercial packaging excluded.
- Each historical repository includes the original code, available documentation, and clear licensing and attribution metadata.
- Microsoft frames the move as a preservation and education effort that welcomes small, well-documented community contributions.
- The formal licensing resolves prior uncertainty around Jason Scott’s 2019 GitHub upload of the source.
- The games remain commercially available on GOG, and the source can be built with modern Z‑Machine tools such as ZILF and run in current interpreters.