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Re:The Space Quest II Master Disk Blunder by Gormo on Thursday May 23, 2024 @04:58PM (#40459826)
If I'm not mistaken, Microsoft now owns all of the old Sierra IP (if I'm not mistaken, the chain of custody was: Sierra -> CUC -> Cendant -> Havas -> Vivendi Universal -> Activision Blizzard -> Microsoft) and I wouldn't expect Microsoft to sue over old source code to a 40-year old game engine with a graphics resolution of 160x200. In fact, given that they've been gradually opening source code for DOS from the same era, they might even be convinced to make an official release of it.
Re:The Space Quest II Master Disk Blunder by MindSwipe on Friday May 24, 2024 @09:05AM (#40465807)
If they still have the full/ original source, which is a big if.