@gamingonlinux LOL. Whoever wrote the press release was having some fun.

![A screenshot of the microsoft press release on the open sourcing of the Zork games:

"Today, we’re preserving a cornerstone of gaming history that is near and dear to our hearts. Together, Microsoft’s Open Source Programs Office (OSPO), Team Xbox, and Activision are making Zork I, Zork II, and Zork III available under the MIT License. Our goal is simple: to place historically important code in the hands of students, teachers, and developers so they can study it, learn from it, and, perhaps most importantly, play it."

The use of the word "cornerstone" is significant. Real heads know, as the kids say.

(Source: https://opensource.microsoft.com/blog/2025/11/20/preserving-code-that-shaped-generations-zork-i-ii-and-iii-go-open-source)](https://s3-us-east-2.amazonaws.com/mblankfiles/media_attachments/files/115/584/901/685/840/090/original/43acb7e37246a414.png)