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Andrew Plotkin

The Activision thing finally landed. Which means MS owns Infocom, via an impressive 40-year chain of buyouts, takeovers, and shakeups.

Now I formally put forth the plea:

Microsoft should put all of Infocom’s IP under a Creative Commons license. Or donate the rights to a nonprofit which can do the same. Let’s bring all these legally-shaky fan sites and collections into the light.

blog.zarfhome.com/2023/10/micr

(Yes, I’m part of a nonprofit that could do that.)

Pass it along.

Zarf UpdatesMicrosoft consumes Activision; and a pleaThe gavel has fallen; the cup has been stomped; pick your metaphor. Microsoft has succeeded in its almost-two-year quest to gobble up Activision. The peculiar side effect in my corner of the world is that Microsoft now owns the dusty remains ...

BTW, despite my snark in that post, it looks like the CoD franchise has brought in more money overall than the Candy Crush franchise. ($30B to $20B.) Still, a reminder that when we throw around terms like “casual” vs “AAA”, that doesn’t reflect market reality.

@zarfeblong I haven't been able to reach the "infodoc" site for a while now. I sure hope that's not a sign if things to come!

@zarfeblong Well that's odd... It works from my computer. The last few times I tried to read it was from my phone, and there it doesn't. Instead, I get a "Mattermost" login page. Maybe it's being overly sensitive about the connection not being secure, or something like that?

But it's a relief that it's still up!

@et_andersson I think what’s going on is that if you visit the https:// version of the domain, you get a Mattermost site (with a bad ssl cert warning) rather than the Infodoc site.

@zarfeblong That may be it. Unfortunately, my phone tries https:// - even if I explicitly type http:// - out of some misguided helpfulness.

@et_andersson @zarfeblong A lot of browsers will do that. Could the site be switched to https?