Zork I, Zork II and Zork III are now officially open source
Microsoft announced today that they're preserving a bit of history here - with Zork I, Zork II, and Zork III now officially and clearly open source.
“I may run out of ideas, but I’ll never run out of new combinations of ideas.” —Jerry Weinberg, “Weinberg on Writing – The Fieldstone Method“, Chapter 16, Putting Your Subconscious to Work
Jerry’s book uses frequent analogies to building fieldstone walls.
How not to run out of ideas: Stone Wall GIF by JC Property Professionals
Every stone-built wall is unique because you build it from a unique combination and arrangement of stones. Even using the same set of stones, you can build thousands of unique walls by stacking them differently.
The same is true of creating unique combinations of ideas.