This is a story that started more than 25 years ago, when I was an student of computer sciences.
In 1987, when software was distributed through USENET newsgroups in split text files, Edward Barlow posted something special to comp.sources.games: "conquest – middle earth multi-player game, Part01/05"
Fast forward to 2006: Discovered this pioneering strategy game was trapped in legal limbo. What started as a "simple" relicensing project became a two-decade quest
https://vejeta.com/reviving-classic-unix-games-a-20-year-journey-through-software-archaeology/