Which inspired someone to straight up offer it for free[0]. Essentially saying, "If you own the rights and have a problem with it, here is your chance to do something about it"
That being said, I am not sure why an interested party could not make their own knock-off version of the game. The game is a parody 60s James Bond with a female lead. Would anyone care if it was functionally the exact same game, but everyone was wearing a funny hat?
Then it would be a game with a funny hats - maybe a good game but with a funny hats and not the original one.
You can look Freedom approach to that idea. I tried it a couple of times and as someone who had it in original way, in DOS 6.22 and wtih ESS Blaster - it doesn't click for me.
That being said, I am not sure why an interested party could not make their own knock-off version of the game. The game is a parody 60s James Bond with a female lead. Would anyone care if it was functionally the exact same game, but everyone was wearing a funny hat?
[0] http://nolfrevival.tk/