"Elite: The New Kind was first released in 2002 but was withdrawn over copyright claims. It can be downloaded here from Saturday, September 20."

The source of the announcement is here: http://www.vg247.com/2014/09/17/classic-elite … ee-pc-download/. And the relevant forum is discussing is here: http://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=41311.

If true, then this "remake version" of Elite (The New Kind) would be available for download with the support of the original Elite developers.