Notch and Jahkob have been friends for a long long time and Jahkob has had this game idea for a long time. Notch, Jahkob and Carl (Manneh, serving as CEO) founded Mojang with Jahkob being part of the company to initially develop Scrolls.
You're correct that Notch has no involvement with Scrolls (code wise) however his friend (Jahkob) is a co-founder of Mojang, Mojang aren't just "publishing" it, it is their game which has about 30% of the company involved with it.
That’s the legal structure, sure, but put simply, Notch invested some of the money he made with Minecraft into Scrolls. He did that by founding a company together with his friend who had the idea for Scrolls (and that company is also supposed to support Minecraft as well as develop and publish other games in the future).
Notch and Jahkob have been friends for a long long time and Jahkob has had this game idea for a long time. Notch, Jahkob and Carl (Manneh, serving as CEO) founded Mojang with Jahkob being part of the company to initially develop Scrolls.
You're correct that Notch has no involvement with Scrolls (code wise) however his friend (Jahkob) is a co-founder of Mojang, Mojang aren't just "publishing" it, it is their game which has about 30% of the company involved with it.