It would be rather nice to have the version(s) available, and be capable of hosting it.
I too have thought of hosting previous versions as servers, mainly to Discover(y) how were the past versions, and to make them available. Maybe it is possible? I have no idea, nor am I aware if it is possible.
But I suppose it would be a waste of time, as no other server show up in the launcher - though @Laz did make the launcher fully available and without this... impediment, on his GitHub profile. Then again, this is the last bastion of Freelancer as far as I'm concerned, if the staff does not want it, then it shall not be available. Tragic indeed.