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Public Domain - The Future    (since 2022)



To all those who advance the cause of "Public Domain" and genuine creative freedom, heartfelt thanks are extended.

Public Domain represents the highest level that a creator can achieve intellectually. Why is this so? Firstly, because one gives back without making demands, and secondly, because this is very difficult for most people. The problem is that most individuals do not attain the intellectual maturity that enables them to recognize their own errors. They often trot after populist and short-sighted perspectives, which will soon be remembered as embarrassments in the history of humanity over the coming decades. These absurd repetitions of folly can be observed by the hundreds in historical records.

It is important to consider the big picture with a broad view and not to engage in any constructs made by human hands, born out of tunnel vision and the usual ego trips of the mind, such as the GPL license (GNU General Public License). If one enters this GPL prison, not only does one lose control over their own belongings but also complete freedom, and often finds themselves confronted with fanatical egomaniacs who behave antisocially to top it off.

Items released as Public Domain can be freely used without having to waste any thoughts and energy on power games of a few fanatic individuals. Thus, everyone can let their creativity run free and focus solely on it.

Numerous creatives have therefore taken the trouble to reinvent the wheel by developing things that were previously burdened with GPL and then releasing them as Public Domain. These should be particularly appreciated to bypass the fools who think they are the center of the world.



Below are some Public Domain licenses:




Emulators


Atari VCS 2600

C64


Additional Code for emualors


C64


Programming


C64


Tools


C64



Grafik


Amstrad CPC 464

C64


Games


Atari VCS 2600

Atari 800 XL

C64

ZX Spectrum



Others


C64



Hardware


Atari 800 XL

C64



3D Printings


Atari VCS 2600

C64



Librarys



Music

  • Bach, Johann Sebastian "Toccata and Fuge D Minor" Link
  • Bach, Johann Sebastian "Minuett G Major 114" Link
  • Joplin, Scott 1902 "The Entertainer" Link
  • Matthias Music Album "BETA" Link (Public Domain @2025)
  • Matthias Song "It came from 8Bit" Link
  • Mozart, Amadeus 1936 "Allegro" Link
  • Mozart, Amadeus 1936 "Romanzeandante" Link
  • Mozart, Amadeus 1936 "Rondoallegro" Link
  • Mozart, Amadeus No 40 Link
  • Strauss, Johann "An der schoenen blauen Donau" Link
  • Strauss, Richard "Also sprach Zarathustra" Link
  • Wagner, Richard "Walkürenritt" Link



All other





Minimum License


Finally, here are things that at least try to use only a minimal license without GPL Copyleft jail,
such as the following: zLib, MIT, Apache and BSD-3.


C64
  • C64-Code-Relocator (MIT)
  • C64-devkit (MIT)
  • C64-Neural-Network (zlib)
  • C64 Pico Ram Interface (BSD-3)
  • floooh Chips (zlib)
  • FAL6567 (BSD-3)
  • FPGA ROM Emulator (MIT)
  • Idun-cartridge (MIT)
  • KungFuFlash (zlib)
  • Perfect6502 (MIT)
  • retropixels (MIT)
  • SpriteMate (MIT)
  • T-REX 64 (MIT)
  • Tapuino (MIT)
  • TapecartFlasher (MIT)
  • Vessel C64 Midi Interface (MIT)


Librarys
  • RayLib, to paint graphics/audio in C (zlib)