In 1977, Commodore licensed BASIC for $25,000 as a one-time payment, securing perpetual use without royalties.

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Today, Microsoft open-sourced the 6502 BASIC interpreter, the Commodore-specific port of Gates and Allen's first-ever ...

A few months after releasing the Altair BASIC source code, Microsoft has shared another cornerstone of its early software success. The company announced that 6502 BASIC ...