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Deflemask

Deflemask is a Tracker to create chip music for various Systems, including the SID.

• It uses reSID from VICE for its SID emulation.
• reSID is linked into the program statically
• Nowhere in the program or the documentation does it mention that reSID is being used, and where to get the related sourcecode

when a member of the team asked for the sourcecode, we got this nice reply:

On Monday 20 June 2016, 12:58:59 Delek <deeleek@gmail.com> wrote:
> I will not release all the Defle source only because 0.01% of it uses a gpl
> licensed thing, this sounds like a joke. I know the gpl is "open or death"
> but this forces me to make from scratch a new sid emulator and release a
> new version of my tracker rather than open source my project.
> 
> Btw Defle is free software and I didn't touch your code.
> Thanks for being so lame guys.

as of now (2018-05-14), version 0.12.0 of the software, which has the mentioned problems, is still being offered for download on their website.

Combian

Combian is a rhaspian based linux distribution that boots directly into x64 from VICE

• the website mentions "terms and conditions" that are probably not quite GPL compatible:

 Combian 64 is a free project, this means you can modify, improve, customise it as you like.

 If you intend to distribute it through some cloud service/forum/personal link etc, you can do 
 it freely at the condition that you mention the author and insert a reference to this page.

• although it mentions VICE on the webpage, there are no pointers on how to request the source code.
• to download the binaries, you have to request permission from the author first, and you need a google drive account to do it. - we have mirrored the binaries here.