August 4, 2026
Amiga Corporation holds the registered and unregistered copyrights in the works of the former Commodore and Amiga companies. These include source code and binaries for CBM 8-bit and Amiga software and firmware, together with hardware designs, manufacturing data, documentation, marketing assets, and other materials. Amiga also owns the Amiga trademarks. The chain of title includes rights previously preserved and consolidated by Cloanto, together with additional rights acquired from other sources.
Following the 1996 liquidation of Escom, one of Amiga's predecessors in interest, the "Commodore" and "C=" trademarks followed a separate path from the other assets. Tulip Computers acquired the trademarks and used them for Commodore-branded PCs. Subsequent transfers brought the trademarks to the present Commodore company. In the agreement, Amiga recognizes this ownership. The copyrights in the historical software, documentation, and other Commodore and Amiga works remained in the chain of title now continued by Amiga. Under the same agreement, Amiga licenses CBM 8-bit software and documentation to Commodore for use in its products.
Amiga
retains the right to use and reproduce the Commodore marks in historical and
descriptive contexts, including as they appear in original software,
documentation, notices, keyboard symbols, on-screen texts, and other content.
The agreement further confirms Amiga's continuing control of technical and
numbering resources historically associated with Commodore-Amiga, Commodore
Business Machines, Commodore Electronics, Commodore International, and other
now-defunct Commodore-formative entities: MAC address OUIs, IP address
allocations, port numbers, object identifiers, and other assignments used by
Amiga and its predecessors in connection with their systems and activities.
In August 1984, Commodore and Amiga brought their efforts together under
Commodore-Amiga, Inc., a name Amiga Corporation still uses as a registered DBA.
Forty-two years later, the circle is closing: apart from the "Commodore" and
"C=" marks, the principal rights and assets of the Commodore and Amiga eras rest
with Amiga.
Hyperion Entertainment will continue to develop and distribute AmigaOS 4 under license from Amiga. The rights in the independently developed AmigaOS 4 code have never been disputed, and the new agreement preserves that position while clearly defining the Amiga software and trademarks licensed for continued AmigaOS 4 development and commercialization.
The position concerning 68K AmigaOS products is different. Under the agreement, Hyperion Entertainment's rights in that field are transitional and limited to AmigaOS 3.2 and AmigaOS 3.3 as upgrades for existing licensed systems. Distribution of those products will end no later than December 31, 2027. Amiga will continue to direct the development and evolution of AmigaOS for the 68K platform, carrying forward the lineage established by Commodore-Amiga in the 1980s.
Hyperion Entertainment will deliver to Amiga the source code, revision history, and documentation for AmigaOS 3.1.4, including all fixes and updates, but excluding AmigaOS 4 code backported into AmigaOS 3.2 or 3.3, for use in Amiga's 68K AmigaOS development. The agreement also provides for the company's contractors and developers to be released from any obligations that would prevent them from working with Amiga. Developers whose commitment has always been to AmigaOS are therefore free to contribute to its future.
Amiga regards the preservation of historical Commodore and Amiga assets and continued development as complementary responsibilities. Its work includes identifying, securing, cataloging, and preserving source code, binaries, documentation, artwork, photos, videos, corporate records, and other materials, while maintaining lawful paths for their continued use, study, and development.
Amiga is working with preservationists, former employees, other original contributors, and cultural, educational, and research institutions, including libraries, museums, and archives.
For example, Amiga is now in a position to restore the iconic SoftVoice speech synthesis to AmigaOS. Several versions of the historic Boing Ball demo are also being prepared for release.
Amiga means different things to different people. For some, it represents an important part of computing history. For others, it remains a living platform. Preserving the past, making it accessible, and advancing the platform are central to Amiga's purpose.
Community and technology define Amiga in equal measure. Amiga's identity and direction are shaped by the diversity of its people, ideas, and projects, a shared passion for the platform, and a commitment to beauty and excellence.
Amiga supports this ecosystem by licensing its technology and trademarks for hardware and software products, publications, events, and other projects. These partnerships help high-quality work reach broad audiences and make the past, present, and future of CBM 8-bit and Amiga systems more accessible.
Current licensees include A1200.NET, Antstream Arcade, Blaze Entertainment, Cloanto, Commodore, Hyperion Entertainment (and its sublicensees), Retro Games, Simulant Systems, and SpecNext.
Amiga has already concluded additional agreements, and others are in progress. Each will be announced, with the licensees and projects listed on a renewed Amiga website.