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Multics License
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Historical Background
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This edition of the Multics software materials and documentation is provided
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and donated to Massachusetts Institute of Technology by Group BULL including
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BULL HN Information Systems Inc. as a contribution to computer science knowledge.
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This donation is made also to give evidence of the common contributions of
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Bell Laboratories, General Electric,
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Honeywell Information Systems Inc., Honeywell BULL Inc., Groupe BULL and BULL
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HN Information Systems Inc. to the development of this operating system. Multics
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development was initiated by Massachusetts Institute of Technology Project
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MAC (1963-1970), renamed the MIT Laboratory for Computer Science and Artificial
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Intelligence in the mid 1970s, under the leadership of Professor Fernando
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Jose Corbato. Users consider that Multics provided the best software architecture
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for managing computer hardware properly and for executing programs. Many subsequent
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operating systems incorporated Multics principles. Multics was distributed
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in 1975 to 2000 by Group Bull in Europe , and in the U.S. by Bull HN Information
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Systems Inc., as successor in interest by change in name only to Honeywell
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Bull Inc. and Honeywell Information Systems Inc.
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Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute these programs and their documentation
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for any purpose and without fee is hereby granted,provided that the below
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copyright notice and historical background appear in all copies and that both
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the copyright notice and historical background and this permission notice
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appear in supporting documentation, and that the names of MIT, HIS, BULL or
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BULL HN not be used in advertising or publicity pertaining to distribution
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of the programs without specific prior written permission.
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Copyright 1972 by Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Honeywell Information
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Systems Inc.
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Copyright 2006 by BULL HN Information Systems Inc.
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Copyright 2006 by Bull SAS All Rights Reserved
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