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