Multics License

Historical Background

This edition of the Multics software materials and documentation is
provided and donated to Massachusetts Institute of Technology by Group BULL
including BULL HN Information Systems Inc. as a contribution to computer
science knowledge. This donation is made also to give evidence of the
common contributions of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Bell
Laboratories, General Electric, Honeywell Information Systems Inc.,
Honeywell BULL Inc., Groupe BULL and BULL HN Information Systems Inc. to
the development of this operating system. Multics development was initiated
by Massachusetts Institute of Technology Project MAC (1963-1970), renamed
the MIT Laboratory for Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence in the
mid 1970s, under the leadership of Professor Fernando Jose Corbato. Users
consider that Multics provided the best software architecture for managing
computer hardware properly and for executing programs. Many subsequent
operating systems incorporated Multics principles. Multics was distributed
in 1975 to 2000 by Group Bull in Europe, and in the U.S. by Bull HN
Information Systems Inc., as successor in interest by change in name only
to Honeywell Bull Inc. and Honeywell Information Systems Inc.

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Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute these programs and their
documentation for any purpose and without fee is hereby granted, provided
that the below copyright notice and historical background appear in all
copies and that both the copyright notice and historical background and
this permission notice appear in supporting documentation, and that the
names of MIT, HIS, BULL or BULL HN not be used in advertising or publicity
pertaining to distribution of the programs without specific prior written
permission.

Copyright 1972 by Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Honeywell
Information Systems Inc.
Copyright 2006 by BULL HN Information Systems Inc.
Copyright 2006 by Bull SAS All Rights Reserved


