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. . -----------------------------------------------------------

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
