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.
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