1*4882a593Smuzhiyun 2*4882a593SmuzhiyunMultics License 3*4882a593Smuzhiyun 4*4882a593SmuzhiyunHistorical Background 5*4882a593Smuzhiyun 6*4882a593SmuzhiyunThis edition of the Multics software materials and documentation is 7*4882a593Smuzhiyunprovided and donated to Massachusetts Institute of Technology by Group 8*4882a593SmuzhiyunBULL including BULL HN Information Systems Inc. as a contribution to 9*4882a593Smuzhiyuncomputer science knowledge. This donation is made also to give evidence 10*4882a593Smuzhiyunof the common contributions of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 11*4882a593SmuzhiyunBell Laboratories, General Electric, Honeywell Information Systems 12*4882a593SmuzhiyunInc., Honeywell BULL Inc., Groupe BULL and BULL HN Information Systems 13*4882a593SmuzhiyunInc. to the development of this operating system. Multics development 14*4882a593Smuzhiyunwas initiated by Massachusetts Institute of Technology Project MAC 15*4882a593Smuzhiyun(1963-1970), renamed the MIT Laboratory for Computer Science and 16*4882a593SmuzhiyunArtificial Intelligence in the mid 1970s, under the leadership of 17*4882a593SmuzhiyunProfessor Fernando Jose Corbato. Users consider that Multics provided the 18*4882a593Smuzhiyunbest software architecture for managing computer hardware properly and 19*4882a593Smuzhiyunfor executing programs. Many subsequent operating systems incorporated 20*4882a593SmuzhiyunMultics principles. Multics was distributed in 1975 to 2000 by Group 21*4882a593SmuzhiyunBull in Europe , and in the U.S. by Bull HN Information Systems Inc., as 22*4882a593Smuzhiyunsuccessor in interest by change in name only to Honeywell Bull Inc. and 23*4882a593SmuzhiyunHoneywell Information Systems Inc. . 24*4882a593Smuzhiyun 25*4882a593Smuzhiyun----------------------------------------------------------- 26*4882a593Smuzhiyun 27*4882a593SmuzhiyunPermission to use, copy, modify, and distribute these programs and their 28*4882a593Smuzhiyundocumentation for any purpose and without fee is hereby granted,provided 29*4882a593Smuzhiyunthat the below copyright notice and historical background appear in all 30*4882a593Smuzhiyuncopies and that both the copyright notice and historical background and 31*4882a593Smuzhiyunthis permission notice appear in supporting documentation, and that 32*4882a593Smuzhiyunthe names of MIT, HIS, BULL or BULL HN not be used in advertising or 33*4882a593Smuzhiyunpublicity pertaining to distribution of the programs without specific 34*4882a593Smuzhiyunprior written permission. 35*4882a593SmuzhiyunCopyright 1972 by Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Honeywell Information 36*4882a593SmuzhiyunSystems Inc. 37*4882a593SmuzhiyunCopyright 2006 by BULL HN Information Systems Inc. 38*4882a593SmuzhiyunCopyright 2006 by Bull SAS 39*4882a593SmuzhiyunAll Rights Reserved 40*4882a593Smuzhiyun 41