[SLUG] Re: Earliest open source?

2010-02-14 Thread Richard Ibbotson
Peter What's the earliest reference to open source anyone knows? I found this in a 1965 paper: The Multics system will be published when it is operating substantially, and will therefore be available for implementation on any equipment with suitable characteristics. Yes. This

Re: [SLUG] Re: Earliest open source?

2010-02-14 Thread Rick Welykochy
Richard Ibbotson wrote: What's the earliest reference to open source anyone knows? I found this in a 1965 paper: The Michigan Terminal System (MTS) emerged in the early 70s, with the source code shared and maintained by a number of unis.