HP/CHM 21xx/1000 software agreement signed!

[Doc Shipley]

Al Kossow wrote:
> I am pleased to announce that Hewlett Packard and The Computer History 
> Museum have as
> of today entered into an agreement allowing CHM to preserve and 
> redistribute all of the
> software (objects and sources) along with documentation for the 
> 21xx/1000 family of
> computers for non-commercial use.
> 
> The software has been explicitly licensed for use both on simulators and 
> real hardware.
> 
> HP has also donated a large collection of manuals and software 
> distributions, primarily
> from the late 80s and forward, which complements what CHM already had 
> from earlier software
> releases.
> 
> CHM will continue to be actively involved in trying to find all of the 
> earlier software
> releases which weren't in the HP archives.

   Woah.  That is a huge deal!  I can't imagine the amount of time & 
patience that went into making this agreement.

   Good work!


	Doc