[TUHS] List of earliest UNIX licensees?

Thalia Archibald via TUHS tuhs at tuhs.org
Fri Feb 20 11:50:59 AEST 2026


On Feb 18, 2026, at 11:17, Jacobson, Doug W [E CPE] wrote:
> Very fun, this got me to look through my files, and I found my V6 license dated Feb 1980.  There was also one dated March 1977, but I'm not sure we executed it.  Both were licensed to the same CPU.  The 1977 agreement listed UNIX v6, and the 1980 agreement listed Mini-UNIX v6.  Also found the V7 license and several BSD ones.
> 
> Doug

Hi Doug,

I’ve been gathering UNIX license agreements and would be very interested to add
those. I haven’t seen a Mini-UNIX license and the 1977 license from KU Leuven is
missing several pages. They change over time and the distribution contents
description is especially interesting.
    https://archive.org/search?query=subject%3A%22UNIX+license%22&sort=date
    https://github.com/thaliaarchi/unix-history/tree/main/licenses

Thalia


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