so they decided to give the software away for free with a copyright notice. Saltzer and Larry Allen worked with attorneys to draft and refine the proposal wording, versions of which were circulated to attorneys by email on January 10, 1984 and used in software publication on February 1, 1984. A new version of the license was put together later in 1985 for the development and release of the X Window System and Project Athena, and was released in February 1986.

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