The History of Computing Foundation Manifest

The History of Computing Foundation

Mission statement

To create a repository where the knowledge of computing, past, contemporary and future, is and will be preserved.

Its founding principle is to work together in as open and cooperative a manner as possible in producing a definitive history and historical archive of computing.

Explicit goals are to provide an accurate and balanced history with input from as many sources as possible and maximum access to the results worldwide.

The contents of this site is provided under the

OpenContent License

The Project is incorporated as a nonprofit organization:

History of Computing Foundation

To achieve this the HoCF has started a project called: The History of Computing Project.

The project consists of a library and a website: www.thocp.net
To learn more about the contents of this site please refer to the site map
To learn more about this project please refer to the projects origins and outlines
The foundation is formally based in the Netherlands at Maurik.(see who is who) You can email us via info@thocp.net

The HoCF is not a museum or a virtual museum.

Its purpose is to gather information and present it via its web site.

All information is provided under the OpenContent License, free for all to use. We expect you however, as we do, to respect the copy rights of all persons and other legal bodies .

The HoCF closely cooperates with the Computermuseum foundation in the Netherlands, maintains an international network of correspondents and editors, have frequent contacts with authors and publishers, and tries on a continuous basis to involve other persons who might have an interest in the foundation's activities.