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== History == EPICS was initially developed as the Ground Test Accelerator Controls System (GTACS) at [[Los Alamos National Laboratory]] (LANL) in 1988 by Bob Dalesio, Jeff Hill, et al.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Kozubal |first1=A. J. |last2=Kerstiens |first2=D. M. |last3=Hill |first3=J. O. |last4=Dalesio |first4=L. R. |date=1990 |title=Run-time environment and application tools for the ground test accelerator control system |journal=Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment |language=en |volume=293 |issue=1β2 |pages=288β291 |doi=10.1016/0168-9002(90)91446-I|bibcode=1990NIMPA.293..288K }}</ref> In 1989, Marty Kraimer from Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) came to work alongside the GTA controls team for 6 months, bringing his experience from his work on the Advanced Photon Source (APS) Control System to the project. The resulting software was renamed EPICS and was presented at the International Conference on Accelerator and Large Experimental Physics Control Systems (ICALEPCS) in 1991.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |url=https://epics.anl.gov/EpicsDocumentation/EpicsGeneral/EPICS_Architecture.pdf |title=EPICS Architecture |last= |first= |date= |website=EPICS β Experimental Physics and Industrial Control System |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=}}</ref> EPICS was originally available under a commercial license, with enhanced versions sold by [[Tate & Kinetic Systems]]. Licenses for collaborators were free, but required a legal agreement with LANL and APS. An EPICS community was established and development grew as more facilities joined in with the collaboration. In February 2004, EPICS became freely distributable after its release under the EPICS Open License.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://epics-controls.org/epics-open-license/ |title=EPICS Open License |last= |first= |date= |website=EPICS β Experimental Physics and Industrial Control System |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=}}</ref> It is now used and developed by over 50 large science institutions worldwide, as well as by several commercial companies.
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