-*- coding: utf-8 -*- BZFlag Contributors =================== The BZFlag development team would like to thank the many people who have contributed to BZFlag over the years. The game was initially and primarily written by Chris Schoeneman in 1992 while he was a Masters student at the Cornell Program of Computer Graphics. In 1999, Chris Schoeneman trasferred copyright and maintainership of the game over to Tim Riker, whom continues in that role today. Since the project was released as open source software around roughly the same time, a considerable number of other developers and contributors have become a part of the project as well. Over the project's lifetime, there have been many contributors to BZFlag. Listed below are the various individuals and groups that have provided their time, energy, and input. The contributors are characterized into different groups to indicate the level and type of involvement with the project: core developers, developers, code contributors, servers & infrastructure, corporate & organizational support, and special thanks. For each section, the contributors are listed in chronological order with the earliest contributors listed first. CORE DEVELOPERS --------------- Among all the developers are a core set of individuals that have dedicated themselves to the improvement of the game at some point in time, making a substantial and sustained impact on the game's development and on-going maintenance. If you review the commit logs, these are the names you will likely see the most. Chris Schoeneman <crs23@bigfoot.com> Active: 1992-2000 Jeff Myers (JeffM2501) <JeffM2501@users.sourceforge.net> Active: 1997-Current Tim Riker <Tim@Rikers.org> Active: 1999-2005 Frank Thilo (chestal) <thilo@unix-ag.org> Active: 2001-2004 David Trowbridge (purple_cow) <trowbrds@gmail.com> Active: 2001-2004 Dave Brosius (MrApathyCream) <dave@mebigfatguy.com> Active: 2001-2005 Sean Morrison (brlcad, learner) <learner@brlcad.org> Active: 2003-Current Alfredo Tupone (c3po) <alfredo@tupone.it> Active: 2003-Current Daniel Remenak <dtremenak@users.sourceforge.net> Active: 2003-Current DEVELOPERS ---------- The developers of BZFlag are a widely diverse group of individuals from all around the world. These individuals have made multiple significant contributions to the game on a sustained basis. They become actively involved in the development discussions, and have otherwise actively helped to keep the game evolving and improving. -- 1992 -- Chris Schoeneman <crs23@bigfoot.com> -- 1997 -- Jeff Myers <JeffM2501@users.sourceforge.net> -- 1999 -- Tim Riker <Tim@Rikers.org> -- 2000 -- Colin Bayer <vogon_jeltz@users.sourceforge.net> -- 2001 -- Jeremiah Moss (CobraA1) <jeremiah_moss@cobraa1.com> Frank Thilo (chestal) <thilo@unix-ag.org> David Trowbridge (purple_cow) <trowbrds@gmail.com> Dave Brosius (MrApathyCream) <dave@mebigfatguy.com> -- 2003 -- Lars Luthman (larsl) Sean Morrison (learner, brlcad) <learner@brlcad.org> Alfredo Tupone (c3po) <alfredo@tupone.it> Daniel Remenak <dtremenak@users.sourceforge.net> Bryan Jennings (bryjen) -- 2004 -- Ian Agar (lan56) Julio Jimenez (Manu, jujibo) -- 2005 -- Mark Thomas (menotume) Bernt Hansen (Thumper, bthansen) -- 2006 -- -- 2007 -- -- 2008 -- Jeff Makey (BulletCatcher) <bullet_catcher@users.sourceforge.net> -- 2009 -- CODE CONTRIBUTORS ----------------- Code contributors includes individuals that have made useful yet limited source code contributions to the game. The range of contributions varies greatly here with some providing simple one-time patches and others providing several complex modifications. Regardless, these individuals are generally not involved in the on-going game development (yet). They have nonetheless provided some valued source code contribution to the game and certainly deserve mention and appreciation for their involvement. -- 1993 -- Phillip Ezolt Björn Augustsson Jed Lengyel -- 1997 -- David Hoeferlin Andrew White Tim Olson Tom Hubina -- 1999 -- Stea Greene Erik Andersen -- 2000 -- Daniel Léonard <fork@videotron.ca> Daryll Strauss <daryll@daryll.net> -- 2001 -- Frank Siegert <frank@this.net> Eric Anholt Kris Verbeeck Darrell Walisser Nick Sayer Valery Fouques Pier Donini Mathias Gumz -- 2002 -- Sal Gonzalez Harry Dodgson Janne Hassinen Chris Walters Andrew Greig Kefin Avila Janne Hassinen Andrea Mathis -- 2003 -- Isak Styf Michael Hoffman David Wollner (jbdigriz) Justin Zaun Adam Krell François Revol (mmu_man) Micah Dowty (scanline) Dennis Pedersen (dmp) Bernt Hansen (Thumper) -- 2004 -- Nils McCarthy (shkoo) Scott Wichser (blast007) Andrew Heyn -- 2005 -- David Vuorio Steve Krenzel (sgk284) Simon Richard Grint Angelina Carlton (bzgirl) Frederic Jolliton (cods) Matthew Sachs Andrew Keyser Frank Evers (pimpinella) Nathan Goings Karsten Behrmann Harry Keller Garrett Padera Mike Weisenborn (orange) Joshua Rogers Daniel Mulford Thomas Stauer -- 2006 -- Andrew McNabb (amcnabb) Stephan Hradek (Skeeve) Jon Brandvein (Workaphobia) Felix Monniger (Linuxx0r) (uso) Michael Sheppard (mike_s_) Thomas Matelich (sosedada) Geoffrey Sneddon (gsnedders) Petteri Aimonen (jpa) Markus (links_2004) Jim Melton (jwmelto/Flash) (harry666t) -- 2007 -- (randomparticle/snick) Lou Nigro (LouMan) Darek Dawidowski ([darek]) Joshua Bodine (Constitution) Phillip (the_vaxorcist) Christophe Henry (sbgodin) Chris Wible (L4m3r) Jørgen Pedersen Tjernø (daxxar) -- 2008 -- Alexander Boyd (javawizard2539) James Lawrence (spldart) Istvan Szakats (Wyk3d) Luke Rewega (Lukstr) Steven Mertens (catay) Paul Blokus (Paul_PL) Eric M. McIntyre (mcintyem) Alexander Law -- 2009 -- Mathew Eis (Bulldozer) Mayur Bhosle (mayurbhosle) Russell Bryant (russellbryant) -- 2010 -- (cobrafast) --2011-- David Anderson (mdskpr) Ben K. (McSpider) Tilmann Hentze (Moiree) Dagobert Michelsen Thomas Daede (TD-Linux) GOOGLE SUMMER OF CODE --------------------- BZFlag has been proud to take part in the Google Summer of Code (http://code.google.com/soc/) in 2007, 2008, and 2009. The student contributors for each year are listed. -- 2007 -- Chris Wible (L4m3r) Kornel Kisielewicz (epyon) Jude Nelson (jude) Jørgen Pedersen Tjernø (daxxar) -- 2008 -- Luke Rewega (Lukstr) David Sanders (KingofCamelot) Joshua Bodine (Constitution) Harrison Reiser (bugQ) Istvan Szakats (Wyk3d) Kornel Kisielewicz (epyon) -- 2009 -- Istvan Szakats (Wyk3d) Mathew Eis (Bulldozer, KingRobot) Quentin Pradet (Cygal) William Hahne (Will07c5) SERVERS AND INFRASTRUCTURE -------------------------- Open Source Technology Group, Inc. SourceForge.net project resources Tim Riker original list server (rikers.org) Cameron Mandrake (nidhoggr) second generation list server (secretplace.us) Sean Morrison (learner) third generation list server (bzflag.bz) Tucker McLean (Noodleman) stats site (stats.bzflag.org) Joe Van Overberghe (donny_baker) mediawiki site (my.bzflag.org/wiki) CORPORATE AND ORGANIZATION SUPPORT ---------------------------------- Below are organizational entities that have provided direct support to the game either through direct funding, legal and licensing support, network and hardware resources, or distribution channels. SGI (formerly named Silicon Graphics, Inc.) Free Software Foundation GNU General Public License GNU Lesser General Public License XiGraphics Package distribution providers Debian, FreeBSD, Gentoo Open Source Technology Group, Inc. SourceForge project services Peer-Directed Projects Center Freenode IRC network Google Inc Summer of Code 2007, 2008, 2009 SPECIAL THANKS -------------- Some people deserve special thanks for their involvement in the game that cannot be categorized into the other sections. This includes individuals that were instrumental in getting the game started, keeping it alive, and otherwise encouraging the spirit of the game. This also includes artists, web designers, and others working towards improving the BZFlag community. Tamar Cohen Dan Kartch Brian Smits Greg Spencer Kevin Novins Rick Pasetto Ben Trumbore Erin Shaw Don Greenberg Adam Rosen Nafees Bin Zafar Kyle Van Essen Mac OS X Disk Mounting Image Backgrounds: -- 1.7g0r6, 1.7g0r7 -- Reid Ellis -- 1.10.* -- Tupone Alfredo (c3po) -- 2.0.4 -- Mark Thomas (menotume) -- 2.0.6 -- Harry Keller (Saturos) -- 2.0.10 -- Harry Keller (Saturos) NOTES ----- hoeferlin, hubina, myers, olson are people Chris does not know that contributed code to 1.7 kartch, lengyel, smits, spencer were in the cornell graphics grad program when chris was lengyel added the jumping strauss ported to the 3Dfx cards cohen is a friend of chris' from cornell who made the tank models novins, pasetto, trumbore, shaw were also graphics grad students, but didn't contribute code shaw was chris' officemate and graciously put up with all the noise from the game rosen was a former coworker with some good suggestions trowbridge began work on bzedit circa 1999 --- If any corrections or additions need to be made, please contact one of the active core developers. Additionally, you may send inquiries, suggestions, and comments to the developer mailing list: bzflag-devel@lists.sourceforge.net