1 This file contains a list of known contributors to Empire (either
2 in coding, testing, ideas or moral support. :) )
4 Empire is a multi-player, client/server Internet based war game. It
5 is distributed in two main parts, a server, where the game actually
6 runs, and clients that connect to the server. The server portion
7 ships with a basic client. This basic client is also available
8 seperately. There are also many third-party clients available.
10 Empire is based on a game written in the late 70s/early 80s by Peter
11 Langston. Since he wouldn't give out the source code, a large reverse
12 engineering/re-coding project was undertaken to create a new version
13 of this game and make the source available for all. Since that time,
14 the Empire code has changed drastically and been re-written numerous
15 times, and none of that original code exists (other than in fond
16 memories) in this code base anymore.
18 There have been various "stages" of Empire development. At this point
19 in time (October, 1998) there have been 5 major stages identified,
20 each with a leading author. They are as follows (with successsive
21 projects building on the projects before it):
23 Dave Pare (mr-frog@smarttouch.com) (UCSD/BSD)
24 Jeff Bailey (bailey@mcs.kent.edu) (KSU (1.04) Distribution of BSD)
25 Thomas Ruschak (ts@ecn.purdue.edu) (Chainsaw)
26 Ken Stevens (KStevens@GlobeandMail.ca) (3.0.x)
27 Steve McClure (ionica@empire.cx) (Wolfpack)
29 It is due to these above people pulling projects together that the
30 Empire server has gotten to where it is today.
32 Empire is copyrighted and released by the 5 people above under the GNU
33 GPL. See files README, COPYING and CREDITS for related information
34 and legal notices. It is expected that future projects/authors will
35 amend these files as needed. The source files have been updated to
36 reflect this license, and much erroneous data (such as bogus file
37 headers) has been fixed.
39 Empire source code has always been freely available, with the intent
40 of it always being freely available, it was just never properly
41 copyrighted or licensed until the first release under the GNU GPL
42 (4.2.0). It is our goal to keep Empire source free and available at all
45 Also see the "History" info file for a more detailed listing of
46 the history of Empire.
48 Currently (June, 2003), Empire development is being led by the
49 Wolfpack team. You can find them at "http://www.wolfpackempire.com"
50 or e-mail "wolfpack@wolfpackempire.com".
52 In addition, the people below are recognized as having either given
53 code to the above authors, submitted patches, helped on various
54 aspects of the projects (such as info pages), play tested, submitted
55 bug reports, bounced ideas, etc.
57 Many of the source files have no listed known contributors due to the
58 fact that many, many people contributed anonymously. For those where
59 we knew who contributors were, we listed them in the header. It is
60 hoped that in the future contributors will put their names into this
61 list at the top of the file, and that new files have the same type of
62 header applied to them for future tracking (though obviously it is
65 We are sure that the list below is most likely incomplete, and anyone
66 who doesn't see your name on the below list, don't be offended, we
67 didn't mean it! Just send us an e-mail letting us know and we'll be
68 more than happy to add you. Also, let us know your latest e-mail
69 address if you'd like it included.
73 James Anderson (jwa@k.cs.cmu.edu)
74 Jeff Anton (anton@postgres.berkeley.edu)
76 Jeff Bailey (bailey@mcs.kent.edu)
80 Geoff Cashman (cashman@sherrill.kiva.net)
85 Aaron Dewell (dewell@greatland.net)
87 Drake Diedrich (Drake.Diedrich@anu.edu.au)
90 Phill Everson (everson@compsci.bristol.ac.uk)
92 Robert Forsman (thoth@beach.cis.ufl.edu)
96 Jim Griffith (griffith@scam.Berkeley.EDU)
97 Steven Grimm (koreth@ucscb.UCSC.EDU)
99 Doug Hay (Doug_Hay@tsb.ca)
101 Lewis R. Jansen (lrj@helios.tn.cornell.edu)
102 Mike St. Johns (stjohns@edn-vax.arpa)
108 Ron Kuris (rk@unify.com)
109 Nick Lai (lai@cs.ucla.edu)
112 Robert A. Larson (blarson@skat.usc.edu)
115 Dan Logcher (dan@i-kinetics.com)
116 Pat Loney (overlord@empire.cx)
117 Shelley Louie (slouie@cory.berekely.edu)
118 Steve McClure (ionica@empire.cx)
119 Chris Metcalf (metcalf-christopher@yale.arpa)
123 Keith Muller (muller@sdcc7.ucsd.edu)
124 Chuck Musciano (chuck@trantor.harris-atd.com)
127 Jeff Okamoto (okamoto%hpccc@hplabs.hp.com)
129 Julian Onions (jpo@computer-science.nottingham.ac.uk)
131 Dave Pare (mr-frog@smarttouch.com)
133 Kurt Pires (kjpires@ic.berkeley.edu)
135 Bernhard Reiter (breiter@mathematik.Uni-Osnabrueck.DE)
136 Jim Reuter (reuter@decwrl.dec.com)
137 James Risner (risner@akira.stdio.com)
138 Thomas Ruschak (ts@ecn.purdue.edu)
140 David Muir Sharnoff (muir@cogsci.berkeley.edu)
143 Ken Stevens (KStevens@GlobeandMail.ca)
147 Yannick Tremblay (yt1@eng.cam.ac.uk)
148 Janjaap van Velthooven
150 Peter Vukovich (peterv@monet.berkeley.edu)
151 Jeff Wallace (jeffw@scam.berkeley.edu)
154 John Yockey (johny@verinet.com)