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 the "LEGAL", "LICENSE", "CREDITS" and "README" files for all
34 the related information and legal notices. It is expected that any
35 future projects/authors will amend these files as needed. The source
36 files have been updated to reflect this license, and much erroneous
37 data (such as bogus file 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)
107 Ron Kuris (rk@unify.com)
108 Nick Lai (lai@cs.ucla.edu)
111 Robert A. Larson (blarson@skat.usc.edu)
114 Dan Logcher (dan@i-kinetics.com)
115 Pat Loney (overlord@empire.cx)
116 Shelley Louie (slouie@cory.berekely.edu)
117 Steve McClure (ionica@empire.cx)
118 Chris Metcalf (metcalf-christopher@yale.arpa)
122 Keith Muller (muller@sdcc7.ucsd.edu)
123 Chuck Musciano (chuck@trantor.harris-atd.com)
126 Jeff Okamoto (okamoto%hpccc@hplabs.hp.com)
127 Julian Onions (jpo@computer-science.nottingham.ac.uk)
129 Dave Pare (mr-frog@smarttouch.com)
131 Kurt Pires (kjpires@ic.berkeley.edu)
133 Bernhard Reiter (breiter@mathematik.Uni-Osnabrueck.DE)
134 Jim Reuter (reuter@decwrl.dec.com)
135 James Risner (risner@akira.stdio.com)
136 Thomas Ruschak (ts@ecn.purdue.edu)
138 David Muir Sharnoff (muir@cogsci.berkeley.edu)
141 Ken Stevens (KStevens@GlobeandMail.ca)
145 Yannick Tremblay (yt1@eng.cam.ac.uk)
146 Janjaap van Velthooven
148 Peter Vukovich (peterv@monet.berkeley.edu)
149 Jeff Wallace (jeffw@scam.berkeley.edu)
152 John Yockey (johny@verinet.com)