Import of Empire 4.2.12

CREDITS

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+This file contains a list of known contributors to Empire (either
+in coding, testing, ideas or moral support. :) )
+
+Empire is a multi-player, client/server Internet based war game. It
+is distributed in two main parts, a server, where the game actually
+runs, and clients that connect to the server.  The server portion
+ships with a basic client.  This basic client is also available
+seperately.  There are also many third-party clients available.
+
+Empire is based on a game written in the late 70s/early 80s by Peter
+Langston.  Since he wouldn't give out the source code, a large reverse
+engineering/re-coding project was undertaken to create a new version
+of this game and make the source available for all.  Since that time,
+the Empire code has changed drastically and been re-written numerous
+times, and none of that original code exists (other than in fond
+memories) in this code base anymore.
+
+There have been various "stages" of Empire development.  At this point
+in time (October, 1998) there have been 5 major stages identified,
+each with a leading author.  They are as follows (with successsive
+projects building on the projects before it):
+
+  Dave Pare (mr-frog@smarttouch.com) (UCSD/BSD)
+  Jeff Bailey (bailey@mcs.kent.edu) (KSU (1.04) Distribution of BSD)
+  Thomas Ruschak (ts@ecn.purdue.edu) (Chainsaw)
+  Ken Stevens (KStevens@GlobeandMail.ca) (3.0.x)
+  Steve McClure (ionica@empire.cx) (Wolfpack)
+
+It is due to these above people pulling projects together that the
+Empire server has gotten to where it is today. 
+
+Empire is copyrighted and released by the 5 people above under the GNU
+GPL.  See the "LEGAL", "LICENSE", "CREDITS" and "README" files for all
+the related information and legal notices. It is expected that any
+future projects/authors will amend these files as needed.  The source
+files have been updated to reflect this license, and much erroneous
+data (such as bogus file headers) has been fixed.
+
+Empire source code has always been freely available, with the intent
+of it always being freely available, it was just never properly
+copyrighted or licensed until the first release under the GNU GPL
+(4.2.0) It is our goal to keep Empire source free and available at all
+times.
+
+Also see the "History" info file for a more detailed listing of
+the history of Empire.
+
+Currently (June, 2003), Empire development is being led by the
+Wolfpack team.  You can find them at "http://www.wolfpackempire.com"
+or e-mail "wolfpack@wolfpackempire.com".
+
+In addition, the people below are recognized as having either given
+code to the above authors, submitted patches, helped on various
+aspects of the projects (such as info pages), play tested, submitted
+bug reports, bounced ideas, etc.
+
+Many of the source files have no listed known contributors due to the
+fact that many, many people contributed anonymously.  For those where
+we knew who contributors were, we listed them in the header.  It is
+hoped that in the future contributors will put their names into this
+list at the top of the file, and that new files have the same type of
+header applied to them for future tracking (though obviously it is
+not required.)
+
+We are sure that the list below is most likely incomplete, and anyone
+who doesn't see your name on the below list, don't be offended, we
+didn't mean it!  Just send us an e-mail letting us know and we'll be
+more than happy to add you.  Also, let us know your latest e-mail
+address if you'd like it included.
+
+---
+
+James Anderson (jwa@k.cs.cmu.edu)
+Jeff Anton (anton@postgres.berkeley.edu)
+Markus Armbruster
+Jeff Bailey (bailey@mcs.kent.edu)
+Mark Ballinger
+Jan van Beethoven
+Paul Byrne
+Geoff Cashman (cashman@sherrill.kiva.net)
+Bill Canning
+Trannie Carter
+Sean Casey
+David Davis
+Aaron Dewell (dewell@greatland.net)
+Jorge Diaz
+Drake Diedrich (Drake.Diedrich@anu.edu.au)
+Yaser Doleh
+Ed Down
+Phill Everson (everson@compsci.bristol.ac.uk)
+Scott Ferguson
+Robert Forsman (thoth@beach.cis.ufl.edu)
+Bill Frolick
+Steven Grady
+Keith Graham
+Jim Griffith (griffith@scam.Berkeley.EDU)
+Steven Grimm (koreth@ucscb.UCSC.EDU)
+Karl Hagen
+Doug Hay (Doug_Hay@tsb.ca)
+Ken Huisman
+Lewis R. Jansen (lrj@helios.tn.cornell.edu)
+Mike St. Johns (stjohns@edn-vax.arpa)
+Beorn Johnson
+William S. Kaster
+Jeremy Kennebel
+Kevin Klemmick
+Ron Kuris (rk@unify.com)
+Nick Lai (lai@cs.ucla.edu)
+Phil Lapsley
+Curtis Larsen
+Robert A. Larson (blarson@skat.usc.edu)
+Jonathan Lee
+Craig Leres
+Dan Logcher (dan@i-kinetics.com)
+Pat Loney (overlord@empire.cx)
+Shelley Louie (slouie@cory.berekely.edu)
+Steve McClure (ionica@empire.cx)
+Chris Metcalf (metcalf-christopher@yale.arpa)
+Sasha Mikheev
+Kevin Morgan
+Richard Moss
+Keith Muller (muller@sdcc7.ucsd.edu)
+Chuck Musciano (chuck@trantor.harris-atd.com)
+Dave Nye
+Kevin O'Connor
+Jeff Okamoto (okamoto%hpccc@hplabs.hp.com)
+Julian Onions (jpo@computer-science.nottingham.ac.uk)
+Jim Ortlieb
+Dave Pare (mr-frog@smarttouch.com)
+Gregory Paris
+Kurt Pires (kjpires@ic.berkeley.edu)
+Brett Reid
+Bernhard Reiter (breiter@mathematik.Uni-Osnabrueck.DE)
+Jim Reuter (reuter@decwrl.dec.com)
+James Risner (risner@akira.stdio.com)
+Thomas Ruschak (ts@ecn.purdue.edu)
+Edward M. Rynes
+David Muir Sharnoff (muir@cogsci.berkeley.edu)
+Alex Shatsky
+Walter Smith
+Ken Stevens (KStevens@GlobeandMail.ca)
+Michael Straub
+Tom Tedrick
+Sam Tetherow
+Yannick Tremblay (yt1@eng.cam.ac.uk)
+Janjaap van Velthooven
+Ville Virrankoski
+Peter Vukovich (peterv@monet.berkeley.edu)
+Jeff Wallace (jeffw@scam.berkeley.edu)
+Sverker Wiberg
+Mike Wise
+John Yockey (johny@verinet.com)
+Chad Zabel
+