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