X-Git-Url: http://git.pk910.de/?p=ircu2.10.12-pk.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2FAuthors;fp=doc%2FAuthors;h=77ee1219273485291dcdc17de8a7c13c9134470e;hp=0000000000000000000000000000000000000000;hb=0400a5a6479398d82526785c18c0df8bc8b92dce;hpb=d17e10da972ce5776c60b4c317267c6abe0e1ead diff --git a/doc/Authors b/doc/Authors new file mode 100644 index 0000000..77ee121 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/Authors @@ -0,0 +1,225 @@ +/************************************************************************ + * IRC - Internet Relay Chat, doc/AUTHORS + * Copyright (C) 1990 + * + * AUTHORS FILE: + * This file attempts to remember all contributors to the IRC + * developement. Names can be only added this file, no name + * should never be removed. This file must be included into all + * distributions of IRC and derived works. + * + * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify + * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by + * the Free Software Foundation; either version 1, or (at your option) + * any later version. + * + * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, + * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of + * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the + * GNU General Public License for more details. + * + * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License + * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software + * Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. + */ + +IRC was conceived of and written by Jarkko Oikarinen . +IRC was originally written in University of Oulu, Computing Center. +Jan 1991 - IRC 2.6 jto@tolsun.oulu.fi + - Multiple Channels and protocol changes + +Contributions were made by a cast of dozens, including the following: + +Markku Jarvinen : Emacs-like editing facility for the client + +Kimmo Suominen : HP-UX port + +Jeff Trim : enhancements and advice + +Vijay Subramaniam : advice and ruthless publicity + +Karl Kleinpaste : user's manual + +Greg Lindahl : AUTOMATON code, the Wumpus GM automaton, +myriad bug fixes + +Bill Wisner : numerous bug fixes and code +enhancements + +Tom Davis and Tim Russell : +VMS modifications + +Markku Savela : advice, support, and being the +incentive to do some of our *own* coding. :) + +Tom Hopkins : bug fixes, quarantine lines, +consolidation of various patches. + +Christopher Davis : EFnet/Anet gateway coding, +many automata ;), documentation fixing. + +Helen Rose : documentation updating, and fixing. + +Tom Hinds : emacs client updating. + +Tim Miller : various server and client-breaking +features. + +Darren Reed : various bug fixes and enhancements. +Introduced nickname and channelname hash tables into the server. + +The version 2.2 release was coordinated by Mike Bolotski +. + +The version 2.4 release was coordinated by Markku Savela and +Chelsea Ashley Dyerman + +The version 2.5.2 release was coordinated by Christopher Davis, Helen Rose, +and Tom Hopkins. + +The versions 2.6.2, 2.7 and 2.8 releases were coordinated by Darren Reed. + +Contributions for the 2.8 release from the following people: +Matthew Green +Chuck Kane +Matt Lyle +Vesa Ruokonen + +Markku Savela / April 1990 +Fixed various bugs in 2.2PL1 release server (2.2msa.4) and changed +sockets to use non-blocking mode (2.2msa.9). [I have absolutely +nothing to do with clients :-] + +Chelsea Ashley Dyerman / April 1990 +Rewrote the Makefiles, restructuring of source tree. Added libIrcd.a to +the Makefile macros, numerous reformatting of server text messages, and +added mkversion.sh to keep track of compilation statistics. Numerous +bug fixes and enhancements, and co-coordinator of the 2.4 release. + +Jarle Lyngaas (nmijl@alf.uib.no) added Note functions to ircd. + +Armin Gruner / May, June 1990: +* Patched KILL-line feature for ircd.conf, works now. + Enhancement: Time intervals can be specified in passwd-field. + Result: KILL-Line is only active during these intervals +* Patched PRIVMSG handling, now OPER can specify masks for sending + private messages, advantage: msg to all at a specified server or host. +* Little tests on irc 2.5 alpha, fixed some little typos in client code. + Change: common/debug.c has been moved to ircd/s_debug.c, and a + irc/c_debug.c has been created, for the benefit that wrong server msg + are displayed if client does not recognize them. (strange, if a server + sends an 'unknown command', isn't it?) + +Tom Hopkins / September, October 1990: +* Patched msa's K lines for servers (Q lines). +* Consolidated several patches, including Stealth's logging patch. +* Fixed several minor bugs. +* Has done lots of other stuff that I can't seem to remember, but he + always works on code, so he has to have done alot more than three + lines worth. :) + +Thanks go to those persons not mentioned here who have added their advice, +opinions, and code to IRC. + +Various modifications, bugreports, cleanups and testing by: + +Hugo Calendar +Bo Adler +Michael Sandrof +Jon Solomon +Jan Peterson +Nathan Glasser +Helen Rose +Mike Pelletier +Basalat Ali Raja +Eric P. Scott +Dan Goodwin +Noah Friedman + + +UNDERNET (1991 - 1999) +-------- + +The Undernet versions (TSpre8, u2.9 and u2.10) are based on ircd-2.8.10 and +contain thousands of hours of work by Carlo Wood +(Run on IRC). The number of protocol enhancements, changes and additions +that have been added are too many to summarize. All patches are kept in the +cvs repository at http://coder-com.undernet.org/. Discussions on this +server code are currently on the mailing list coder-com@undernet.org, or in +#coder-com on undernet. + +The current maintainer is Bleep. + +Various additions and bugfixes have been contributed by: + +Aaron +Bleep +CaptJay +CapVideo +Chaos +Cym +Derrick +Ensor +flux +Ghostwolf +Gte- +Isomer +Jamey +Jarle +Kev +Nemesi +Niels +Run +record +smg +SeKs +Simon- +Starfox +Trio +WildThang +Xorath + +UNDERNET (2000 - 2004) +-------- + +The Undernet versions (P9, P10, u2.10.11 and u2.10.12) are based on +ircu2.10.07 and contain many hours of work by Coder Commitee. +The number of protocol enhancements, changes and additions +that have been added are too many to summarize. All patches are kept in the +cvs repository at http://coder-com.undernet.org/. Discussions on this +server code are currently on the mailing list coder-com@undernet.org, or in +#coder-com on undernet. + +The current maintainer is Isomer. + +Various additions, testings and bugfixes have been contributed by: + +A1kmm +Bleep +Gte- +Isomer +Kev +Delete +Ghostwolf +Braden +net +Steven +OmniDynmc +Dianora +Sengaia +Cyberdude +Maniac- +Vampire- +mbuna +beware +n3tguy +reed +Math +hikari +Bleep +froo +splidge +Zarjazz +Spike +Jeekay +Entrope