moved list of authors to the separate THANKS file and added that to the

release archive

3 files changed, 74 insertions, 69 deletions

diff --git a/docs/Makefile.am b/docs/Makefile.am
index 6598502fd..91ec7f596 100644
--- a/docs/Makefile.am
+++ b/docs/Makefile.am
@@ -30,6 +30,6 @@ man_MANS = \
 
 EXTRA_DIST = $(man_MANS) \
 	MANUAL BUGS CONTRIBUTE FAQ FEATURES INTERNALS \
-	LIBCURL README.win32 RESOURCES TODO TheArtOfHttpScripting
+	LIBCURL README.win32 RESOURCES TODO TheArtOfHttpScripting THANKS
 
 SUBDIRS = examples
diff --git a/docs/THANKS b/docs/THANKS
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..79510e2a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/THANKS
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+This project has been alive for several years. Countless people have provided
+feedback that have improved curl. Here follows a (incomplete) list of people
+that have contributed with non-trivial parts:
+
+ - Daniel Stenberg <daniel@haxx.se>
+ - Rafael Sagula <sagula@inf.ufrgs.br>
+ - Sampo Kellomaki <sampo@iki.fi>
+ - Linas Vepstas <linas@linas.org>
+ - Bjorn Reese <breese@mail1.stofanet.dk>
+ - Johan Anderson <johan@homemail.com>
+ - Kjell Ericson <Kjell.Ericson@haxx.se>
+ - Troy Engel <tengel@sonic.net>
+ - Ryan Nelson <ryan@inch.com>
+ - Björn Stenberg <bjorn@haxx.se>
+ - Angus Mackay <amackay@gus.ml.org>
+ - Eric Young <eay@cryptsoft.com>
+ - Simon Dick <simond@totally.irrelevant.org>
+ - Oren Tirosh <oren@monty.hishome.net>
+ - Steven G. Johnson <stevenj@alum.mit.edu>
+ - Gilbert Ramirez Jr. <gram@verdict.uthscsa.edu>
+ - Andrés García <ornalux@redestb.es>
+ - Douglas E. Wegscheid <wegscd@whirlpool.com>
+ - Mark Butler <butlerm@xmission.com>
+ - Eric Thelin <eric@generation-i.com>
+ - Marc Boucher <marc@mbsi.ca>
+ - Greg Onufer <Greg.Onufer@Eng.Sun.COM>
+ - Doug Kaufman <dkaufman@rahul.net>
+ - David Eriksson <david@2good.com>
+ - Ralph Beckmann <rabe@uni-paderborn.de>
+ - T. Yamada <tai@imasy.or.jp>
+ - Lars J. Aas <larsa@sim.no>
+ - Jörn Hartroth <Joern.Hartroth@computer.org>
+ - Matthew Clarke <clamat@van.maves.ca>
+ - Linus Nielsen Feltzing <linus@haxx.se>
+ - Felix von Leitner <felix@convergence.de>
+ - Dan Zitter <dzitter@zitter.net>
+ - Jongki Suwandi <Jongki.Suwandi@eng.sun.com>
+ - Chris Maltby <chris@aurema.com>
+ - Ron Zapp <rzapper@yahoo.com>
+ - Paul Marquis <pmarquis@iname.com>
+ - Ellis Pritchard <ellis@citria.com>
+ - Damien Adant <dams@usa.net>
+ - Chris <cbayliss@csc.come>
+ - Marco G. Salvagno <mgs@whiz.cjb.net>
+ - Paul Marquis <pmarquis@iname.com>
+ - David LeBlanc <dleblanc@qnx.com>
+ - Rich Gray at Plus Technologies
+ - Luong Dinh Dung <u8luong@lhsystems.hu>
+ - Torsten Foertsch <torsten.foertsch@gmx.net>
+ - Kristian Köhntopp <kris@koehntopp.de>
+ - Fred Noz <FNoz@siac.com>
+ - Caolan McNamara <caolan@csn.ul.ie>
+ - Albert Chin-A-Young <china@thewrittenword.com>
+ - Stephen Kick <skick@epicrealm.com>
+ - Martin Hedenfalk <mhe@stacken.kth.se>
+ - Richard Prescott
+ - Jason S. Priebe <priebe@wral-tv.com>
+ - T. Bharath <TBharath@responsenetworks.com>
+ - Alexander Kourakos <awk@users.sourceforge.net>
+ - James Griffiths <griffiths_james@yahoo.com>
+ - Loic Dachary <loic@senga.org>
+ - Robert Weaver <robert.weaver@sabre.com>
+ - Ingo Ralf Blum <ingoralfblum@ingoralfblum.com>
+ - Jun-ichiro itojun Hagino <itojun@iijlab.net>
+ - Frederic Lepied <flepied@mandrakesoft.com>
+ - Georg Horn <horn@koblenz-net.de>
+ - Cris Bailiff <c.bailiff@awayweb.com>
+ - Sterling Hughes <sterling@designmultimedia.com>
+ - S. Moonesamy
+ - Ingo Wilken <iw@WWW.Ecce-Terram.DE>
+ - Pawel A. Gajda <mis@k2.net.pl>
diff --git a/docs/curl.1 b/docs/curl.1
index 5bde135e7..03cc2e08d 100644
--- a/docs/curl.1
+++ b/docs/curl.1
@@ -766,74 +766,8 @@ are meant to never change.
 .SH BUGS
 If you do find bugs, mail them to curl-bug@haxx.se.
 .SH AUTHORS / CONTRIBUTORS
- - Daniel Stenberg <daniel@haxx.se>
- - Rafael Sagula <sagula@inf.ufrgs.br>
- - Sampo Kellomaki <sampo@iki.fi>
- - Linas Vepstas <linas@linas.org>
- - Bjorn Reese <breese@mail1.stofanet.dk>
- - Johan Anderson <johan@homemail.com>
- - Kjell Ericson <Kjell.Ericson@haxx.se>
- - Troy Engel <tengel@sonic.net>
- - Ryan Nelson <ryan@inch.com>
- - Björn Stenberg <Bjorn.Stenberg@haxx.se>
- - Angus Mackay <amackay@gus.ml.org>
- - Eric Young <eay@cryptsoft.com>
- - Simon Dick <simond@totally.irrelevant.org>
- - Oren Tirosh <oren@monty.hishome.net>
- - Steven G. Johnson <stevenj@alum.mit.edu>
- - Gilbert Ramirez Jr. <gram@verdict.uthscsa.edu>
- - Andrés García <ornalux@redestb.es>
- - Douglas E. Wegscheid <wegscd@whirlpool.com>
- - Mark Butler <butlerm@xmission.com>
- - Eric Thelin <eric@generation-i.com>
- - Marc Boucher <marc@mbsi.ca>
- - Greg Onufer <Greg.Onufer@Eng.Sun.COM>
- - Doug Kaufman <dkaufman@rahul.net>
- - David Eriksson <david@2good.com>
- - Ralph Beckmann <rabe@uni-paderborn.de>
- - T. Yamada <tai@imasy.or.jp>
- - Lars J. Aas <larsa@sim.no>
- - Jörn Hartroth <Joern.Hartroth@computer.org>
- - Matthew Clarke <clamat@van.maves.ca>
- - Linus Nielsen Feltzing <linus@haxx.se>
- - Felix von Leitner <felix@convergence.de>
- - Dan Zitter <dzitter@zitter.net>
- - Jongki Suwandi <Jongki.Suwandi@eng.sun.com>
- - Chris Maltby <chris@aurema.com>
- - Ron Zapp <rzapper@yahoo.com>
- - Paul Marquis <pmarquis@iname.com>
- - Ellis Pritchard <ellis@citria.com>
- - Damien Adant <dams@usa.net>
- - Chris <cbayliss@csc.come>
- - Marco G. Salvagno <mgs@whiz.cjb.net>
- - Paul Marquis <pmarquis@iname.com>
- - David LeBlanc <dleblanc@qnx.com>
- - Rich Gray at Plus Technologies
- - Luong Dinh Dung <u8luong@lhsystems.hu>
- - Torsten Foertsch <torsten.foertsch@gmx.net>
- - Kristian Köhntopp <kris@koehntopp.de>
- - Fred Noz <FNoz@siac.com>
- - Caolan McNamara <caolan@csn.ul.ie>
- - Albert Chin-A-Young <china@thewrittenword.com>
- - Stephen Kick <skick@epicrealm.com>
- - Martin Hedenfalk <mhe@stacken.kth.se>
- - Richard Prescott
- - Jason S. Priebe <priebe@wral-tv.com>
- - T. Bharath <TBharath@responsenetworks.com>
- - Alexander Kourakos <awk@users.sourceforge.net>
- - James Griffiths <griffiths_james@yahoo.com>
- - Loic Dachary <loic@senga.org>
- - Robert Weaver <robert.weaver@sabre.com>
- - Ingo Ralf Blum <ingoralfblum@ingoralfblum.com>
- - Jun-ichiro itojun Hagino <itojun@iijlab.net>
- - Frederic Lepied <flepied@mandrakesoft.com>
- - Georg Horn <horn@koblenz-net.de>
- - Cris Bailiff <c.bailiff@awayweb.com>
- - Sterling Hughes <sterling@designmultimedia.com>
- - S. Moonesamy
- - Ingo Wilken <iw@WWW.Ecce-Terram.DE>
- - Pawel A. Gajda <mis@k2.net.pl>
-
+Daniel Stenberg is the main author, but the whole list of contributors is
+found in the separate THANKS file.
 .SH WWW
 http://curl.haxx.se
 .SH FTP