-GNU Guix is consists of Scheme code that implements the deployment model
-of the Nix package management tool. In fact, it currently talks to a
-build daemon whose code comes from Nix (see the manual for details.)
-
-Nix was initially written by Eelco Dolstra; other people have been
-contributing to it. See `nix/AUTHORS' for details.
-
-The fine people listed below have contributed code to GNU Guix (in
-alphabetical order):
-
- Eric Bavier <bavier@member.fsf.org>
- Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
- John Darrington <john@darrington.wattle.id.au>
- Andreas Enge <andreas@enge.fr>
- Guy Grant <gzg@riseup.net>
- Raimon Grau <raimonster@gmail.com>
- Nikita Karetnikov <nikita@karetnikov.org>
- Aljosha Papsch <misc@rpapsch.de>
- Manolis Ragkousis <manolis837@gmail.com>
- Cyril Roelandt <tipecaml@gmail.com>
- Alex Sassmannshausen <alex.sassmannshausen@gmail.com>
- Sree Harsha Totakura <sreeharsha@totakura.in>
- David Thompson <dthompson2@worcester.edu>
- Mark H. Weaver <mhw@netris.org>
+GNU Guix consists of Scheme code that implements the deployment model
+of the Nix package management tool. In fact, it currently talks to a
+build daemon whose code comes from Nix (see the manual for details.)
+
+Nix was initially written by Eelco Dolstra; other people have been
+contributing to it. See `nix/AUTHORS' for details.
+
+The list of GNU Guix contributors is now generated from the output of
+'git log' and written to this file, as can be seen in release tarballs.