-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>
- Taylan Ulrich Bayirli/Kammer <taylanbayirli@gmail.com>
- Federico Beffa <beffa@fbengineering.ch>
- Marek Benc <merkur32@gmail.com>
- Sou Bunnbu (宋文武) <iyzsong@gmail.com>
- Tomáš Čech <sleep_walker@suse.cz>
- Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
- John Darrington <jmd@gnu.org>
- Andreas Enge <andreas@enge.fr>
- Alírio Eyng <alirioeyng@gmail.com>
- Alexander I. Grafov <grafov@gmail.com>
- Joshua Grant <tadni@riseup.net>
- Raimon Grau <raimonster@gmail.com>
- David Hashe <david.hashe@dhashe.com>
- Nikita Karetnikov <nikita@karetnikov.org>
- Julien Lepiller <julien@lepiller.eu>
- Aljosha Papsch <misc@rpapsch.de>
- Deck Pickard <deck.r.pickard@gmail.com>
- Manolis Ragkousis <manolis837@gmail.com>
- Cyril Roelandt <tipecaml@gmail.com>
- Alex Sassmannshausen <alex.sassmannshausen@gmail.com>
- Cyrill Schenkel <cyrill.schenkel@gmail.com>
- Jason Self <j@jxself.org>
- Sree Harsha Totakura <sreeharsha@totakura.in>
- David Thompson <dthompson2@worcester.edu>
- Paul van der Walt <paul@denknerd.org>
- Mark H. Weaver <mhw@netris.org>
- Christopher A. Webber <cwebber@dustycloud.org>
- Andy Wingo <wingo@pobox.com>
- Ricardo Wurmus <ricardo.wurmus@mdc-berlin.de>
+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.