-Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
+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>
+ Alírio Eyng <alirioeyng@gmail.com>
+ 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>