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+# List of AUTHORS who contributed over time to the Erupe project
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+## Point of current development
+The project is currently developed under https://github.com/ZeruLight/Erupe 
+
+## History of development
+Development of this project dates back to 2019, and was developed under various umbrellas over time:
+* Cappuccino (Fist/Ando/Ellie42) (The Erupe Developers), 2019-2020 (https://github.com/Ellie42/Erupe / https://github.com/ricochhet/Erupe-Legacy) (Still active closed source) 
+* Einherjar Team, ????-2022 Feb (There is no git history for this period, this team's work was taken and used as a foundation for future repositories))
+* Community Edition, 2022 (https://github.com/xl3lackout/Erupe)
+* Zerulight, 2022-2023 (https://github.com/ZeruLight/Erupe)
+
+## Authorship of the code
+Authorship is assigned for each commit within the git history, which is stored in these git repos:
+* https://github.com/ZeruLight/Erupe
+* https://github.com/Ellie42/Erupe 
+* https://github.com/ricochhet/Erupe-Legacy
+* https://github.com/xl3lackout/Erupe
+  
+Note there is a divergence between Ellie42s branch and xl3lackout where history has been lost. 
+
+Unfortunately, we have no detailed information on the history of the Erupe pre-2022
+if somebody can provide information, please contact us, so that we can make this history available. 
+
+## Exceptions with third-party libraries
+The third-party libraries have their own way of addressing authorship and the authorship of commits importing/updating
+a third-party library reflects who did the importing instead of who wrote the code within the commit.
+
+The Authors of third-party libraries are not explicitly mentioned, and usually is possible to obtain from the files belonging to the third-party libraries.