Automake was originally written by David J. MacKenzie <djm@uunet.uu.net>.
It would not be what it is today without the invaluable help of these
people:

"Garrett D'Amore" <garrett@qualcomm.com>
Andreas Schwab <schwab@lamothe.informatik.uni-dortmund.de>
Anthony Green <green@cygnus.com>
David A. Swierczek <swiercze@mr.med.ge.com>
Dieter Baron <dillo@stieltjes.smc.univie.ac.at>
Erick Branderhorst <branderh@iaehv.nl>
François Pinard <pinard@iro.umontreal.ca>
Fred Fish <fnf@ninemoons.com>
Glenn Amerine <glenn@pie.mhsc.org>
Gord Matzigkeit <gord@enci.ucalgary.ca>
Greg A. Woods <woods@most.weird.com>
Harlan Stenn <Harlan.Stenn@pfcs.com>
Henrik Frystyk Nielsen <frystyk@w3.org>
Janos Farkas <chexum@shadow.banki.hu>
Jason Molenda <crash@cygnus.co.jp>
Jerome Santini <santini@chambord.univ-orleans.fr>
Jim Meyering <meyering@na-net.ornl.gov>
Joel N. Weber II <nemo@koa.iolani.honolulu.hi.us>
Joerg-Martin Schwarz <jms@jms.prima.ruhr.de>
Josh MacDonald <jmacd@cs.berkeley.edu>
Joshua Cowan <jcowan@jcowan.reslife.okstate.edu>
Karl Berry <kb@cs.umb.edu>
Marius Vollmer <mvo@zagadka.ping.de>
Mark Galassi <rosalia@nis.lanl.gov>
Markku Rossi <mtr@ngs.fi>
Michael Brantley <Michael-Brantley@deshaw.com>
Noah Friedman <friedman@gnu.ai.mit.edu>
Nyul Laszlo <nyul@sol.cc.u-szeged.hu>
Per Bothner <bothner@cygnus.com>
Ramón García Fernández <ramon@jl1.quim.ucm.es>
Steve M. Robbins <steve@nyongwa.montreal.qc.ca>
Tatu Ylonen <ylo@ssh.fi>
The Crimson Binome <steve@nyongwa.montreal.qc.ca>
Thomas Morgan <tmorgan@pobox.com>
Tom Tromey <tromey@cygnus.com>
Ulrich Drepper <drepper@gnu.ai.mit.edu>