--- trunk/xvidcore/authors.txt	2002/09/21 03:11:36	499
+++ trunk/xvidcore/authors.txt	2002/09/22 19:45:26	523
@@ -1,6 +1,35 @@
-authors
++--------------------------------------------------------------------+
+|                        XviD MPEG4 Authors                          |
++--------------------------------------------------------------------+
 
 
+
+
+This file lists  all authors of XviD MPEG4 core  library. If you think
+your name should appear on this  list, please send us an email telling
+us your name, we will be pleased to add it.
+
+
+
+The lists are classified by alphabetical order.
+
+
+XviD has been initiated thanks to these people :
+----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+Christoph Lampert <gruel@web.de>
 Michael Militzer <isibaar@xvid.org>
 Peter Ross <pross@xvid.org>
-Christoph Lampert <gruel@web.de>
+
+
+
+
+And XviD would not be what it is now without the contributions from :
+----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
+Daniel Smith <danielsmith@astroboymail.com>
+Dirk Knop <dknop@gwdg.de>
+Edouard Gomez <ed.gomez@wanadoo.fr>
+Guillaume Morin <guillaume@morinfr.org>
+Pascal Massimino <skal@planet-d.net>