diff --git a/doc/sgml/C/xacc-about.sgml b/doc/sgml/C/xacc-about.sgml
index 3943953eca..0dc730c669 100644
--- a/doc/sgml/C/xacc-about.sgml
+++ b/doc/sgml/C/xacc-about.sgml
@@ -204,8 +204,11 @@ similar transactions.
rclark@hmc.edu Robin Clark
wrote the original X-Accountant in
-Motif as a school project, taking it to version 0.9 by October
-1997.
+ Motif as a school project, taking it to version 0.9 by October
+ 1997. Although every single
+ line of his code has been re-written, his name appears as a
+ credit in almost every file. Such is the magic of copyrights.
+
@@ -217,11 +220,16 @@ Motif as a school project, taking it to version 0.9 by October
combobox and arrows would make an even slicker GUI, rewrote the
X-Accountant internals to add
double-entry, an account hierarchy, split out a transaction
- mini-engine, add support for stocks, and spiff up the help
- menus. This was version 1.0 as of January 1998. Since then, for
- version 1.1, the engine was expanded and refined, and the
+ mini-engine, add support for stocks, and spiffed up the help
+ menus. That was version 1.0 as of January 1998. For
+ version 1.1 & 1.2, the engine was expanded and refined, and the
register window code completely redesigned and made mostly
- Motif-(and GUI-)independent. Did some prototype OFX work.
+ Motif-(and GUI-)independent.
+ Linas is now active with Gnumatic Incorporated, a company formed to
+ enhance and support GnuCash for everyone, from home desktop users
+ to commercial and professional accountants.
+
+
@@ -230,36 +238,49 @@ Motif as a school project, taking it to version 0.9 by October
publicized the GnoMoney project widely
and broadly, and then changed its name to
- GnuCash. Jeremy created the
- gnucash.org web site, registered the domain, got the initial
- GTK/gnome code working.
+ GnuCash.
+ (Actually, put the selection
+ of the name up to popular vote. Democracy is not
+ a good way to pick names.)
+ Jeremy registered the domain name, and created and maintained
+ the gnucash.org web site for years,
+ and got the initial GTK/gnome code working.
+
+
rlb@cs.utexas.edu Rob Browning
-abused everyone for not using perl, and then after we
- added perl support, dumped perl in favor of guile/scheme
- support. Rob maintains the build infrastructure, is handling
- the whole guile/perl extension language thing, and is dealing
- with configuration and configurability.
+abused everyone for not using Perl, and then after we
+ added Perl support, dumped Perl in favor of Guile/Scheme
+ support. Rob built the build
+ infrastructure, hacked the gtk code, and is whacking the file format.
+ Also, the re-write of reports and statement downloading in scheme,
+ the g-wrap guile wrapper, and the user preferences.
+
+
dave@krondo.com Dave Peticolas
hacks obsessively on GnuCash. But he can stop anytime he
- wants to. Really.
+ wants to. Really.
+ (As he is now the gatekeeper of the GnuCash CVS tree, be nice to him,
+ or he may decide to stop hacking in the middle of your patch).
+
grib@billgribble.com Bill
Gribble
-works magic. If your checks print wrong, blame him. If
- you don't like the amount printed on your checks, blame him.
- If you don't like your your bank balances, your bank, or your
- life, blame him too.
+
+ is not shy, or softly spoken. So don't be shy if you find a bug in
+ his code: QIF import, query API and transaction search, check-printing,
+ commodity and currency support, gtkhtml integration and report printing.
+