BRL-CAD Contributors

The BRL-CAD development team would like to take this opportunity to thank the many people and organizations who have contributed to make BRL-CAD the package it is today.

BRL-CAD was originally conceived and written, for the most part, by the late Michael John Muuss. He is our original primary architect and author. His work lives on in testament to his intellect and indomitable spirit through the contributions and improvements by others.

Over the years, Mike and the Advanced Computer Systems Team at the U.S. Army Research Laboratory (* see note) as well as many others around the world worked on developing BRL-CAD. In December 2004, BRL-CAD development was opened and expanded with the conversion to Open Source.

We strive to accurately and completely recognize the groups and individuals that have helped make BRL-CAD the package it is today. Contributors are grouped together and ordered chronologically with the earliest named first; likewise, the more recent contributors are listed at the bottom.

Names are optionally followed by the date of their first contribution and a list of affiliations. Individuals supporting and contributing to the project on their own time and of their own accord have an affiliation listed as "Open Source".

BRL-CAD is the collective effort of many contributors (** see note). Developers are characterized as individuals that have made substantial contributions (hundreds or even thousands of features) to the project over an extended period of time (years or even decades). Other contributor credits are organized into the following general categories depending on the level and type of involvement: