AUTHORS

Authors of rust-ed
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rust-ed is a memory-safe replacement for GNU ed 1.22.2 written in Rust.

Primary Author and Maintainer:
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Brian Boynton, MD <brian@example.org>
  - Project creator and lead developer
  - All core implementation (October 2025 - present)
  - Complete Rust translation of GNU ed functionality
  - Differential testing framework design
  - Memory safety architecture
  - GNU standards compliance implementation


Based on GNU ed by:
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Andrew L. Moore
  - Original GNU ed author

François Pinard
  - GNU ed contributor

Antonio Diaz Diaz
  - GNU ed maintainer (ed 1.22.2)


Inspired by:
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Ken Thompson and Dennis Ritchie
  - Original Unix ed (1969)
  - The foundation upon which GNU ed was built


GNU ed Source Reference:
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rust-ed maintains 100% behavioral compatibility with GNU ed 1.22.2.
The C source code from GNU ed 1.22.2 served as the definitive reference
for behavior verification and implementation correctness.

GNU ed is available at: https://www.gnu.org/software/ed/


Acknowledgments:
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This project stands on the shoulders of giants:
  - The original Unix ed creators
  - The GNU ed maintainers
  - The Rust programming language team
  - The free software community

rust-ed would not be possible without their foundational work.


Contributing:
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Contributions are welcome! Please see the project repository for
contribution guidelines:

  https://github.com/attackordie/rust-ed

All contributors will be acknowledged in the THANKS file.


Copyright:
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rust-ed: Copyright (C) 2025 Brian Boynton, MD
GNU ed:  Copyright (C) 1993, 1994, 2006-2025 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

Both are free software under the GNU General Public License.
See the file COPYING for license details.