readme: rewrite introduction, update contributors

Author: avivace

README.md

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 # `hardware.inc`
 ### Gameboy Hardware definitions
-`hardware.inc` has been the standard include file containing Game Boy hardware definitions for use in [rgbds](https://github.com/rednex/rgbds) projects for over 20 years.
-
-This repo is an attempt at version control. This is simply a kind of git mirror of the various flatfiles out there. I haven't written any of the actual code myself.
-
-## Version history
+`hardware.inc` has been the standard include file containing Game Boy hardware definitions for use in [rgbds](https://github.com/gbdev/rgbds) projects for over 20 years.
 
 The file was originally created by Jeff Frohwein in 1997, who still hosts [his latest version (2.3)](http://www.devrs.com/gb/files/hardware.zip) on his great [Dev'rs](http://devrs.com) website.
 
-Although Jeff Frohwein tried to version control the file with a rudimentary change log at the top of the file, people have added small changes throughout the years, often without bumping the version number.
+Although Jeff tried to version control the file with a rudimentary change log at the top of the file, people have added small changes throughout the years, often without bumping the version number.
 
-The most notable fork is by [@AntonioND](http://github.com/AntonioND), which is the one I've used as the mainline in this repo. Other forks will be added as branches, although I rarely know who made them.
+This repo is an attempt at version control, using [@AntonioND](http://github.com/AntonioND) fork as baseline.
 
 ## Contributors
 
 * Jones (created the original `hardware.inc`, now lost)
-* Carsten Sorenson (whose ideas Jeff based his file on)
+* Carsten Sørensen (whose ideas Jeff based his file on)
 * Jeff Frohwein
 * AntonioND
+* BlitterObjectBob, tobiasvl, ISSOtm,  avivace, GreenAndEievui, QuinnPainter, rondnelson99, daid, Hacktix, sukus21, alvaro-cuesta, basxto
 * Probably lots of other people who have added to the file throughout the years