本手册最初由 Robert Krawitz、Bil Lewis、Dan LaLaiberte、Richard M. Stallman 与 Chris Welty 编写，他们是 GNU 手册小组的志愿者，这项工作历时数年完成。Robert J. Chassell 协助审阅与编辑本手册，工作得到美国国防部高级研究计划局（DARPA）ARPA 第 6082 号订单的支持，该项目由计算逻辑公司的 Warren A. Hunt, Jr. 负责协调。此后新增的章节由 Miles Bader、Lars Brinkhoff、Chong Yidong、Kenichi Handa、Lute Kamstra、Juri Linkov、Glenn Morris、Thien‑Thi Nguyen、Dan Nicolaescu、Martin Rudalics、Kim F. Storm、Luc Teirlinck、Eli Zaretskii 及其他人士撰写。
感谢以下人士提供修正意见：Drew Adams, Juanma Barranquero, Karl Berry, Jim Blandy, Bard Bloom, Stephane Boucher, David Boyes, Alan Carroll, Richard Davis, Lawrence R. Dodd, Peter Doornbosch, David A. Duff, Chris Eich, Beverly Erlebacher, David Eckelkamp, Ralf Fassel, Eirik Fuller, Stephen Gildea, Bob Glickstein, Eric Hanchrow, Jesper Harder, George Hartzell, Nathan Hess, Masayuki Ida, Dan Jacobson, Jak Kirman, Bob Knighten, Frederick M. Korz, Joe Lammens, Glenn M. Lewis, K. Richard Magill, Brian Marick, Roland McGrath, Stefan Monnier, Skip Montanaro, John Gardiner Myers, Thomas A. Peterson, Francesco Potortì, Friedrich Pukelsheim, Arnold D. Robbins, Raul Rockwell, Jason Rumney, Per Starbäck, Shinichirou Sugou, Kimmo Suominen, Edward Tharp, Bill Trost, Rickard Westman, Jean White, Eduard Wiebe, Matthew Wilding, Carl Witty, Dale Worley, Rusty Wright, and David D. Zuhn.
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