# CREDITS

## Dedication

Dedicated to the memory of

Basile Papadopoulos
and
Despina Kavalou-Papadopoulos

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This project builds on the work of many contributors across more than
three decades.

## Original WAIS (1990–1992)

Brewster Kahle
Inventor of WAIS (Wide Area Information Servers)

Harry Morris
Author of the original Z39.50-1988 protocol implementation

Franklin Davis, Jonny Goldman
Contributors to the original WAIS codebase

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## CNIDR and freeWAIS (1993–1995)

Jane Smith
Author of the CNIDR 1993 license

Jim Fullton and the CNIDR team
Maintainers of the freeWAIS distribution

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## freeWAIS-sf (1995–2000)

Ulrich Pfeifer
Norbert Govert
Maintainers of freeWAIS-sf

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## WAIS Revival Project (2026)

Dimitri Papadopoulos
Project lead and maintainer
The Montreal Greek Times

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## Acknowledgements

This project was developed with the assistance of modern AI tools and
builds upon preserved source code maintained by the broader internet and
retro computing communities.

Special thanks to the maintainers of public archives and mirrors that
have preserved the WAIS codebase.