GNU Guix is consists of Scheme code that implements the deployment model
of the Nix package management tool.  In fact, it currently talks to a
build daemon whose code comes from Nix (see the manual for details.)

Nix was initially written by Eelco Dolstra; other people have been
contributing to it.  See `nix/AUTHORS' for details.

The fine people listed below have contributed code to GNU Guix (in
alphabetical order):

           Eric Bavier <bavier@member.fsf.org>
        Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>
           John Darrington <john@darrington.wattle.id.au>
        Andreas Enge <andreas@enge.fr>
            Guy Grant <gzg@riseup.net>
         Raimon Grau <raimonster@gmail.com>
         Nikita Karetnikov <nikita@karetnikov.org>
        Aljosha Papsch <misc@rpapsch.de>
          Cyril Roelandt <tipecaml@gmail.com>
           Alex Sassmannshausen <alex.sassmannshausen@gmail.com>
    Sree Harsha Totakura <sreeharsha@totakura.in>
          David Thompson <dthompson2@worcester.edu>
        Mark H. Weaver <mhw@netris.org>
