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> Nikita Karetnikov <nikita@karetnikov.org> Aljosha Papsch <misc@rpapsch.de> Cyril Roelandt <tipecaml@gmail.com> Alex Sassmannshausen <alex.sassmannshausen@gmail.com> David Thompson <dthompson2@worcester.edu> Mark H. Weaver <mhw@netris.org>