+First and foremost I wish to thank the creators of the free software libraries
+I use. Jalopy includes software developed by the
+Apache Software Foundation,
+the BlueJ Group,
+David Brownell,
+Michael H. Kay,
+the JDOM group,
+David Megginson,
+Terence Parr,
+Slava Pestov,
+Aaron M. Renn and
+Sun Microsystems, Inc..
+Please refer to Appendix A, Library Dependencies for a more detailed list
+and the individual licensing terms.
+
+I would like to say a big thanks to Michael Callum, Frank Klomp, Roman Sarychev,
+David Beutel, Denis N. Antonioli and Kees Kuip who contributed code.
+
+Thanks also to all users who provided feedback, submitted bug reports and requested new
+features.
+
+A special thanks to Larry Hamel for the initial proof-reading of this manual.
+
+Last but not least, I wish to thank the SourceForge
+crew for not only hosting the Jalopy web site and providing the collaborative development
+infrastructure but also for their help and support in getting things up and running.
+
+And finally, my special thanks to the bright light in the big city, whose love has been
+a home and a foreign country, the best of both worlds.
+