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Contributors to POV-Ray: canonicalize some version numbers

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Citing POV-Ray in Academic Publications: update version number and year

Clipka: /* Contributors to POV-Ray */

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Contributors to POV-Ray

Clipka: /* Thanks */

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Thanks

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Contributors to POV-Ray

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 ===Contributors to POV-Ray===
-<p class="Note"><strong>Primary POV-Ray 3.7 Core Architects/Developers: (alphabetically)</strong></p>
+<p class="Note"><strong>Primary POV-Ray v3.7 Core Architects/Developers: (alphabetically)</strong></p>
 <dl>
 <dt>Chris Cason<!--</dt>--->
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 <dd>Mapping warps, image meta-data, the ovus and lemon objects, several list patterns, additional render block items, and other core code contributions.<!--</dd>--->
 <dt>James Holsenback<!--</dt>--->
-<dd>3.7 and 3.8 documentation, POV-Wiki, various Unix/Linux, and scene file contributions<!--</dd>--->
+<dd>v3.7 and v3.8 documentation, POV-Wiki, various Unix/Linux, and scene file contributions<!--</dd>--->
 <dt>Christoph Hormann<!--</dt>--->
 <dd>UNIX development<!--</dd>--->
@@ Line 843: / Line 843: @@
 <dd>Tutorials for the POV-Ray User Guide<!--</dd>--->
 <dt>Steve Anger<!--</dt>--->
-<dd>POV-Ray 2.0/3.0 developer<!--</dd>--->
+<dd>POV-Ray v2.0/v3.0 developer<!--</dd>--->
 <dt>Randy Antler<!--</dt>--->
 <dd>MS-Dos display code enhancements<!--</dd>--->
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 <dd>Ground fog code<!--</dd>--->
 <dt>Thomas Baier<!--</dt>--->
-<dd>3.1 team member, tester<!--</dd>--->
+<dd>v3.1 team member, tester<!--</dd>--->
 <dt>Dieter Bayer<!--</dt>--->
 <dd>Wrote sor, lathe, prism, media and many other features<!--</dd>--->
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 <dd>Co-author of DKBTrace 2.12, POV-Ray 1.0 developer<!--</dd>--->
 <dt>Chris Dailey<!--</dt>--->
-<dd>POV-Ray 3.0 developer<!--</dd>--->
+<dd>POV-Ray v3.0 developer<!--</dd>--->
 <dt>Steve Demlow<!--</dt>--->
-<dd>POV-Ray 3.0 developer<!--</dd>--->
+<dd>POV-Ray v3.0 developer<!--</dd>--->
 <dt>Andreas Dilger<!--</dt>--->
 <dd>Former Unix coordinator, Linux developer, PNG support<!--</dd>--->
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 <dd>Mac beta tester<!--</dd>--->
 <dt>Alexander Enzmann<!--</dt>--->
-<dd>POV-Ray 1.0/2.0/3.0 developer<!--</dd>--->
+<dd>POV-Ray v1.0/v2.0/v3.0 developer<!--</dd>--->
 <dt>Dan Farmer<!--</dt>--->
-<dd>POV-Ray 1.0/2.0/3.0 developer, author of many features, sample scenes, and textures<!--</dd>--->
+<dd>POV-Ray v1.0/v2.0/v3.0 developer, author of many features, sample scenes, and textures<!--</dd>--->
 <dt>Daniel Fenner<!--</dt>--->
 <dd>Splines<!--</dd>--->
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 <dd>Sphere_sweep<!--</dd>--->
 <dt>Friedrich Lohm&uuml;ller<!--</dt>--->
-<dd>Version 3.7 scene file clean-up and Windows insert menus.<!--</dd>--->
+<dd>v3.7 scene file clean-up and Windows insert menus.<!--</dd>--->
 <dt>Charles Marslett<!--</dt>--->
 <dd>MS-Dos display code<!--</dd>--->
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 <dd>Fractal objects<!--</dd>--->
 <dt>Jim McElhiney<!--</dt>--->
-<dd>POV-Ray 3.0 developer<!--</dd>--->
+<dd>POV-Ray v3.0 developer<!--</dd>--->
 <dt>Robert A. Mickelsen<!--</dt>--->
-<dd>Artist, 3.0 docs contributor<!--</dd>--->
+<dd>Artist, v3.0 docs contributor<!--</dd>--->
 <dt>Mike Miller<!--</dt>--->
 <dd>Artist, scene files, stones.inc<!--</dd>--->
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 <dd>Alpha &amp; Beta tester, Mac contributor<!--</dd>--->
 <dt>Dan Richardson<!--</dt>--->
-<dd>3.0 Docs<!--</dd>--->
+<dd>v3.0 Docs<!--</dd>--->
 <dt>Tim Rowley<!--</dt>--->
 <dd>PPM and Windows-specific BMP image format support<!--</dd>--->
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 <dd>Implicit and parametric surfaces<!--</dd>--->
 <dt>Wlodzimierz Skiba<!--</dt>--->
-<dd>Windows BMP file support, non-Microsoft compiler build support for POVWIN versions prior to 3.7, bug fixes<!--</dd>--->
+<dd>Windows BMP file support, non-Microsoft compiler build support for POVWIN versions prior to v3.7, bug fixes<!--</dd>--->
 <dt>Robert Skinner<!--</dt>--->
 <dd>Noise functions<!--</dd>--->
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 <dd>Clock &amp; Image_size keywords<!--</dd>--->
 <dt>Erkki Sondergaard<!--</dt>--->
-<dd>Alpha &amp; Beta tester, 3.0 Scene files<!--</dd>--->
+<dd>Alpha &amp; Beta tester, v3.0 Scene files<!--</dd>--->
 <dt>Ryoichi Suzuki<!--</dt>--->
 <dd>Isosurfaces<!--</dd>--->

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 <p class="Note">
 <b>Note:</b> The following license applies to POV-Ray version 3.7 and later.
-It does <i>not</i> apply to any earlier version, including the 3.7 beta-test and release candidates.
+It does <i>not</i> apply to any earlier version, including the v3.7 beta-test and release candidates.
 </p>

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 <dd>Mapping warps, image meta-data, the ovus and lemon objects, several list patterns, additional render block items, and other core code contributions.<!--</dd>--->
 <dt>James Holsenback<!--</dt>--->
-<dd>3.7 documentation, POV-Wiki, various Unix/Linux, and scene file contributions<!--</dd>--->
+<dd>3.7 and 3.8 documentation, POV-Wiki, various Unix/Linux, and scene file contributions<!--</dd>--->
 <dt>Christoph Hormann<!--</dt>--->
 <dd>UNIX development<!--</dd>--->

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 <pre>
-   Persistence of Vision Pty. Ltd. (2013)
+   Persistence of Vision Pty. Ltd. (2017)
-     Persistence of Vision Raytracer (Version 3.7)
+     Persistence of Vision Raytracer (Version 3.8)
      [Computer software].
        Retrieved from http://www.povray.org/download/
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 <pre>
-   Persistence of Vision Pty. Ltd. (2013).
+   Persistence of Vision Pty. Ltd. (2017).
    Persistence of Vision Raytracer.
    Persistence of Vision Pty. Ltd., Williamstown, Victoria, Australia.

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 <dt>Jochen Lippert<!--</dt>--->
 <dd>Sphere_sweep<!--</dd>--->
-<dt>Friedrich Lohm&uuml;lller<!--</dt>--->
+<dt>Friedrich Lohm&uuml;ller<!--</dt>--->
 <dd>Version 3.7 scene file clean-up and Windows insert menus.<!--</dd>--->
 <dt>Charles Marslett<!--</dt>--->

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 <p>
-We would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who has helped make POV-Ray what it is over the past two decades.
+We would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who has helped make POV-Ray what it is over the past two and a half decades.
 We can't possibly list you all here but be assured that we appreciate your support - without you this project would not be here!
 </p>

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 <dd>Developer 1993-, team leader 1999-, Windows version, SMP implementation, mesh camera, BSP bounding, too many other contributions to list here<!--</dd>--->
 <dt>Thorsten Fr&ouml;hlich<!--</dt>--->
-<dd>Developer 1996-, Mac developer, frontend-backend messaging system, SMP implementation, too many other contributions to list here<!--</dd>--->
+<dd>Developer 1996-2013, Mac developer, frontend-backend messaging system, SMP implementation, too many other contributions to list here<!--</dd>--->
 <dt>Christoph Lipka<!--</dt>--->
 <dd>Developer 2009-, core code improvements notably radiosity, gamma handling, sslt and too many others to list<!--</dd>--->
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 <dd>UNIX development<!--</dd>--->
 <dt>J&eacute;r&ocirc;me Grimbert<!--</dt>--->
-<dd>Mapping warps, image meta-data, the ovus object, several list patterns, additional render block items, and other core code contributions.<!--</dd>--->
+<dd>Mapping warps, image meta-data, the ovus and lemon objects, several list patterns, additional render block items, and other core code contributions.<!--</dd>--->
 <dt>James Holsenback<!--</dt>--->
 <dd>3.7 documentation, POV-Wiki, various Unix/Linux, and scene file contributions<!--</dd>--->
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 <dt>Juha Nieminen<!--</dt>--->
 <dd>area_illumination, cubic pattern and cubic warp, fractal patterns, other contributions<!--</dd>--->
 </dl>

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 ==Appendices==
 <!--<sectiondesc desc=<"tutorial appendices">--->
-{{#indexentry:POVLEGAL.DOC}}
 ===Contacting the Authors===
 <p>
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 The forums have a bug reporting group; please however discuss the issue in the [http://news.povray.org/povray.general povray.general]
 group and check our [https://github.com/POV-Ray/povray/issues issue tracker] on GitHub prior to lodging a report as we may already know of the issue (or it might not even be a bug).</p>
 ===POV-Ray License===
 <p class="Note">
 <b>Note:</b> The following license applies to POV-Ray version 3.7 and later.
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 </p>
 {{#indexentry:Support Library Licenses}}
 {{#indexentry:License, support library}}
 <center><strong>Licenses for Support Libraries used by POV-Ray</strong></center>
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 SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.</p>
 {{#indexentry:reference}}
 {{#indexentry:citations}}
 <p>To reference POV-Ray (e.g. in academic papers), you may use one of the below:</p>
 <p class="Note"><strong>Note:</strong> The year should be replaced with the year of your publication.</p>

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 The forums have a bug reporting group; please however discuss the issue in the [http://news.povray.org/povray.general povray.general]
-group and check our bugtracker at http://bugs.povray.org/ prior to lodging a report as we may already know of the issue (or it might not even be a bug).</p>
+group and check our [https://github.com/POV-Ray/povray/issues issue tracker] on GitHub prior to lodging a report as we may already know of the issue (or it might not even be a bug).</p>
 ===POV-Ray License===
 <p class="Note">
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 <p class="Note">
 <b>Note:</b> Please do not send bug reports or technical support requests to this address.
-Use [http://news.povray.org/ our forums] or [http://bugs.povray.org/ bugtracker]
+Use [http://news.povray.org/ our forums] or [https://github.com/POV-Ray/povray/issues  issue tracker]
 for technical support or bug reports.
 </p>

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      For more information on this, and how to apply and follow the GNU AGPL, see
      &lt;http://www.gnu.org/licenses/&gt;.
-</div></pre>
+</pre></div>
 ===Contact Information===