-This code was originally written by a group of staff and graduate assistants -at Michigan State University. We are now receiving software contributions -from several other universities. The original technical design behind the -project was constructed by Gerd Kortemeyer. +The ultimate goal of LON-CAPA is to be a software initiative with a +sense of ownership spanning the entire academic and freeware community. +As such, LON-CAPA is progressing toward a piece of code that is not +characterized by a set of individual authors or any measure of territoriality. +
++To date, LON-CAPA has received code contributions from a growing +number of academic institutions and freeware contributors. LON-CAPA first +originated at Michigan State University in 2000 based on a grant funded +initiative, Kortemeyer, et. al..