| # Acknowledgements / Credits Thanks to various people for contributions and/or work.

At this place I want to thank a lot of people very much for their help, source code, suggestions and other contributions (in no particular order).

- Donation Acknowledgements
- Source Code Acknowledgements
- Icon Acknowledgements
- Translation Acknowledgements
- Plugin Acknowledgements
- Tools Acknowledgements
- Hosting/Distribution Acknowledgements
- Suggestions and Forum Support Acknowledgements
- Special Acknowledgements
- Licenses of Components/Resources/etc.:
  - Nuvola Icon Theme
  - Boost
  - Twofish Implementation
  - SHA-2 Implementation
  - CSendKeys
  - Command Line Classes
  - Bouncy Castle Cryptographic C# API

## Donation Acknowledgements

Developing high-quality applications takes much time and resources. Donations make it possible to keep up the current development standard. Therefore, thanks a lot to all who donated to the project.

More information about donations and a list of people who donated can be found here: KeePass Donations.

## Source Code Acknowledgements

KeePass uses some classes and libraries written by different people and given away for free. Here I want to thank them for writing these classes and libraries.

Author | Class / Library
--- | ---
Szymon Stefanek | C++ implementation of the AES/Rijndael encryption algorithm.
Niels Ferguson | C implementation of the Twofish encryption algorithm.
Brian Gladman | C implementation of the SHA-2 (256/384/512) hashing algorithms.
Alvaro Mendez | MFC class for validating edit controls (CAMSEdit).
Brent Corkum | MFC class for XP-style menu (BCMenu).
Davide Calabro | MFC class for buttons with icons (CButtonST).
Zorglab, Chris Maunder, Alexander Bischofberger, James White, Descartes Systems Sciences Inc. | MFC class for color pickers (CColourPickerXP).
Peter Mares | MFC class for window side banners (CKCSideBannerWnd).
Chris Maunder | MFC class for system tray icons (CSystemTray).
Hans Dietrich, Chris Maunder | MFC class for hyperlinks in dialogs (XHyperLink).
Lallous | Class for sending simulated keystrokes to other applications (CSendKeys).
PJ Naughter | MFC classes for checking for single instance (CSingleInstance) and version information (CVersionInfo).
Bill Rubin | Command line C++ classes.
Boost Developers | Boost C++ libraries.

Author | Resource
--- | ---
Mark Burnett | List of 10000 Top Passwords, which KeePass uses in its password quality estimation algorithm.

## Icon Acknowledgements

Thanks a lot to Christopher Bolin for creating the main KeePass icon (see top left on this page) and its variations. Many thanks to Victor Andreyenkov for refining the application icons.

Many thanks to David Vignoni for creating the nice 'Nuvola' icon theme. Most of the icons used in KeePass and on its website are icons of this theme. You can find the original images on the website of the author, and the license below.

Furthermore, thanks to the authors of the following icons that KeePass uses:

- Tux the Penguin by Mairin.
- Feathers by Dear_Theophilus.
- Apple by James Birkett.
- Certificate in Colour by Olo.
- Modern Touch Phone Mobile by Shokunin.
- Font Bold, Font Italic, Font Underline and Font Strikethrough by Sixsixfive.
- FreeBSD Icon by FatCow.
- Hand Symbol by Bobek Ltd.

## Translation Acknowledgements

Thanks a lot to all people who created translations for KeePass.

## Plugin Acknowledgements

Many thanks to all people who wrote plugins for KeePass. Without you, KeePass would be a lot less powerful and useful!

## Tools Acknowledgements

Thanks to Jordan Russell for creating Inno Setup. This tool is used to create the KeePass installation program.

Thanks to Dimitri van Heesch for the Doxygen utility, which is used to compile the source code documentation.

## Hosting/Distribution Acknowledgements

Thanks to SourceForge.net for hosting the KeePass downloads / translations / plugins and for providing the project support platform (forums, feature requests / bug trackers, ...) for free.
Thanks to domain)FACTORY for hosting the KeePass website.
Thanks to datensysteme-lenk for hosting the German KeePass support forum in the past.

## Suggestions and Forum Support Acknowledgements

Thanks to all the people answering questions of others in the KeePass forums! A product is only as good as its support is, and I alone could never provide such an excellent individual help platform.

A few persons should be mentioned here, because of an extraordinary amount of suggestions (features, bug reports, ...) and helping others in the forums: Paul Tannard, Wellread1 and Michael Scheer.

## Special Acknowledgements

Thanks to Daniel Turini for suggesting "KeePass" as the name of the project.

An especially big thanks to Bill Rubin. He not only contributed a lot of source code to KeePass, he also had an enormous amount of feature and improvement suggestions, helped people in the KeePass forums, and wrote a KeePass plugin for backing up databases. He's also the reason why many of the sections in the KeePass Help are very precise, helpful, clear and easy to understand. In our countless hours long IM chats, we not only discussed much about the design of KeePass, Bill also told me a lot about C++ and other stuff. Thanks!

## Licenses of Components/Resources/etc.

### Nuvola Icon Theme

Usage of the icons is allowed under the terms of the LGPL license (which you can find here: GNU Lesser General Public License), plus an addition.

    TITLE:  NUVOLA ICON THEME for KDE 3.x
    AUTHOR: David Vignoni | ICON KING
    SITE:   http://www.icon-king.com
    MAILING LIST: http://mail.icon-king.com/mailman/listinfo/nuvola_icon-king.com

    Copyright (c)  2003-2004  David Vignoni.

    This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
    modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
    License as published by the Free Software Foundation,
    version 2.1 of the License.
    This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
    Lesser General Public License for more details.
    You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
    License along with this library (see the the license.txt file); if not, write
    to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston,
    MA  02111-1307  USA
    #######**** NOTE THIS ADD-ON ****#######
    The GNU Lesser General Public License or LGPL is written for software libraries
    in the first place. The LGPL has to be considered valid for this artwork
    library too.
    Nuvola icon theme for KDE 3.x is a special kind of software library, it is an
    artwork library, it's elements can be used in a Graphical User Interface, or
    GUI.
    Source code, for this library means:
     - raster png image* .
    The LGPL in some sections obliges you to make the files carry
    notices. With images this is in some cases impossible or hardly usefull.
    With this library a notice is placed at a prominent place in the directory
    containing the elements. You may follow this practice.
    The exception in section 6 of the GNU Lesser General Public License covers
    the use of elements of this art library in a GUI.
    dave [at] icon-king.com

    Date:       15 october 2004
    Version:    1.0

    DESCRIPTION:

    Icon theme for KDE 3.x.
    Icons where designed using Adobe Illustrator, and then exported to PNG format.
    Icons shadows and minor corrections were done using Adobe Photoshop.
    Kiconedit was used to correct some 16x16 and 22x22 icons.

    LICENSE

    Released under GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL)
    Look at the license.txt file.

    CONTACT

    David Vignoni
    e-mail :        david [at] icon-king.com
    ICQ :           117761009
    http:           http://www.icon-king.com

### Boost

    Boost Software License - Version 1.0 - August 17th, 2003

    Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person or organization
    obtaining a copy of the software and accompanying documentation covered by
    this license (the "Software") to use, reproduce, display, distribute,
    execute, and transmit the Software, and to prepare derivative works of the
    Software, and to permit third-parties to whom the Software is furnished to
    do so, all subject to the following:

    The copyright notices in the Software and this entire statement, including
    the above license grant, this restriction and the following disclaimer,
    must be included in all copies of the Software, in whole or in part, and
    all derivative works of the Software, unless such copies or derivative
    works are solely in the form of machine-executable object code generated by
    a source language processor.

    THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
    IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
    FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT
    SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS OR ANYONE DISTRIBUTING THE SOFTWARE BE LIABLE
    FOR ANY DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE,
    ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER
    DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

### Twofish Implementation

    Fast, portable, and easy-to-use Twofish implementation,
    Version 0.3.
    Copyright (c) 2002 by Niels Ferguson.

    The author hereby grants a perpetual license to everybody to
    use this code for any purpose as long as the copyright message is included
    in the source code of this or any derived work.

### SHA-2 Implementation

    Copyright (c) 2003, Dr Brian Gladman, Worcester, UK.   All rights reserved.

    LICENSE TERMS

    The free distribution and use of this software in both source and binary
    form is allowed (with or without changes) provided that:

      1. distributions of this source code include the above copyright
         notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer;

      2. distributions in binary form include the above copyright
         notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer
         in the documentation and/or other associated materials;

      3. the copyright holder's name is not used to endorse products
         built using this software without specific written permission.

    ALTERNATIVELY, provided that this notice is retained in full, this product
    may be distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL),
    in which case the provisions of the GPL apply INSTEAD OF those given above.

    DISCLAIMER

    This software is provided 'as is' with no explicit or implied warranties
    in respect of its properties, including, but not limited to, correctness
    and/or fitness for purpose.
    ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Issue 01/08/2005

### CSendKeys

    Copyright (c) 2004 lallous <lallousx86@yahoo.com>
    All rights reserved.

    Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
    modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
    are met:
    1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
       notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
    2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
       notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
       documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.

    THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
    ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
    IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
    ARE DISCLAIMED.  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
    FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
    DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
    OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
    HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
    LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
    OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
    SUCH DAMAGE.

    ---------------------------------------

    The Original SendKeys copyright info

    SendKeys (sndkeys32.pas) routine for 32-bit Delphi.
    Written by Ken Henderson
    Copyright (c) 1995 Ken Henderson <khen@compuserve.com>

### Command Line Classes

    Copyright (c) 2006, Bill Rubin <rubin@contractor.net>
    All rights reserved.

    Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
    modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:

        * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
          notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.

        * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
          notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
          documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.

        * Neither the name of Quality Object Software, Inc., nor the names of
          its contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived
          from this software without specific prior written permission.

    THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS"
    AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
    IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
    ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE
    LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR
    CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF
    SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS
    INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN
    CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE)
    ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
    POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.

### Bouncy Castle Cryptographic C# API

    The Bouncy Castle License
    Copyright (c) 2000-2010 The Legion Of The Bouncy Castle
    (http://www.bouncycastle.org)

    Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
    copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"),
    to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation
    the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sub license,
    and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the
    Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
    The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
    all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

    THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
    IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
    FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
    AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
    LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING
    FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER
    DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.