history/Credits: aeb's Hack

Give an implied explanation for the seemingly odd copyright info in
the source files and the run-time startup banner.

The extra Hack version number, the release dates, and the newsgroup
creation are from
 https://homepages.cwi.nl/~aeb/games/hack/hack.html
which is the "Brouwer's /Hack/ page at CWI" external link near the
end of Andries Brouwer's Wikipedia page.

dat/history

@@ -5,9 +5,14 @@ Behold, mortal, the origins of NetHack...
 Jay Fenlason wrote the original Hack, with help from Kenny Woodland,
 Mike Thome, and Jon Payne.
 
-Andries Brouwer did a major re-write, transforming Hack into a very different
+Andries Brouwer did a major re-write while at Stichting Mathematisch Centrum
-game, and published (at least) three versions (1.0.1, 1.0.2, and 1.0.3) for
+(now Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica), transforming Hack into a very different
-UNIX(tm) machines to the Usenet.
+game.  He published the Hack source code for use on UNIX(tm) systems by
+posting that to Usenet newsgroup net.sources (later renamed comp.sources)
+releasing version 1.0 in December of 1984, then versions 1.0.1, 1.0.2, and
+finally 1.0.3 in July of 1985.  Usenet newsgroup net.games.hack (later
+renamed rec.games.hack, eventually replaced by rec.games.roguelike.nethack)
+was created for discussing it.
 
 Don G. Kneller ported Hack 1.0.3 to Microsoft(tm) C and MS-DOS(tm), producing
 PC HACK 1.01e, added support for DEC Rainbow graphics in version 1.03g, and
@@ -20,7 +25,9 @@ producing ST Hack 1.03.
 Mike Stephenson merged these various versions back together, incorporating
 many of the added features, and produced NetHack version 1.4 in 1987.  He
 then coordinated a cast of thousands in enhancing and debugging NetHack 1.4
-and released NetHack versions 2.2 and 2.3.
+and released NetHack versions 2.2 and 2.3.  Like Hack, they were released by
+posting their source code to Usenet where they remained available in various
+archives accessible via ftp and uucp after expiring from the newsgroup.
 
 Later, Mike coordinated a major re-write of the game, heading a team which
 included Ken Arromdee, Jean-Christophe Collet, Steve Creps, Eric Hendrickson,

doc/Guidebook.mn

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NHDT-Branch: NetHack-3.7 $:$NHDT-Revision: 1.391 $ $NHDT-Date: 1594377460 2020/07/10 10:37:40 $
+.\" $NHDT-Branch: NetHack-3.7 $:$NHDT-Revision: 1.392 $ $NHDT-Date: 1594599425 2020/07/13 00:17:05 $
 .\"
 .\" This is an excerpt from the 'roff' man page from the 'groff' package.
 .\" Guidebook.mn currently does *not* fully adhere to these guidelines.
@@ -5428,11 +5428,19 @@ Main events in the course of the game development are described below:
 \fBJay Fenlason\fP wrote the original Hack, with help from
 \fBKenny Woodland\fP, \fBMike Thome\fP, and \fBJon Payne\fP.
 .pg
-\fBAndries Brouwer\fP did a major re-write, transforming Hack into a
+\fBAndries Brouwer\fP did a major re-write while at
-very different game, and published (at least) three versions (1.0.1,
+Stichting Mathematisch Centrum (now Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica),
-1.0.2, and 1.0.3) for
+transforming Hack into a very different game.
+He published the Hack source code for use on
 .UX
-machines to the Usenet.
+systems by posting that to Usenet
+newsgroup \fInet.sources\fP (later renamed \fIcomp.sources\fP)
+releasing version 1.0 in December of 1984, then versions 1.0.1, 1.0.2,
+and finally 1.0.3 in July of 1985.
+Usenet newsgroup \fInet.games.hack\fP (later
+renamed \fIrec.games.hack\fP, eventually replaced
+by \fIrec.games.roguelike.nethack\fP)
+was created for discussing it.
 .pg
 \fBDon G. Kneller\fP ported Hack 1.0.3 to Microsoft C and MS-DOS, producing PC
 HACK 1.01e, added support for DEC Rainbow graphics in version 1.03g, and went
@@ -5447,6 +5455,9 @@ incorporating many of the added features, and produced NetHack version 1.4
 in 1987.
 He then coordinated a cast of thousands in enhancing and debugging
 NetHack 1.4 and released NetHack versions 2.2 and 2.3.
+Like Hack, they were released by posting their source code to Usenet where
+they remained available in various archives accessible
+via \fIftp\fP and \fIuucp\fP after expiring from the newsgroup.
 .pg
 Later, Mike coordinated a major re-write of the game, heading a
 team which included \fBKen Arromdee\fP, \fBJean-Christophe Collet\fP,

doc/Guidebook.tex

@@ -3323,7 +3323,7 @@ The default name and location of the configuration file varies on different
 operating systems.\\
 
 %.lp ""
-On Unix, Linux and Mac OS X it is \mbox{``.nethackrc''} in the user's home
+On UNIX, Linux and Mac OS X it is \mbox{``.nethackrc''} in the user's home
 directory. The file may not exist, but it is a normal ASCII text file and
 can be created with any text editor.\\
 
@@ -5922,9 +5922,18 @@ Kenny Woodland}, {\it Mike Thome}, and {\it Jon Payne}.
 
 %.pg
 \medskip
-\nd {\it Andries Brouwer\/} did a major re-write, transforming {\it Hack\/}
+\nd {\it Andries Brouwer\/} did a major re-write while at
-into a very different game, and published (at least) three versions (1.0.1,
+Stichting Mathematisch Centrum (now Centrum Wiskunde \& Informatica),
-1.0.2, and 1.0.3) for UNIX machines to the Usenet.
+transforming Hack into a very different game.
+He published the Hack source code for use on UNIX
+systems by posting that to Usenet
+newsgroup {\it net.sources\/} (later renamed {\it comp.sources})
+releasing version 1.0 in December of 1984, then versions 1.0.1, 1.0.2,
+and finally 1.0.3 in July of 1985.
+Usenet newsgroup {\it net.games.hack\/} (later
+renamed {\it rec.games.hack}, eventually replaced
+by {\it rec.games.roguelike.nethack})
+was created for discussing it.
 
 %.pg
 \medskip
@@ -5947,6 +5956,9 @@ incorporating many of the added features, and produced {\it NetHack\/} version
 1.4 in 1987.
 He then coordinated a cast of thousands in enhancing and debugging
 {\it NetHack\/} 1.4 and released {\it NetHack\/} versions 2.2 and 2.3.
+Like Hack, they were released by posting their source code to Usenet where
+they remained available in various archives accessible
+via {\it ftp\/} and {\it uucp\/} after expiring from the newsgroup.
 
 %.pg
 \medskip
@@ -6238,8 +6250,8 @@ In January 2015, preparation began for the release of NetHack 3.6.
 
 %.pg
 \medskip
-At the beginning of development for what would eventually get released
+At the beginning of development for what would eventually get released as
-as 3.6.0, the {\it NetHack Development Team} consisted of {\it Warwick Allison},
+3.6.0, the {\it NetHack Development Team} consisted of {\it Warwick Allison},
 {\it Michael Allison}, {\it Ken Arromdee},
 {\it David Cohrs}, {\it Jessie Collet},
 {\it Ken Lorber}, {\it Dean Luick}, {\it Pat Rankin},
@@ -6265,7 +6277,7 @@ patches.  Many bugs were fixed and some code was restructured.
 \medskip
 The {\it NetHack Development Team}, as well as {\it Steve VanDevender} and
 {\it Kevin Smolkowski}, ensured that {\it NetHack\/} 3.6 continued to
-operate on various Unix flavors and maintained the X11 interface.
+operate on various UNIX flavors and maintained the X11 interface.
 
 %.pg
 \medskip