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summary: "Project origin, contributors, and license."
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## The name

OpenClaw = CLAW + TARDIS, because every space lobster needs a time and space machine.

## Credits

- **Peter Steinberger** ([@steipete](https://x.com/steipete)) - Creator, lobster whisperer
- **Mario Zechner** ([@badlogicc](https://x.com/badlogicgames)) - Pi creator, security pen tester
- **Clawd** - The space lobster who demanded a better name

## Maintainers

- **Peter Steinberger** - Benevolent Dictator
  - GitHub: [@steipete](https://github.com/steipete) · X: [@steipete](https://x.com/steipete)

- **Shadow** - Discord + Slack subsystem
  - GitHub: [@thewilloftheshadow](https://github.com/thewilloftheshadow) · X: [@4shad0wed](https://x.com/4shad0wed)

- **Jos** - Telegram, API, Nix mode
  - GitHub: [@joshp123](https://github.com/joshp123) · X: [@jjpcodes](https://x.com/jjpcodes)

- **Christoph Nakazawa** - JS Infra
  - GitHub: [@cpojer](https://github.com/cpojer) · X: [@cnakazawa](https://x.com/cnakazawa)

- **Gustavo Madeira Santana** - Multi-agents, CLI, web UI
  - GitHub: [@gumadeiras](https://github.com/gumadeiras) · X: [@gumadeiras](https://x.com/gumadeiras)

- **Maximilian Nussbaumer** - DevOps, CI, Code Sanity
  - GitHub: [@quotentiroler](https://github.com/quotentiroler) · X: [@quotentiroler](https://x.com/quotentiroler)

## Core contributors

- **Maxim Vovshin** (@Hyaxia, [36747317+Hyaxia@users.noreply.github.com](mailto:36747317+Hyaxia@users.noreply.github.com)) - Blogwatcher skill
- **Nacho Iacovino** (@nachoiacovino, [nacho.iacovino@gmail.com](mailto:nacho.iacovino@gmail.com)) - Location parsing (Telegram and WhatsApp)

## License

MIT - Free as a lobster in the ocean.

> "We are all just playing with our own prompts." (An AI, probably high on tokens)