chore: simplify the list of contributors

- the POM file only list the maintainer of the current version - the README files list the top contributors and points to the list of contributors available via the GitHub UI
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@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ EPUBCheck
 EPUBCheck is a tool to validate the conformance of EPUB publications against the EPUB specifications.
 EPUBCheck can be run as a standalone command-line tool or used as a Java library.
 
-EPUBCheck is open source software, maintained by the [DAISY Consortium](http://www.daisy.org) on behalf of the [W3C](https://www.w3.org/publishing/epubcheck_fundraising).
+EPUBCheck is open source software, maintained by the [DAISY Consortium](http://www.daisy.org) on behalf of [W3C](https://www.w3.org/publishing/epubcheck_fundraising).
 
 
 **We Need Your Support!!**  
@@ -78,17 +78,15 @@ $ docker run - --rm -v /home/username:/data epubcheck file.epub --json output.js
 
 ## Credits
 
-Most of the EPUBCheck functionality comes from the schema validation tool [Jing](http://www.thaiopensource.com/relaxng/jing.html) and schemas that were developed by [IDPF](http://www.idpf.org/) and [DAISY](http://www.daisy.org/). Initial EPUBCheck development was largely done at [Adobe Systems](http://www.adobe.com/).
+EPUBCheck v5.0.0 was developed by [the DAISY Consortium](https://www.daisy.org/), on behalf of W3C.
 
-Initial (pre 2012) authors and contributors to EPUBCheck include: Peter Sorotokin, Garth Conboy, Markus Gylling, Piotr Kula, Paul Norton, Jessica Hekman, Liza Daly, George Bina, Bogdan Iordache, Ionut-Maxim Margelatu
+Initial EPUBCheck development was largely done at [Adobe](https://www.adobe.com/).
+A significant part of EPUBCheck functionality comes from the schema validation tool [Jing](https://relaxng.org/jclark/jing.html), used with schemas from the [Nu HTML Checker](https://validator.github.io/validator/), [IDPF](https://idpf.org), and [DAISY](https://www.daisy.org/). 
 
-EPUBCheck 4.0 was largely developed by
-* [DAISY](http://www.daisy.org/), namely: Romain Deltour, Markus Gylling
-* [Barnes & Noble](https://www.barnesandnoble.com), namely: Steve Antoch, Arwen Pond
+Past and present EPUBCheck developers include:
+Romain Deltour, Matt Garrish, Tobias Fischer, Markus Gylling, Steve Antoch, Peter Sorotokin, Thomas Ledoux, Masayoshi Takahashi, Paul Norton, Piotr Kula, Arwen Pond, Liza Daly, Garth Conboy, and [several others](https://github.com/w3c/epubcheck/graphs/contributors).
 
-Regular contributors between 2012 and 2017 include: Romain Deltour, Tobias Fischer, Markus Gylling, Satoshi KOJIMA, Thomas Ledoux, Masayoshi Takahashi
-
-Many thanks are also extended to the numerous people who have contributed to the evolution of EPUBCheck through bug reports and patches!
+Many thanks to the numerous people who have contributed to the evolution of EPUBCheck through bug reports, pull requests, and translations!
 
 ## Donators
 

diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
@@ -33,97 +33,11 @@
     </licenses>
     <developers>
         <developer>
-            <name>Peter Sorotokin</name>
-            <id>sorotokin</id>
-            <email>[email protected]</email>
-            <url>http://www.adobe.com</url>
-            <organization>Adobe Systems Inc.</organization>
-        </developer>
-        <developer>
-            <name>Garth Conboy</name>
-            <id>garthconboy</id>
-            <email>[email protected]</email>
-        </developer>
-        <developer>
-            <name>Markus Gylling</name>
-            <id>markus.gylling</id>
-            <email>[email protected]</email>
-        </developer>
-        <developer>
-            <name>Piotr Kula</name>
-            <id>PiotrFKula</id>
-            <email>[email protected]</email>
-        </developer>
-        <developer>
-            <name>Paul Norton</name>
-            <id>cold.geek</id>
-            <email>[email protected]</email>
-        </developer>
-        <developer>
-            <name>Liza Daly</name>
-            <id>liza31337</id>
-            <email>[email protected]</email>
-        </developer>
-        <developer>
-            <name>Jessica Hekman</name>
-            <id>sorotokin</id>
-            <email>[email protected]</email>
-        </developer>
-        <developer>
-            <name>George Bina</name>
-            <id>georgebina76</id>
-            <email>[email protected]</email>
-        </developer>
-        <developer>
-            <name>Bogdan Iordache</name>
-            <id>biordach</id>
-            <email>[email protected]</email>
-            <url>http://www.adobe.com</url>
-            <organization>Adobe Systems Inc.</organization>
-        </developer>
-        <developer>
-            <name>Ionut-Maxim Margelatu</name>
-            <id>ionut.margelatu</id>
-            <email>[email protected]</email>
-            <url>http://www.adobe.com</url>
-            <organization>Adobe Systems Inc.</organization>
-        </developer>
-        <developer>
-            <name>Romain Deltour</name>
-            <id>rdeltour</id>
-            <email>[email protected]</email>
-        </developer>
-        <developer>
-            <name>Thomas Ledoux</name>
-            <id>tledoux</id>
-            <email>[email protected]</email>
-        </developer>
-        <developer>
-            <name>Tobias Fischer</name>
-            <id>tofi86</id>
-            <email>[email protected]</email>
-        </developer>
-        <developer>
-            <name>Steve Antoch</name>
-            <id>santoch</id>
-            <url>http://www.barnesandnoble.com/</url>
-            <email>[email protected]</email>
-        </developer>
-        <developer>
-            <name>Arwen Pond</name>
-            <id>apond</id>
-            <url>http://www.barnesandnoble.com/</url>
-            <email>[email protected]</email>
-        </developer>
-        <developer>
-            <name>Masayoshi Takahashi</name>
-            <id>takahashim</id>
-            <email>[email protected]</email>
-        </developer>
-        <developer>
-            <name>Satoshi KOJIMA</name>
-            <id>skoji</id>
-            <email>[email protected]</email>
+            <name>DAISY Consortium</name>
+            <id>daisy</id>
+            <email>[email protected]</email>
+            <url>https://daisy.org</url>
+            <organization>DAISY Consortium</organization>
         </developer>
     </developers>
     <mailingLists>

diff --git a/src/main/assembly/README-dist.txt b/src/main/assembly/README-dist.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ the EPUB specifications. EPUBCheck can be run as a standalone command-line tool
 or used as a Java library.
 
 EPUBCheck is open source software, maintained by the DAISY Consortium on behalf
-of the W3C.
+of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C).
 
 EPUBCheck project home: https://github.com/w3c/epubcheck
 
@@ -54,52 +54,16 @@ file THIRD-PARTY.txt
 AUTHORS / CONTRIBUTORS
 ----------------------
 
-This distribution of EPUBCheck was made by the DAISY Consortium, for the W3C.
-
-Previous contributors include:
-
-- Alberto Pettarin
-- Alexander Walters
-- Andrew Neitsch
-- Arwen Pond
-- Bobby Tung
-- Bogdan Iordache
-- Dave Cramer
-- dilbirligi
-- Emiliano Molina
-- Elisa Molinari (Fondazione LIA)
-- Francisco Sanchez
-- Garth Conboy
-- George Bina
-- Gregorio Pellegrino (Fondazione LIA)
-- Ionut-Maxim Margelatu
-- Jessica Hekman
-- Jostein Austvik Jacobsen
-- Liza Daly
-- Marianne Gulstad (Publizon)
-- Markus Gylling
-- Martin Kraetke
-- Masayoshi Takahashi
-- Matt Garrish
-- Merijn de Haen
-- MURATA Makoto
-- Paul Norton
-- Peter Sorotokin
-- Piotr Kula
-- Romain Deltour
-- Satoshi KOJIMA
-- Stephan Kreutzer
-- Steve Antoch
-- Thiago de Oliveira Pereira
-- Thomas Ledoux
-- Tobias Fischer
-- Tomohiko Hayashi
-- Tzviya Siegman
-- Vincent Gros
-- Woongyoung Park
-
-
-Most of the EPUBCheck functionality comes from the schema validation tool Jing
-and schemas that were developed by IDPF and DAISY. Initial EPUBCheck development
-was largely done at Adobe Systems. EPUBCheck 4.0 was largely developed by
-DAISY and Barnes & Noble.
+This distribution of EPUBCheck was made by the DAISY Consortium, for W3C.
+
+Initial EPUBCheck development was largely done at Adobe. A significant part of
+EPUBCheck functionality comes from the schema validation tool Jing, used with
+schemas from the Nu HTML Checker, IDPF, and DAISY. 
+
+Past and present EPUBCheck developers include: Romain Deltour, Matt Garrish,
+Tobias Fischer, Markus Gylling, Steve Antoch, Peter Sorotokin, Thomas Ledoux,
+Masayoshi Takahashi, Paul Norton, Piotr Kula, Arwen Pond, Liza Daly, Garth
+Conboy, and several others: https://github.com/w3c/epubcheck/graphs/contributors
+
+Many thanks to the numerous people who have contributed to the evolution of
+EPUBCheck through bug reports, pull requests, and translations!