Revert "added author list"

This reverts commit 69968088b66fdca8dde342942d3d26db290569fd.
Revert "correct capitalization of filenames"

This reverts commit 4cc405b8a77e2bebaa98f7915f93d64d764c1270.
Revert "added softlink for changelog"

This reverts commit 68f890711711d20f5852c5e39f1ca99af05dd3b6.
Revert "remove prefixed newlines"

This reverts commit 156baddc639bc2b2474ca8fe4fc8e31f05eca833.