Original author of Vend was Andrew Wilcox. MiniVend was based on Vend 0.2, with portions from Vend 0.3.
Contributions to MiniVend have been made by:
Andreas Koenig Heinz Wittenbecher
Birgitt Funk Jochen Wiedmann
Bob Jordan Larry Leszczynski
Brian Bullen Marc Austin
Don Grodecki Tim Baverstock
Frank Bonita William Dan Terry
Gunnar Hellekson many others
and, of course, the entire Perl team without whom MiniVend could not exist.