Update history & contributors (#1251)

* Adds a CONTRIBUTING.md file which links to our docs

* Remove email addresses from contributors.txt

* Add github handles for new contributors

* Update history.rst

CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Please read the [Development - Contributing](https://python-can.readthedocs.io/en/stable/development.html#contributing) guidelines in the documentation site.

CONTRIBUTORS.txt

@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
+https://github.com/hardbyte/python-can/graphs/contributors
+
 Ben Powell
-Brian Thorne <[email protected]>
+Brian Thorne
 Geert Linders
 Mark Catley
-Phillip Dixon <[email protected]>
+Phillip Dixon
 Rose Lu
 Karl van Workum
-Albert Bloomfield <[email protected]>
+Albert Bloomfield
 Sam Bristow
 Ethan Zonca
 Robert Kaye
@@ -15,18 +17,68 @@ Tynan McAuley
 Bruno Pennati
 Jack Jester-Weinstein
 Joshua Villyard
-Giuseppe Corbelli <[email protected]>
+Giuseppe Corbelli
 Christian Sandberg
-Eduard Bröcker <[email protected]>
+Eduard Bröcker
 Boris Wenzlaff
 Pierre-Luc Tessier Gagné
-Felix Divo <[email protected]>
-Kristian Sloth Lauszus <[email protected]>
-Shaoyu Meng <[email protected]>
-Alexander Mueller<[email protected]>
+Felix Divo
+Kristian Sloth Lauszus
+Shaoyu Meng
+Alexander Mueller
 Jan Goeteyn
-"ykzheng" <[email protected]>
+ykzheng
 Lear Corporation
-Nick Black <[email protected]>
+Nick Black
 Francisco Javier Burgos Macia
-Felix Nieuwenhuizen <[email protected]>
+Felix Nieuwenhuizen
+@marcel-kanter
+@bessman
+@koberbe
+@tamenol
+@deonvdw
+@ptoews
+@chrisoro
+@sou1hacker
+@auden-rovellequartz
+@typecprint
+@tysonite
+@Joey5337
+@Aajn
+@josko7452
+@leventerevesz
+@ericevenchick
+@ixygo
+@Gussy
+@altendky
+@philsc
+@rliebscher
+@jxltom
+@kdschlosser
+@tojoh511
+@s0kr4t3s
+@jaesc
+@NiallDarwin
+@sdorre
+@gordon-epc
+@willson556
+@jjguti
+@wiboticalex
+@illuusio
+@cperkulator
+@simontegelid
+@DawidRosinski
+@fabiocrestani
+@ChrisSweetKT
+@ausserlesh
+@wbarnha
+@projectgus
+@samsmith94
+@alexey
+@MattWoodhead
+@nbusser
+@domologic
+@fjburgos
+@pkess
+@felixn
+@Tbruno25

doc/history.rst

@@ -46,6 +46,34 @@ The CAN viewer terminal script was contributed by Kristian Sloth Lauszus in 2018
 
 The CANalyst-II interface was contributed by Shaoyu Meng in 2018.
 
+@deonvdw added support for the Robotell interface in 2019.
+
+Felix Divo and Karl Ding added type hints for the core library and many
+interfaces leading up to the 4.0 release.
+
+Eric Evenchick added support for the CANtact devices in 2020.
+
+Felix Divo added an interprocess virtual bus interface in 2020.
+
+@jxltom added the gs_usb interface in 2020 supporting Geschwister Schneider USB/CAN devices
+and bytewerk.org candleLight USB CAN devices such as candlelight, canable, cantact, etc.
+
+@jaesc added the nixnet interface in 2021 supporting NI-XNET devices from National Instruments.
+
+Tuukka Pasanen @illuusio added the neousys interface in 2021.
+
+Francisco Javier Burgos Maciá @fjburgos added ixxat FD support.
+
+@domologic contributed a socketcand interface in 2021.
+
+Felix N @felixn contributed the ETAS interface in 2021.
+
+Felix Divo unified exception handling across every interface in the lead up to
+the 4.0 release.
+
+Felix Divo prepared the python-can 4.0 release.
+
+
 Support for CAN within Python
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