Well,
When I see the copyright for Paint.NET it says:
Copyright © dotPDN LLC, Rick Brewster, Chris Crosetto, Tom Jackson, Michael Kelsey, Brandon Ortiz, Craig Taylor, Chris Trevino, and Luke Walker.
Portions Copyright © Microsoft Corporation. All Rights Reserved.
And this is what "Credits" Say:
Version 3.2x
Rick Brewster
Project Lead, Programming
Tom Jackson
Contributing Effects Programmer
Zach Walker, a.k.a. pyrochild
Original code for some of the improvements made to the Frosted Glass effect
http://illusionaryz.deviantart.com
Microsoft Developer Division
Translations for Chinese (Simplified), French, German, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese (Brazil), and Spanish
Version 3.10
Rick Brewster
Project Lead, Programming
David Issel, a.k.a. BoltBait
Original code for Ink Sketch and Soften Portrait effects
http://www.BoltBait.com
Dean Ashton
Original code for the DDS file type handler
http://www.dmashton.co.uk/
Microsoft Developer Division
Translations for Chinese (Simplified), French, German, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese (Brazil), and Spanish
Version 3.0x
Rick Brewster
Project Lead, Programming
Tom Jackson
Contributing Effects Programmer
Microsoft Developer Division
Translations for Chinese (Simplified), French, German, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese (Brazil), and Spanish
Version 2.5, 2.6x, 2.7x
Rick Brewster
Project Lead, Programming
Tom Jackson
Programming
Dennis Dietrich
Localization and German Translation
Version 2.1
Rick Brewster
Project Lead, Programming
Tom Jackson
Programming
Craig Taylor
Programming, Web Site Maintenance
Luke Walker
Web Site Design
Version 2.0
Tom Jackson
Programming, Documentation
Michael Kelsey
Programming, Documentation
Craig Taylor
Programming, Documentation
Rick Brewster
Project Mentor from Microsoft
Jack Hagemeister
Project Advisor from Washington State University
Chris Crosetto
Emboss, Relief, and Edge Detect Effects
Cpt. S. 422 Fall 2004 Students
Testing
Version 1.1
Rick Brewster
Programming
Tom Jackson
Testing, Documentation
Michael Kelsey
Testing, Documentation
Craig Taylor
Testing, Documentation
Version 1.0
Rick Brewster
Project Lead, Programming
Brandon Ortiz
Testing, Documentation
Chris Trevino
Programming, Design
Luke Walker
Programming
Kerry Hammil
Project Mentor from Microsoft
Ivan Lumala
Project Sponsor from Microsoft
Jack Hagemeister
Project Advisor from Washington State University
External Libraries and Contributors
TGA File Format support code adapted from the CxImage library by David Pizzolato, http://www.xdp.it/cximage.htm
#ziplib (“SharpZipLib”) library by Mike Krueger, http://www.icsharpcode.net/OpenSource/S ... fault.aspx
Squish library for DXT Compression by Simon Brown, http://www.sjbrown.co.uk/?code=squish
Some icons are from or based on those in the Silk
Doesn't really look like just "My Project"