diff --git a/AUTHORS.txt b/AUTHORS.txt
index c0016d7a6..e0f035254 100644
--- a/AUTHORS.txt
+++ b/AUTHORS.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-OpenSceneGraph Library 2.7.7
+OpenSceneGraph Library 2.7.9
 
-359 Contributors:
+364 Contributors:
 
 Firstname Surname
 -----------------
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@ Marco Jez
 Paul Martz
 Mike Weiblen
 Eric Wing
-Brede Johansen
 Stephan Huber
 Mathias Fröhlich
+Brede Johansen
 Geoff Michel
 Farshid Lashkari
 Bob Kuehne
@@ -27,46 +27,47 @@ Trajce Nikolov
 Mike Wittman
 Wojciech Lewandowski
 Colin McDonald
+Andy Skinner
+Roger James
 Pavel Moloshtan
 Tom Jolley
-Roger James
 Jeremy Moles
-Andy Skinner
+Paul Melis
 Norman Vine
+Mattias Helsing
+Jason Beverage
 Art Tevs
 Alberto Farre
 André Garneau
 Ruben Lopez
 Randall Hopper
 Michael Platings
-Jason Beverage
+Cedric Pinson
 Adrian Egli
-Paul Melis
 Olaf Flebbe
+Jason Daly
+J.P. Delport
 Gideon May
 Don Tidrow
+Sherman Wilcox
 Romano José Magacho da Silva
+Roland Smeenk
 Per Fahlberg
 Michael Gronager
 Mathieu Marache
 Joakim Simonsson
-J.P. Delport
 David Spilling
 Daniel Sjölie
 Chris Hanson
-Sherman Wilcox
 Philip Lowman
-Jason Daly
+Alberto Luaces
 Melchior Franz
 Chris Denham
-Cedric Pinson
 Serge Lages
-Roland Smeenk
 Joran Jessurun
 Frederic Marmond
 David Fries
 Boris Bralo
-Alberto Luaces
 Yefei He
 Tim Moore
 Terry Welsh
@@ -84,7 +85,6 @@ Ben Discoe
 Andreas Ekstrand
 Sasa Bistrovic
 Neil Groves
-Mattias Helsing
 Martin Naylor
 Martin Aumueller
 Markus Trenkwalder
@@ -99,17 +99,22 @@ Vivek Rajan
 Thibault Genessay
 Sean Spicer
 Ravi Mathur
+Peter Hrenka
 Nikolaus Hanekamp
 Neil Salter
 Mihai Radu
 Michael Hartman
 Luc Frauciel
+Lionel Lagarde
 Laurens Voerman
 David Guthrie
 Corbin Holtz
 Brad Christiansen
+Blasius Czink
 Toshiyuki Takahei
 Thom DeCarlo
+Tatsuhiro Nishioka
+Sukender 
 Simon Julier
 Sebastien Grignard
 Romano Magacho
@@ -123,18 +128,16 @@ Daniel Larimer
 Csaba Halasz
 Colin Dunlop
 Bruce Clay
-Blasius Czink
 Alberto Barbati
 Vladimir Shabanov
 Uwe Woessner
 Tony Horrobin
-Tatsuhiro Nishioka
 Sohey Yamamoto
+Rudolf Wiedemann
 Riccardo Corsi
 Ralf Habacker
 Rafa Gaitan
 Phil Atkin
-Peter Hrenka
 Mattias Linde
 Maria Ten
 Ken Sewell
@@ -163,13 +166,12 @@ Tugkan Calapoglu
 Tim Daoust
 Terrex 
 Sylvain Marie
-Sukender 
 Steve Lunsford
 Stephane Simon
 Stephan Eilemann
 Stanislav Blinov
+Sergey Leontyev
 Sebastian Messerschmidt
-Rudolf Wiedemann
 Ralf Kern
 Perry Miller
 Nathan Monteleone
@@ -180,7 +182,6 @@ Maya Leonard
 Max Bandazian
 Mathew May
 Martijn Kragtwijk
-Lionel Lagarde
 Kevin Moiule
 Keith Steffen
 Katharina Plugge
@@ -196,8 +197,10 @@ Guillaume Chouvenc
 Gerrick Bivins
 George Tarantilis
 Ferdi Smit
+Ewe Woessner
 Erik den Dekker
 Edgar Ellis
+Don Leich
 David Ergo
 Daniel Trstenjak
 Christophe Loustaunau
@@ -229,13 +232,13 @@ Simon Hammett
 Sid Byce
 Shuxing Xiao
 Shane Arnott
-Sergey Leontyev
 Sebastien Kuntz
 Ruth Lang
 Ronny Krueger
 Robert Swain
 Rob Bloemkool
 Rick Pingry
+Rick Appleton
 Ricard Schmidt
 Rene Molenaar
 Reinhard Sainitzer
@@ -249,6 +252,7 @@ Philipp M
 Paul Palumbo
 Paul Obermeier
 Paul Fredrikson
+Patrick Hartling
 Parag Chaudhur
 Panagiotis Papadakos
 Panagiotis Koutsourakis
@@ -291,6 +295,7 @@ Kristopher Bixler
 Karsten Weiss
 Karl Heijdenberg
 Jutta Sauer
+Julian Scheid
 Josh Portway
 John Tan
 John Grant
@@ -317,8 +322,8 @@ Frank Warmerdam
 Frank Lindeman
 Frank Lichtenheld
 Ferdinand Cornelissen
+Fabien Lavignotte
 Fabien Dachicourt
-Ewe Woessner
 Emmanuel Roche
 Edmond Gheury
 Ed Ralston
diff --git a/applications/osgversion/osgversion.cpp b/applications/osgversion/osgversion.cpp
index 4029c14be..09e40e69f 100644
--- a/applications/osgversion/osgversion.cpp
+++ b/applications/osgversion/osgversion.cpp
@@ -249,11 +249,7 @@ std::string typoCorrection(const std::string& name)
     if (name=="Antione") return "Antoine";
     if (name=="Antonoine") return "Antoine";
     if (name=="Atr")  return "Art";
-    if (name=="Osfeld")  return "Osfield";
-    if (name=="Rucard")  return "Richard";
     if (name=="Baverage") return "Beverage";
-    if (name=="Lagrade") return "Lagarde";
-    if (name=="Lucas") return "Luaces";
     if (name=="Bistroviae") return "Bistrovic";
     if (name=="Callue")  return "Callu";
     if (name=="Christaiansen") return "Christiansen";
@@ -272,8 +268,8 @@ std::string typoCorrection(const std::string& name)
     if (name=="Fredrick") return "Frederic";
     if (name=="Fredric") return "Frederic";
     if (name=="Froechlich") return "Fröhlich";
-    if (name=="Froehlich") return "Fröhlich";
     if (name=="Froehilch") return "Fröhlich";
+    if (name=="Froehlich") return "Fröhlich";
     if (name=="Froelich") return "Fröhlich";    
     if (name=="Froenlich") return "Fröhlich";
     if (name=="Fröhlich") return "Fröhlich";
@@ -283,15 +279,13 @@ std::string typoCorrection(const std::string& name)
     if (name=="Garret") return "Garrett";
     if (name=="Geof") return "Geoff";
     if (name=="Giatan") return "Gaitan";
-    if (name=="Rolad") return "Roland";
     if (name=="Gronenger") return "Gronager";
     if (name=="Gronger") return "Gronager";
     if (name=="Hebelin") return "Herbelin";
-    if (name=="Wedner") return "Weidner";
+    if (name=="Heirtlein") return "Hertlein";
+    if (name=="Heirtlein") return "Hertlein";
+    if (name=="Heirtlein") return "Hertlein";
     if (name=="Hertleinm") return "Hertlein";
-    if (name=="Heirtlein") return "Hertlein";
-    if (name=="Heirtlein") return "Hertlein";
-    if (name=="Heirtlein") return "Hertlein";
     if (name=="Hertlien") return "Hertlein";
     if (name=="Hi") return "He";
     if (name=="Hooper") return "Hopper";
@@ -310,14 +304,16 @@ std::string typoCorrection(const std::string& name)
     if (name=="J") return "José";
     if (name=="Keuhne") return "Kuehne";
     if (name=="Kheune") return "Kuehne";
+    if (name=="Lagrade") return "Lagarde";
     if (name=="Larshkari") return "Lashkari";
     if (name=="Lashakari") return "Lashkari";
     if (name=="Lashari") return "Lashkari";
     if (name=="Lasharki") return "Lashkari";
     if (name=="Laskari") return "Lashkari";
     if (name=="Leandowski" || name=="Lawandowski")  return "Lewandowski";
-    if (name=="Lweandowski")  return "Lewandowski";
+    if (name=="Lucas") return "Luaces";
     if (name=="Lugi") return "Luigi";
+    if (name=="Lweandowski")  return "Lewandowski";
     if (name=="Machler") return "Mächler";
     if (name=="Macro") return "Marco";
     if (name=="Maechler") return "Mächler";
@@ -343,12 +339,16 @@ std::string typoCorrection(const std::string& name)
     if (name=="Olad") return "Olaf";
     if (name=="Olar") return "Olaf";
     if (name=="Oritz") return "Ortiz";
+    if (name=="Osfeld")  return "Osfield";
     if (name=="Osfied") return "Osfield";
     if (name=="Pail") return "Paul";
     if (name=="Rajce") return "Trajce";
     if (name=="Randal") return "Randall";
     if (name=="Robet") return "Robert";
     if (name=="Rodger") return "Roger";
+    if (name=="Rolad") return "Roland";
+    if (name=="Rucard")  return "Richard";
+    if (name=="Sekender") return "Sukender";
     if (name=="Sewel") return "Sewell";
     if (name=="Simmonson") return "Simonsson";
     if (name=="Simmonsson") return "Simonsson";
@@ -369,16 +369,18 @@ std::string typoCorrection(const std::string& name)
     if (name=="Takehei") return "Takahei";
     if (name=="Tarantilils") return "Tarantilis";
     if (name=="Trastenjak") return "Trstenjak";
+    if (name=="Urlich") return "Ulrich";
     if (name=="Vines") return "Vine";
     if (name=="Waldrom")  return "Waldron";
+    if (name=="Wedner") return "Weidner";
     if (name=="Weidemann") return "Wiedemann";
     if (name=="Wieblen") return "Weiblen";
+    if (name=="Woesnner") return "Woessner";
     if (name=="Wojiech" || name=="Wojchiech")  return "Wojciech";
     if (name=="Xennon") return "Hanson";
     if (name=="Yefrei") return "Yefei";
     if (name=="Yfei") return "Yefei";
-    if (name=="Urlich") return "Ulrich";
-    
+    if (name=="Jean-Sebastein") return "Jean-Sebastien";
     return name;
 }
 
@@ -390,12 +392,24 @@ void nameCorrection(NamePair& name)
         name.second = "Hein";
     }
     
+    if (name.first=="Mattias" && name.second=="Fröhlich")
+    {
+        name.first = "Mathias";
+        name.second = "Fröhlich";
+    }
+    
+    if (name.first=="Mathias"  && name.second=="Helsing")
+    {
+        name.first = "Mattias";
+        name.second = "Helsing";
+    }
+    
     if (name.first=="Bjorn" && name.second=="Hein")
     {
         name.first = "Björn";
         name.second = "Hein";
     }
-    
+
     if (name.first=="Erik" && name.second=="van")
     {
         name.first = "Erik";