diff --git a/AUTHORS.md b/AUTHORS.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..008df05
--- /dev/null
+++ b/AUTHORS.md
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+# Authors
+WinChess is developed and maintained by:
+- **Touil Ghassen** � Project lead, software architecture, and chess-engine development
+- **[BAZIZ Chafia](https://github.com/ChiChiNour310)** � Developer
+- **[BOUAKAZ Ahlem](https://github.com/ahlambkz0923)** � Developer
+## Contributors
+Additional contributors are acknowledged through the Git commit history and
+the GitHub contributors list.
+## Authorship policy
+Authors and co-authors must be credited only for work to which they actually
+contributed. Joint commits should use Git's `Co-authored-by` trailers with an
+email address associated with the contributor's GitHub account.
diff --git a/ChessGUI/ChessGUI.csproj b/ChessGUI/ChessGUI.csproj
index 5e4e265..0edda81 100644
--- a/ChessGUI/ChessGUI.csproj
+++ b/ChessGUI/ChessGUI.csproj
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
-
   <PropertyGroup>
     <OutputType>WinExe</OutputType>
     <TargetFramework>net10.0-windows</TargetFramework>
     <AssemblyName>WinChess</AssemblyName>
     <Product>WinChess</Product>
-    <Description>Windows chess application with a native C++ engine, WPF GUI, and UCI host.</Description>
-    <Authors>Ahlem Chafia; WinChess contributors</Authors>
+    <Description>Open-source Windows chess application with a native C++ engine, WPF GUI, and UCI host.</Description>
+    <Authors>Touil Ghassen; BAZIZ Chafia; BOUAKAZ Ahlem</Authors>
     <Version>0.1.0</Version>
     <RepositoryUrl>https://github.com/binarylab2022-del/WinChess</RepositoryUrl>
     <RepositoryType>git</RepositoryType>
@@ -20,8 +20,10 @@
          prevents BadImageFormatException and keeps deployment deterministic. -->
     <PlatformTarget>x64</PlatformTarget>
     <Prefer32Bit>false</Prefer32Bit>
+    <Company>BinaryLab</Company>
+    <Copyright>Copyright © 2026 Touil Ghassen, BAZIZ Chafia, BOUAKAZ Ahlem</Copyright>
+    <PackageProjectUrl>https://github.com/binarylab2022-del/WinChess</PackageProjectUrl>
   </PropertyGroup>
-
   <ItemGroup>
     <None Remove="Pieces\bB.svg" />
     <None Remove="Pieces\bK.svg" />
@@ -36,7 +38,6 @@
     <None Remove="Pieces\wQ.svg" />
     <None Remove="Pieces\wR.svg" />
   </ItemGroup>
-
   <ItemGroup>
     <Content Include="Pieces\bB.svg">
       <CopyToOutputDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToOutputDirectory>
@@ -75,23 +76,16 @@
       <CopyToOutputDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToOutputDirectory>
     </Content>
   </ItemGroup>
-
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="SharpVectors.Wpf" Version="1.8.5" />
   </ItemGroup>
-
   <ItemGroup>
     <ProjectReference Include="..\ChessDLL\ChessDLL.vcxproj" />
   </ItemGroup>
-
   <Target Name="CopyNativeChessEngine" AfterTargets="Build">
     <PropertyGroup>
       <NativeChessDll>$(MSBuildProjectDirectory)\..\bin\x64\$(Configuration)\ChessDLL.dll</NativeChessDll>
     </PropertyGroup>
-    <Copy SourceFiles="$(NativeChessDll)"
-          DestinationFolder="$(OutDir)"
-          SkipUnchangedFiles="true"
-          Condition="Exists('$(NativeChessDll)')" />
+    <Copy SourceFiles="$(NativeChessDll)" DestinationFolder="$(OutDir)" SkipUnchangedFiles="true" Condition="Exists('$(NativeChessDll)')" />
   </Target>
-
-</Project>
+</Project>
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diff --git a/ChessUCI/ChessUCI.cpp b/ChessUCI/ChessUCI.cpp
index 35292eb..384d5f0 100644
--- a/ChessUCI/ChessUCI.cpp
+++ b/ChessUCI/ChessUCI.cpp
@@ -529,7 +529,7 @@ int main() {
         const std::string command = tokens[0];
         if (command == "uci") {
             writeLine("id name WinChess");
-            writeLine("id author Ahlem Chafia");
+            writeLine("id author Touil Ghassen, BAZIZ Chafia, BOUAKAZ Ahlem");
             writeLine("option name Hash type spin default 64 min 1 max " + std::to_string(g_getHashMaximum()));
             writeLine("option name Move Overhead type spin default 30 min 0 max 5000");
             writeLine("option name Use PVS type check default true");