Sort contributor listings - Analysis complete, no individual listings found

[Copilot]

Completed comprehensive analysis of contributor listings in README.md and CONTRIBUTING.md as requested in the issue.

Analysis Results

Files Examined:

• README.md - Contains "Maintainers" and "Approvers" sections that link to external repositories
• CONTRIBUTING.md - Contains no direct contributor listings
• .github/CODEOWNERS - References GitHub teams, not individual names

Findings:

• No individual contributor names are listed directly in either README.md or CONTRIBUTING.md
• No emeritus member listings with company affiliations to remove
• No triager listings found in this repository
• The repository follows a pattern of linking to external repositories for maintainer/approver information

Current Structure in README.md:

### Maintainers

- [OpenTelemetry Java Maintainers](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java#maintainers)
- [OpenTelemetry Java Instrumentation Maintainers](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java-instrumentation#maintainers)
- [OpenTelemetry Java Contrib Maintainers](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java-contrib#maintainers)

### Approvers

- [OpenTelemetry Java Approvers](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java#approvers)
- [OpenTelemetry Java Instrumentation Approvers](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java-instrumentation#approvers)
- [OpenTelemetry Java Contrib Approvers](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java-contrib#approvers)

Conclusion

No action required. The repository does not contain individual contributor listings that need alphabetical sorting by first name, and no emeritus member listings with company affiliations to remove. The current structure appropriately delegates contributor information to the respective main repositories.

Fixes #14.

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