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+Original author and maintainer:
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+  Mattherw McCormick
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+Contributors (in alphabetical order):
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+  Justin Crawford <justin@pci-online.net>
+  krieiter <krieiter@gmail.com>
+  Mark Palmeri <mlp6@duke.edu>
+  Pawel 'l0ner' Soltys <pwslts@gmail.com>
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