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+# Generated with git shortlog -sn | cut -c8-', which sorts by commits (manually moved Tord to top)
+
+Tord Romstad
+Marco Costalba
+Joona Kiiski
+Gary Linscott
+Lucas Braesch
+Reuven Peleg
+Chris Caino
+homoSapiensSapiens
+Jean-Francois Romang
+jundery
+Arjun Temurnikar
+Uri Blass
+Ralph Stößer
+Stefan Geschwentner
+Tom Vijlbrief
+Daylen Yang
+Henri Wiechers
+Leonid Pechenik
+mstembera
+Eelco de Groot
+Jerry Donald
+Jörg Oster
+Ryan Schmitt
+mcostalba
+Alexander Kure
+Dan Schmidt
+H. Felix Wittmann
+Justin Blanchard
+Linus Arver
+RyanTaker
+ceebo
+Joseph H Ellis
+Stephane Nicolet
+Ajith
+Andy Duplain
+Auguste Pop
+Balint Pfliegel
+Chris Cain
+Dariusz Orzechowski
+Gregor Cramer
+Hiraoka Takuya
+Hongzhi Cheng
+Jonathan Calovski
+Joseph R. Prostko
+Kelly Wilson
+Kojirion
+Matt Sullivan
+Matthew Sullivan
+Michel Van den Bergh
+Mysseno
+Pablo Vazquez
+Raminder Singh
+Richard Lloyd
+Ron Britvich
+Ronald de Man
+Ryan Takker
+Thanar2
+kinderchocolate
+pellanda
+renouve
+shane31
+thaspel