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+# This file lists people who have contributed code to
+# plan9port, as recorded by the Mercurial and CVS logs.
+# The list is incomplete but a start.
+# My thanks to the people not listed here too.
+
+Albert Lee <trisk@acm.jhu.edu>
+André Günther <Andre.G@gmx.de>
+Benjamin Huntsman <BHuntsman@mail2.cu-portland.edu>
+Enrique Soriano <enrique.soriano@gmail.com>
+Fazlul Shahriar <fshahriar@gmail.com>
+J.R. Mauro <jrm8005@gmail.com>
+Jeff Sickel <jas@corpus-callosum.com>
+Kris Maglione <jg@suckless.org>
+Mathieu Lonjaret <lejatorn@gmail.com>
+Michael Teichgräber <mt4swm@googlemail.com>
+Michael Teichgräber <mt@ib.wmipf.de>
+Russ Cox <rsc@swtch.com>
+Tim Newsham <tim.newsham@gmail.com>
+Tony Lainson <t.lainson@gmail.com>
+Venkatesh Srinivas <extrudedaluminiu@gmail.com>
+grai <t.lainson@gmail.com>