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-Andreas Bießmann <andreas@biessmann.de> <andreas.biessmann@corscience.de>
-Andrew Martin <andrew.c.martin@saic.com> acm4me
-Ankita Gupta <ankigupta@paypal.com> Ankita-gupta
-Benjamin Goose <gans+github@tngtech.com> <gansb+github@tngtech.com>
-Daniel Marjamäki <daniel.marjamaki@gmail.com> <hyd_danmar@users.sourceforge.net>
-Daniel Marjamäki <daniel.marjamaki@gmail.com> <danielm77@spray.se>
-Daniel Marjamäki <daniel.marjamaki@gmail.com> Daniel Marjam�ki
-Daniel Marjamäki <daniel.marjamaki@gmail.com> <daniel@daniel-laptop.(none)>
-Daniel Marjamäki <daniel.marjamaki@gmail.com> <daniel@raspberrypi.(none)>
-Deepak Gupta <deepak.dce01@gmail.com> deepak gupta
-Ettl Martin <ettl.martin78@googlemail.com> Martin Ettl
-Ettl Martin <ettl.martin78@googlemail.com> <ettl.martin@gmx.de>
-Ettl Martin <ettl.martin78@googlemail.com> Martin Ettl <martin@martin.(none)>
-Frank Zingsheim <f.zingsheim@gmx.de> <zingsheim@users.sourceforge.net>
-Gianluca Scacco <gscacco@users.sourceforge.net> <gianluca@gianluca-laptop.(none)>
-Gianluca Scacco <gscacco@users.sourceforge.net> <giangy@giangy-desktop.(none)>
-Henrik Nilsson <henrik.nilsson@tvaaker.se> <henrik.nilsson@proceranetworks.com>
-Kimmo Varis <kimmov@gmail.com> Kimmo varis
-Kimmo Varis <kimmov@gmail.com> <kimmov@users.sourceforge.net>
-Kimmo Varis <kimmov@gmail.com> <ext-kimmo.1.varis@nokia.com>
-Kimmo Varis <kimmov@gmail.com> <kimmo@kimmoDesktop.(none)>
-Kimmo Varis <kimmov@gmail.com> <kimmo@kimmo-VirtualBox.(none)>
-Kimmo Varis <kimmov@gmail.com> <kimmo@kimmo-laptop.(none)>
-Kimmo Varis <kimmov@gmail.com> <kimmov@kimmolaptop.(none)>
-Leandro Penz <lpenz@users.sourceforge.net> Leandro Lisboa Penz <llpenz@gmail.com>
-Leandro Penz <lpenz@users.sourceforge.net> Leandro Lisboa Penz <lpenz@notebook.penz>
-makulik <g-makulik@t-online.de> unknown <g-makulik@t-online.de>
-Nicolas Le Cam <kush@users.sourceforge.net> <niko.lecam@gmail.com>
-Pete Johns <paj-github@johnsy.com> <pete@johnsy.com>
-PKEuS <philipp.kloke@web.de> Philipp K
-PKEuS <philipp.kloke@web.de> Philipp Kloke
-PKEuS <philipp.kloke@web.de> <philipp@kloke-witten.dyndns.org>
-Reijo Tomperi <aggro80@users.sourceforge.net> <dvice_null@yahoo.com>
-Robert Reif <reif@earthlink.net> <reif@eartlink.net>
-Ryan Pavlik <rpavlik@iastate.edu> <ryan.pavlik@snc.edu>
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-Sébastien Debrard <sebastien.debrard@gmail.com> seb777
-Sébastien Debrard <sebastien.debrard@gmail.com> S�bastien Debrard
-Sébastien Debrard <sebastien.debrard@gmail.com> Debrard Sébastien
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-Stefan Weil <weil@mail.berlios.de> <sw@weilnetz.de>
-Tim Gerundt <tim@gerundt.de> <gerundt@users.sourceforge.net>
-Vesa Pikki <spyree@gmail.com> <spyree@users.sourceforge.net>
-XhmikosR <xhmikosr@users.sourceforge.net> <xhmikosr@yahoo.com>
-Zachary Blair <zack_blair@hotmail.com> <ack_blair@outlook.com>
-Zachary Blair <zack_blair@hotmail.com> <zack_blair@outlook.com>
-Zachary Blair <zack_blair@hotmail.com> zblair
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