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+The cppcheck team, in alphabetical order:
+
+Bill Egert
+Daniel Marjamäki
+Gianluca Scacco
+Hoang Tuan Su
+Kimmo Varis
+Leandro Penz
+Nicolas Le Cam
+Reijo Tomperi
+Slava Semushin
+Vesa Pikki
+