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+Authors:  
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+Akamatsu Hiroshi <akamatsu.hiroshi@yes.nttcom.ne.jp>
+Alan Robertson <alanr@unix.sh>
+Andrew Beekhof <andrew@beekhof.net>  
+Christian Rishoj <christian@rishoj.net>
+Daiki Matsuda <d.matuda@gmail.com>
+David Lee <t.d.lee@durham.ac.uk>
+Dejan Muhamedagic <dejan@hello-penguin.com>
+Dominik Klein <dk@in-telegence.net>
+Florian Haas <florian@linbit.com>
+Hideo Yamauchi <renayama19661014@ybb.ne.jp>
+Horms <horms@verge.net.au>
+Huang Zhen <zhen.huang@gmail.com>
+Jean-Francois Larvoire <jf.larvoire@hp.com>
+Keisuke MORI <kskmori@intellilink.co.jp>
+Lars Marowsky-Bree <lmb@suse.de>
+Matthew Soffen
+Michael Schwartzkopff <misch@multinet.de>
+Nakahira Kazutomo <nakahira@intellilink.co.jp>
+Philipp Kolmann <philipp@kolmann.at>
+Raoul Bhatia <r.bhatia@ipax.at>
+Ron Terry <rterry@novell.com>
+Sebastian Reitenbach <itlistuser@rapideye.de>
+Serge Dubrouski <sergeyfd@gmail.com>
+Simon Horman <horms@verge.net.au>
+Stephan Berlet <SBerlet@sysdesign-edv.de>
+Takenaka Kazuhiro <takenaka.kazuhiro@oss.ntt.co.jp>
+Xinwei Hu <hxinwei@gmail.com>