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+Automactic <christopherliqd@gmail.com>
+Ayoub DARDORY <ayoubuto@gmail.com>
+Cristian Patrasciuc <cristip@google.com>
+Dattaz <taz@dattaz.fr>
+Elad Keyshawn <elad.keyshawn@gmail.com>
+Emmanuel Engelhart <kelson@kiwix.org>
+Isaac <mhutti1@gmail.com>
+jleow00 <leow.yonghan.jerome@gmail.com>
+Julian Harty <julianharty@gmail.com>
+Kiran Mathew Koshy <kiranmathewkoshy@gmail.com>
+Kunal Mehta <legoktm@member.fsf.org>
+Matthieu Gautier <mgautier@kymeria.fr>
+Rashiq Ahmad <rashiq.z@gmail.com>
+Renaud Gaudin <reg@kiwix.org>
+Shivam <ssarodia@gmail.com>
+Steve Wills <steve@mouf.net>
+Synhershko <synhershko@users.sourceforge.net>