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+568 Contributors:
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+Firstname Surname
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+Robert Osfield
+Don Burns
+Stephan Huber
+Paul Martz
+Laurens Voerman
+Farshid Lashkari
+Mathias Fröhlich
+Marco Jez
+Wang Rui
+Jean-Sébastien Guay
+Ulrich Hertlein
+Mike Weiblen
+Sukender
+Eric Wing
+Cedric Pinson
+Brede Johansen
+Bob Kuehne
+Wojciech Lewandowski
+Michael Platings
+Geoff Michel
+Eric Sokolowsky
+David Callu
+Colin McDonald
+Trajce Nikolov
+Tim Moore
+Martin Lavery
+Mattias Helsing
+Jannik Heller
+Jason Beverage
+Tree
+Pjotr Svetachov
+Luigi Calori
+Alberto Luaces
+Mike Wittman
+Jan Peciva
+Chris Hanson
+Roland Smeenk
+Roger James
+Jeremy Moles
+J.P. Delport
+Andy Skinner
+Magnus Kessler
+David Fries
+Tom Jolley
+Paul Melis
+Jordi Torres
+Luc Frauciel
+Aurelien Albert
+Torben Dannhauer
+Pavel Moloshtan
+Brad Christiansen
+Terry Welsh
+Olaf Flebbe
+Mathieu Marache
+Lionel Lagarde
+Jason Daly
+Art Tevs
+Philip Lowman
+Per Fahlberg
+Norman Vine
+Chris Denham
+Sherman Wilcox
+Serge Lages
+Romano José Magacho da Silva
+Mourad Boufarguine
+Alberto Farre
+Glenn Waldron
+André Garneau
+Adrian Egli
+Sebastian Messerschmidt
+Randall Hopper
+Kristofer Tingdahl
+Jan Ciger
+Ruben Lopez
+Robert Michael
+Gideon May
+Don Tidrow
+Stephane Lamoliatte
+Michael Gronager
+Martin Naylor
+Joakim Simonsson
+David Spilling
+Daniel Sjölie
+Bryan Thrall
+Andreas Ekstrand
+Rafa Gaitan
+Mike Connell
+Konstantin Matveyev
+Fabien Lavignotte
+Thomas Hogarth
+Riccardo Corsi
+Melchior Franz
+Johannes Baeuerle
+Ravi Mathur
+Neil Hughes
+Martin Beckett
+Marc Helbling
+Joran Jessurun
+Gino van den Bergen
+David Guthrie
+Csaba Halasz
+Cory Riddell
+Chuck Seberino
+Boris Bralo
+Yefei He
+Sondra Iverson
+Simon Julier
+Rune Schmidt Jensen
+Ralf Habacker
+Rainer Oder
+Nico Kruithof
+Martin Aumueller
+Mario Valle
+Lukasz Izdebski
+Jorge Izquierdo Ciges
+Gordon Tomlinson
+Frederic Marmond
+Frederic Bouvier
+Carlo Camporesi
+Björn Blissing
+Alexander Sinditskiy
+Vladimir Chebaev
+Thibault Genessay
+Sasa Bistrovic
+Raymond de Vries
+Neil Groves
+Mikhail Izmestev
+Markus Trenkwalder
+Loic Dachary
+Joseph Steel
+John Shue
+Hartwig Wiesmann
+Brad Colbert
+Ben Discoe
+Vivek Rajan
+Uwe Woessner
+Tony Horrobin
+Thom DeCarlo
+Tatsuhiro Nishioka
+Tanguy Fautré
+Sean Spicer
+Ryan Kawicki
+Richard Schmidt
+Peter Hrenka
+Paul de Repentigny
+Nikolaus Hanekamp
+Neil Salter
+Mihai Radu
+Michael Hartman
+Martins Innus
+Maciej Krol
+Lilin Xiong
+Leandro Motta Barros
+Julien Valentin
+Johan Nouvel
+Javier Taibo
+Donn Mielcarek
+Corbin Holtz
+Blasius Czink
+Alexander Irion
+Wee See
+Toshiyuki Takahei
+Sebastien Grignard
+Rudolf Wiedemann
+Maria Ten
+Liang Aibin
+Katharina Plugge
+John Vidar Larring
+John Kelso
+John Ivar
+Gustav Haapalahti
+Erik den Dekker
+Emmanuel Roche
+Domenico Mangieri
+Daniel Larimer
+Colin Dunlop
+Bruce Clay
+Bradley Anderegg
+Andreas Goebel
+Alok Priyadarshi
+Ali Botorabi
+Alan Dickinson
+Vladimir Shabanov
+Tugkan Calapoglu
+Tim Daoust
+Sylvain Marie
+Sohey Yamamoto
+Sergey Leontyev
+Santosh Gaikwad
+Ryan Pavlik
+Robert Milharcic
+Rene Molenaar
+Piotr Domagalski
+Philippe Renon
+Phil Atkin
+Pawel Ksiezopolski
+Patrick Neary
+Nathan Monteleone
+Miha Rav¨elj
+Miguel Escriva
+Mattias Linde
+Mark Sciabica
+Marcin Prus
+Lee Butler
+Lars Nilsson
+Konstantin Sinitsyn
+Ken Sewell
+Julian Ortiz
+Julen Garcia
+John Kaniarz
+Johannes Scholz
+Jim Vaughan
+Jeremy Bell
+Jaromir Vitek
+James French
+Jaap Glas
+Guillaume Millet
+Gary Quinn
+Garrett Potts
+Gabor Dorka
+Fabio Mierlo
+Doug McCorkle
+Donald Cipperly
+Don Leich
+Dietmar Funck
+Colin Cochran
+Christian Ruzicka
+Christian Buchner
+Charles Cole
+Blake Williams
+Björn Hein
+Aurélien Chatelain
+Antoine Hue
+Andrew Bettison
+Andreas Henne
+Anders Backman
+Alexander Wiebel
+Alessandro Terenzi
+Alberto Barbati
+Zach Deedler
+Yuzhong Shen
+Warren Macchi
+Vincent Bourdier
+Terrex
+Tassilo Glander
+Steve Lunsford
+Stephane Simon
+Stephan Eilemann
+Stanislav Blinov
+Sergey Polischuk
+Roni Zanolli
+Ralf Kern
+Piotr Gwiazdowski
+Pierre Haritchabalet
+Perry Miller
+Paul Palumbo
+Paul Obermeier
+Nguyen Van Truong
+Nathan Cournia
+Morten Haukness
+Morné Pistorius
+Michael Mc Donnell
+Michael Henheffer
+Michael Guerrero
+Max Bandazian
+Mathias Fiedler
+Mathew May
+Martin von Gargern
+Martin Spott
+Martin Lambers
+Martijn Kragtwijk
+Marius Heise
+Marcin Hajder
+Marcel Pursche
+Lilith Bryant
+Kevin Moiule
+Keith Steffen
+Joseph Winston
+John Aughey
+Joachim Pouderoux
+Jean-Christophe Lombardo
+Jan Klimke
+James Turner
+James Moliere
+Igor Kravtchenko
+Himar Carmona
+He Sicong
+Guy Volckaert
+Gustavo Wagner
+Guillaume Taze
+Guillaume Chouvenc
+Giuseppe Donvito
+Gill Peacegood
+Giampaolo Viganò
+Gerrick Bivins
+George Tarantilis
+Ferdi Smit
+Eduardo Poyart
+Edgar Ellis
+Dmitry Marakasov
+Dimi Christopoulos
+Diane Delallée
+David Longest
+David Ergo
+Daniel Trstenjak
+Craig Bosma
+Claus Scheiblauer
+Christophe Loustaunau
+Christian Kehl
+Bradley Baker Searles
+Brad Anderegg
+Aric Aumann
+Anish Thomas
+Andrew Sampson
+Andrew Lorino
+Alexandre Amalric
+Aitor Moreno
+Zbigniew Sroczynski
+Yuri Vilmanis
+Xin Li
+Wang Lam
+Wand Rui
+Walter J. Altice
+Volker Walkiewicz
+Vladimir Vukicevic
+Vlad Danciu
+Vivien Delage
+Vincent Vivanloc
+Vincent Gadoury
+Vasily Radostev
+Valery Bickov
+Valeriy Dubov
+Vaclav Bilek
+Tyge Løvset
+Troy Yee
+Torben Dannahauer
+Tony Vasile
+Tomas Hogarth
+Tomas Hnilica
+Todd Furlong
+Tobias Ottenweller
+Tino Schwarze
+Tim George
+Thorsten Brehm
+Thomas Weidner
+Tan Dunning
+Tamer Fahmy
+Stewart Andreason
+Steven Thomas
+Stephan Wenglorz
+Simon Hammett
+Simon Carmody
+Simon Buckley
+Sid Byce
+Shuxing Xiao
+Shane Arnott
+Sergey Kurdakov
+Sebastien Kuntz
+Sandro Mani
+Ruth Lang
+Ruben The
+Ruben Smelik
+Ross Anderson
+Ronny Krueger
+Ronald van Maarseveen
+Romain Ouabdelkader
+Romain Charbit
+Rocco Martino
+Robert Swain
+Rob Smith
+Rob Radtke
+Rob Bloemkool
+Rick Pingry
+Rick Appleton
+Remo Eichenberger
+Reinhard Sainitzer
+Rein Kadijk
+Ragnar Hammarqvist
+Qing Shen
+Piotr Rak
+Pierre Bourdin
+Philipp Svehla
+Philipp Siemoleit
+Philipp Mächler
+Philip Lamb
+Petr Salinger
+Peter Bear
+Peter Amstutz
+Per Nordqvist
+Paul Idstein
+Paul Fredrikson
+Paul Fotheringham
+Paul Cheyrou-Lagreze
+Pau Garcia
+Patrick Hartling
+Parag Chaudhur
+Panagiotis Papadakos
+Panagiotis Koutsourakis
+Orhun Birsoy
+Oren Fromberg
+Oliver Neumann
+Ole-Morten Duesund
+Ognjen Kostic
+Nicolas Brodu
+Nick Thu
+Nick Black
+Mojtaba Fathi
+Mirko Viviani
+Mikkel Gjøl
+Mike Krus
+Mike Garrity
+Mick Thu
+Michal Durkovic
+Michael Schanne
+Michael Polak
+Michael Morrison
+Michael Logan
+Michael Kapelko
+Michael Bach Jensen
+Maya Thu
+Maya Leonard
+Max Rhiener
+Max Behensky
+Mauricio Hofmam
+Matthew May
+Matthew Johnson-Roberson
+Matt Green
+Matt Burke
+Mathias Walker
+Mathias Goldau
+Mason Menninger
+Martin Scheffler
+Martin Innus
+Martin Beck
+Marius Kintel
+Mario Guimaraes
+Marcus Hein
+Marco Thu
+Marco Sciabica
+Marco Lehmann
+Lukas Diduch
+Louis Hamilton
+Likasz Izebski
+Lewis Harmon
+Leigh Stivers
+Laurence Muller
+Laura Cerritelli
+Kyle Centers
+Kristopher Bixler
+Kim Seokhwan
+Kim Bale
+Karsten Weiss
+Karl Heijdenberg
+Jutta Sauer
+Julian Scheid
+Juergen Rensen
+Juan Manuel Alvarez
+Juan Hernando
+Josh Portway
+Jonathan Greig
+John Tan
+John Hedström
+John Grant
+John Farrier
+John Donovan
+John Davis
+John Cummings
+John Argentieri
+Joe Thompson
+Joan Abadie
+Jim Brooks
+Jeroen den Dekker
+Jeffrey Kinross
+Jay Zuckerman
+Jason Howlett
+Jason Ballenger
+Jamie Robertson
+James Killian
+James Athey
+J.E. Hoffmann
+Holger Helmich
+Henrique Bucher
+Hautio Jari
+Hartmut Seichter
+Gunter Huber
+Gregory Jaegy
+Graeme Harkness
+Gian Lorenzetto
+George Papagiannakis
+Geoff Thu
+Galen Faidley
+Frida Schlaug
+Frederic Smith
+Frederic Morin
+Frank Warmerdam
+Frank Midgley
+Frank Lindeman
+Frank Lichtenheld
+Francois Tigeot
+Filip Arlet
+Ferdinand Cornelissen
+Fajran Iman
+Fabien Dachicourt
+Erik Johnson
+Eric Thu
+Eric Buehler
+Eduardo Alberto
+Edmond Gheury
+Ed Ralston
+Duvan Cope
+Duncan Cavens
+Drew Whitehouse
+Douglas A. Pouk
+Dmitriy Ogalcev
+Dean Iverson
+David Jung
+Danny Valente
+Daniel Stien
+Dan Minor
+César L. B. Silveira
+Cyril Brulebois
+Curtis Rubel
+Cory Slep
+Clément B½sch
+Clay Fowler
+Claus Steuer
+Chuck Sembroski
+Christopher Blaesius
+Christopher Baker
+Christophe Herreman
+Christian Noon
+Christian Kaser
+Christian Ehrlicher
+Chris McGlone
+Chris Djali
+Carlos Garcea
+Bryce Eldridge
+Bruno Herbelin
+Brian Keener
+Brede Thu
+Brandon Hamm
+Bill Prendergast
+Bernardt Duvenhage
+Benoit Laniel
+Benjamin Wasty
+Ben van Basten
+Bart Gallet
+Axel Volley
+Arjun Ramamurthy
+Anthousis Andreadis
+Anna Sokol
+Andy Preece
+Andrew Reyonolds
+Andreas Roth
+Andreas Jochens
+Andre Normann
+Alois Wismer
+Almalric Alexandre
+Allen Bierbaum
+Alexey Pavlov
+Alberto Jaspe
+Alan Purvis
+Alan Ott
+Alan Harris
+Adrien Grandemange
+Adrian Clark
+Adam Richard
+Abhishek Bansal