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+This file contains the name of the people who have contributed to
+ffmpeg. The names are sorted alphabetically.
+
+Fabrice Bellard
+Arpad Gereoffy
+Philip Gladstone
+Falk Hueffner
+Zdenek Kabelac
+Nick Kurshev
+Michael Niedermayer
+François Revol
+Dieter Shirley
+Juan J. Sierralta
+Lionel Ulmer