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+ndn-cpp-dev authors
+===================
+
+## The primary authors are (and/or have been):
+
+* Jeff Thompson         <jefft0@remap.ucla.edu>
+* Alexander Afanasyev   <http://lasr.cs.ucla.edu/afanasyev/index.html>
+* Yingdi Yu             <http://irl.cs.ucla.edu/~yingdi/>
+
+## All project authors and contributors
+
+The following is an inevitably incomplete list of MUCH-APPRECIATED CONTRIBUTORS,
+people who have reported bugs, submitted patches, and implemented new features
+in the library:
+
+* Wentao Shang          <http://irl.cs.ucla.edu/~wentao/>
+* Junxiao Shi           <http://www.cs.arizona.edu/people/shijunxiao/>
+* Steve DiBenedetto     <http://www.cs.colostate.edu/~dibenede/>
+* Syed Obaid Amin       <http://obaidamin.weebly.com/>
+* Shuo Chen             <chenatu2006@gmail.com>
+* Hila Ben Abraham      <http://research.engineering.wustl.edu/~abrahamh/>