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+# ndn-tools authors
+
+## 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 ndn-tools:
+
+* Jerald Paul Abraham   <http://www.cs.arizona.edu/people/jeraldabraham/>
+* Alexander Afanasyev   <http://lasr.cs.ucla.edu/afanasyev/index.html>
+* Davide Pesavento      <http://www.lip6.fr/actualite/personnes-fiche.php?ident=D1469>
+* Junxiao Shi           <http://www.cs.arizona.edu/people/shijunxiao/>
+* Eric Newberry         <http://ericnewberry.com/>