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+Amongst other, the following people contributed to ant:
+
+Aleksandr Ishutin
+Andreas Ames
+Andrew Everitt
+Anil K. Vijendran
+Anli Shundi
+Antoine Levy-Lambert
+Arnout J. Kuiper
+Aslak Hellesøy
+Avik Sengupta
+Balazs Fejes 2
+Benoit Moussaud
+Brad Clark
+Brian Deitte
+Brian Felder
+Bruce Atherton
+chanezon
+Charles Hudak
+Charlie Hubbard
+Chris Povirk
+Christopher A. Longo
+Christopher Charlier
+Christoph Wilhelms
+Conor MacNeill
+Costin Manolache
+Craeg Strong
+Craig Cottingham
+Craig R. McClanahan
+Curtis White
+Cyrille Morvan
+Dale Anson
+Dan Armbrust
+Danno Ferrin
+Davanum Srinivas
+David A. Herman
+David Maclean
+David Rees
+Denis Hennessy
+Derek Slager
+Diane Holt
+dIon Gillard
+Dominique Devienne
+Donal Quinlan
+Don Brown
+Don Ferguson
+Don Jeffery
+Drew Sudell
+Eli Tucker
+Eric Pugh
+Erik Hatcher
+Erik Langenbach
+Erik Meade
+Ernst de Haan
+Frederic Lavigne
+Gary S. Weaver
+Gautam Guliani
+Gero Vermaas
+Gerrit Riessen
+Glenn McAllister
+Glenn Twiggs
+Greg Nelson
+Gus Heck
+Harish Prabandham
+Hiroaki Nakamura
+Holger Engels
+Ingenonsya France
+Ingmar Stein
+James Duncan Davidson
+Jan Matèrne
+Jason Hunter
+Jason Pettiss
+Jason Salter
+Jason Yip
+Jay Dickon Glanville
+Jay van der Meer
+JC Mann
+J D Glanville
+Jeff Gettle
+Jeff Martin
+Jeff Martin
+Jeff Tulley
+Jeff Turner
+Jene Jasper
+Jeremy Mawson
+Jerome Lacoste
+Jesse Glick
+Jesse Stockall
+Jim Allers
+Jon Dickinson
+Jon S. Stevens
+Jose Alberto Fernandez
+Josh Lucas
+Keiron Liddle
+Keith Visco
+Kevin Ross
+Kevin Z Grey
+Kirk Wylie
+Kyle Adams
+Larry Streepy
+Les Hughes
+Levi Cook
+lucas
+Ludovic Claude
+Magesh Umasankar
+Maneesh Sahu
+Marcus Börger
+Mariusz Nowostawski
+Martijn Kruithof
+Martin Landers
+Martin Poeschl
+Martin van den Bemt
+Mathieu Peltier
+Matt Albrecht
+Matt Benson
+Matt Bishop
+Matt Foemmel
+Matthew Inger
+Matthew Kuperus Heun
+Matthew Watson
+Matt Humphrey
+Michael Davey
+Michael J. Sikorsky
+Michael McCallum
+Michael Newcomb
+Michael Saunders
+Miha
+Mike Roberts
+mnowostawski
+Nick Chalko
+Nick Fortescue
+Nick Pellow
+Nicola Ken Barozzi
+Nico Seessle
+Nigel Magnay
+Patrick C. Beard
+Patrick Chanezon
+Patrick G. Heck
+Paul Austin
+Paul Christmann
+Paulo Gaspar
+Peter B. West
+Peter Donald
+Peter Reilly
+Phillip Wells
+Pierre Delisle
+Pierre Dittgen
+Raphael Pierquin
+R Handerson
+Richard Evans
+Rick Beton
+Robert Anderson
+Robert Shaw
+Robert Watkins
+Robin Green
+Rob Oxspring
+Rob van Oostrum
+Roger Vaughn
+Russell Gold
+Sam Ruby
+Scott Carlson
+Sean Egan
+Sean P. Kane
+Shiraz Kanga
+skanthak
+slo
+Stefan Bodewig
+Stefano Mazzocchi
+Stephane Bailliez
+stephan
+Stephen Chin
+Steve Cohen
+Steve Loughran
+Steven E. Newton
+Takashi Okamoto
+Thomas Butz
+Thomas Christen
+Thomas Christensen
+Thomas Haas
+Tim Fennell
+Timothy Gerard Endres
+Tim Stephenson
+Tom Dimock
+Tom Eugelink
+Ulrich Schmidt
+William Ferguson
+Wolfgang Werner
+Wolf Siberski
+Yohann Roussel