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-Peter Penz <peter.penz@gmx.at>
-David Faure <faure@kde.org>
-Aaron J. Seigo <aseigo@kde.org>
-Rafael Fernández López <ereslibre@kde.org>
-Kevin Ottens <ervin@kde.org>
-Holger Freyther <freyther@gmx.net>
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