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 ### Who are the project maintainers?
 
-The project founder and [BDFL](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benevolent_dictator_for_life) is [@awesomekling](https://github.com/awesomekling).
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-There is also a group of maintainers with the ability to approve and merge PRs:
 - [@ADKaster](https://github.com/ADKaster)
 - [@alimpfard](https://github.com/alimpfard)
 - [@AtkinsSJ](https://github.com/AtkinsSJ)
+- [@awesomekling](https://github.com/awesomekling)
 - [@BertalanD](https://github.com/BertalanD)
 - [@GMTA](https://github.com/gmta)
 - [@kalenikaliaksandr](https://github.com/kalenikaliaksandr)