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In addition to those who have contributed substantial pieces of code
(they are already listed in the copyright file), Lintian has benefited
greatly from advice and comments by many people:

  Joey Hess <joeyh@master.debian.org>
  James A. Treacy <treacy@debian.org>
  Ray Dassen <jdassen@wi.leidenuniv.nl>
  Yann Dirson <dirson@debian.org>
  Darren Stalder <torin@daft.com>
  Topi Miettinen <Topi.Miettinen@ml.tele.fi>
  Gregor Hoffleit <flight@debian.org>
  Santiago Vila <sanvila@ctv.es>
  Holger Rusch
  Joost Witteveen <joostje@debian.org>
  James R. Van Zandt <jrv@vanzandt.mv.com>
  Roman Hodek <Roman.Hodek@informatik.uni-erlangen.de>
  Giuliano P Procida <gpp10@cam.ac.uk>
  Michael Meskes <meskes@debian.org>
  Christian Leutloff <leutloff@debian.org>
  James Troup <james@nocrew.org>
  Gregory S. Stark <gsstark@mit.edu>
  Gordon Russell <gor@dcs.napier.ac.uk>
  Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org>
  Fabrizio Polacco <fpolacco@debian.org>
  Dirk Eddelbuettel <edd@debian.org>
  Robert S. Edmonds <edmonds@freewwweb.com>
  Roderick Schertler <roderick@argon.org>
  Juan Cespedes <cespedes@debian.org>
  Manoj Srivasta <srivasta@debian.org>
  Oliver Elphick <Oliver.Elphick@lfix.co.uk>
  Joel Klecker "Espy" <jk@espy.org>
  Rob Browning <rlb@cs.utexas.edu>
  Martin Schulze "Joey" <joey@debian.org>
  Adrian Bridgett <adrian.bridgett@poboxes.com>
  Marcus Brinkmann <brinkmds@rz.ruhr-uni-bochum.de>
  Ruud de Rooij <ruud@debian.org>
  Johnie Ingram <johnie@debian.org>
  Brian Bassett <brianb@debian.org>
  Charles Briscoe-Smith <cpbs@debian.org>
  Julian Gilbey <jdg@maths.qmw.ac.uk>
  Raphael Geissert <atomo64@gmail.com>
  Adam D. Barratt <adam@adam-barratt.org.uk>
  Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
  Daniel Kahn Gillmor <dkg@fifthhorseman.net>
  Mathieu Parent <math.parent@gmail.com>
  Jan Wagner <waja@cyconet.org>
  Samuel Bronson <naesten@gmail.com>
  Don Armstrong <don@debian.org>
  Helmut Grohne <helmut@subdivi.de>
  Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
  Marcelo Jorge Vieira <metal@alucinados.com>
  Anders Jonsson <anders.jonsson@norsjovallen.se>
  Piotr Ożarowski <piotr@debian.org>
  Ivo De Decker <ivo.dedecker@ugent.be>
  Tomasz Buchert <tomasz.buchert@inria.fr>
  Paul Wise <pabs@debian.org>
  Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org>
  Niklas Fiekas <niklas.fiekas@tu-clausthal.de>
  Damyan Ivanov <dmn@debian.org>
  Sylvestre Ledru <sylvestre@debian.org>
  Simon McVittie <smcv@debian.org>
  Johannes Schauer <j.schauer@email.de>
  Matt Kraai <kraai@ftbfs.org>
  Chris Lamb <lamby@debian.org>

And of course the entire Debian Project, without which Lintian would
have no raison to etre!