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-Patches and Contributions 
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-   * Michael DeHaan - michael.dehaan AT gmail DOT com
-   * Jeremy Katz - katzj AT fedoraproject DOT org
-   * Seth Vidal - skvidal AT fedoraproject DOT org
-   * Tim Bielawa - tbielawa AT redhat DOT com
-   * Christopher Johnston - chjohnst AT gmail DOT com 
-   * Stephen Fromm - sfromm AT gmail.com
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-Send in a github pull request to get your name here.
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-Upstream: github.com/mpdehaan/ansible
-