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+Here is an inevitably incomplete list of much-appreciated contributors --
+people who have submitted patches, reported bugs, added translations, helped
+answer newbie questions, improved the documentation, and generally made pretix 
+an awesome project. Thank you all!
+
+	Alexander Brock <Brock.Alexander@web.de>
+	Ben Oswald
+	Christian Franke <nobody@nowhere.ws>
+	informancer <informancer@web.de>
+	Jason Estibeiro <jasonestibeiro@live.com>
+	Jan Weiß
+	Jonas Große Sundrup <cherti@letopolis.de>
+	Kevin Nelson
+	Nathan Mattes
+	Raphael Michel <mail@raphaelmichel.de>
+	Team MRMCD
+	Tobias Kunze <rixx@cutebit.de>
+	Oliver Knapp <github@oliverknapp.de>
+