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+Tomahawk is primarily authored by:
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+* Christian Muehlhaeuser <muesli@tomahawk-player.org>
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+Contributors include:
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+* Leo Franchi <lfranchi@kde.org>
+* Dominik Schmidt
+* Jeff Mitchell <mitchell@kde.org>
+* J Herskowitz <jherskow@gmail.com>
+* Alejandro Wainzinger <aikawarazuni@gmail.com>
+* Harald Sitter <sitter@kde.org>
+* Steve Robertson