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-Requests is written and maintained by Kenneth Reitz and
-various contributors:
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-Development Lead
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-- Kenneth Reitz <me@kennethreitz.com>
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-Patches and Suggestions
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-- Various Pocoo Members
-- Chris Adams
-- Flavio Percoco Premoli
-- Dj Gilcrease
-- Justin Murphy
-- Rob Madole
-- Aram Dulyan
-- Johannes Gorset
-- 村山めがね (Megane Murayama)
-- James Rowe
-- Daniel Schauenberg
-- Zbigniew Siciarz
-- Daniele Tricoli 'Eriol'
-- Richard Boulton
-- Miguel Olivares <miguel@moliware.com>
-- Alberto Paro
-- Jérémy Bethmont
-- 潘旭 (Xu Pan)
-- Tamás Gulácsi
-- Rubén Abad
-- Peter Manser
-- Jeremy Selie
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-- Jens Diemer
-- Alex <@alopatin>
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-- Tom Hogans <tomhsx@gmail.com>
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