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+The copyrights below are in no particular order and generally reflect members of
+the M3C-store team who have contributed to this release.
+
+Copyright (c) 2015-2019
+
+* Nestor F. Aguirre ( nfaguirrec@gmail.com )
+* Manuel Alcamí ( manuel.alcami@uam.es )
+* Sergio Díaz-Tendero ( sergio.diaztendero@uam.es )
+* Ewa Erdmann ( e.erdmann7@gmail.com )
+* Paul-Antoine Hervieux ( paul-antoine.hervieux@ipcms.unistra.fr )
+* Marta Łabuda ( marta.labuda@pg.edu.pl )
+* Fernando Martín ( fernando.martin@uam.es )
+* Juan P. Sánchez ( juanp.sanchez@uam.es )
+
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