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+Shadowsocks-libev was originally created in late 2013, by
+Clowwindy <clowwindy@gmail.com>, then rewritten and maintained by
+Max Lv <max.c.lv@gmail.com>.
+
+Here is an inevitably incomplete list of MUCH-APPRECIATED CONTRIBUTORS --
+people who have submitted patches, fixed bugs, added translations, and
+generally made shadowsocks-libev that much better:
+
+https://github.com/shadowsocks/shadowsocks-libev/graphs/contributors