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This very day, 5 years ago, the first ever curl release was brought to the
world by yours truly.

Since that day, curl has developed from a tiny little tool used by none but a
few, to become part of each and every Linux distribution, part of Mac OS X, a
widely used tool on BSD and other UNIX systems and having been built on more
than 40 different OS+CPU combinations. libcurl, introduced a few years later
but still building on the same fundamentals, offers URL transfer power to
numerous applications, much thanks to all the bindings available. Currently
there are *17* published different bindings, for next to every imaginable
programming language.

curl has never been a high-status open source project, nor has it ever
attracted very much attention anywhere. It's just one of those tools people
use, that exists and that "just works".

I made a fun little experiment, and extract the names from all sorts of
release announcments and other sources, only to get a view of the amount of
people that have helped us so far on this journey.

It turned out I got no less than 270 names without even trying to scan the
changelogs for names. So, even although I see curl as a sort of a personal
baby of mine and I feel proud that curl has become what it is today, it would
certainly not have been even close to this without the huge crowd of friendly
contributors.

Please don't feel offended if I missed you in this (incomplete) list of curl
contributors over the years.

My warmest and sincerest thanks go to these people:

Albert Chin-A-Young, Albert Choy, Alexander Kourakos, Andi Jahja, Andreas
Damm, Andreas Olsson, Andr�s Garc�a, Andrew Francis, Angus Mackay, Antonio,
Anton Kalmykov, Arkadiusz Miskiewicz, Avery Fay, Ben Greear, Bertrand
Demiddelaer, Bjorn Reese, Bj�rn Stenberg, Bob Schader, Brad, Brad Burdick,
Brent Beardsley, Bryan Kemp, Caolan McNamara, Chris, Chris Combes, Chris
Maltby, Christian Kurz, Christian Robottom Reis, Christophe Demory,
Christopher R. Palmer, Clarence Gardner, Clifford Wolf, Colin Watson, Colm
Buckley, Craig Davison, Craig Markwardt, Cris Bailiff, Damien Adant, Dan
Becker, Daniel Stenberg, Dan Zitter, Dave Halbakken, Dave Hamilton, David
Eriksson, David James, David LeBlanc, David Odin, David Thiel, Detlef
Schmier, Dimitris Sarris, Dirk Eddelbuettel, Dirk Manske, Dolbneff A.V,
Domenico Andreoli, Doug Kaufman, Douglas E. Wegscheid, Douglas R. Horner,
Dustin Boswell, Edin Kadribaic, Edin Kadribasic, Ellis Pritchard, Emil,
Emiliano Ida, Enrik Berkhan, Erick Nuwendam, Eric Lavigne, Eric Melville,
Eric Rautman, Eric Thelin, Eric Young, Erwan Legrand, Evan Jordan, Fabrizio
Ammollo, Felix von Leitner, Forrest Cahoon, Frank, Frank Keeney, Frederic
Lepied, Fred Noz, Gautam Mani, Georg Horn, Georg Huettenegger, Gerhard Herre,
Giaslas Georgios, Gilbert Ramirez Jr., Gisle Vanem, Giuseppe D'Ambrosio, Glen
Nakamura, Glen Scott, G�tz Babin-Ebell, Greg Onufer, Guenole Bescon, Gustaf
Hui, Hamish Mackenzie, Hanno Kranzhoff, Hans Steegers, Heikki Korpela, Ian
Wilkes, Ilguiz Latypov, Ingo Ralf Blum, Ingo Wilken, Jacky Lam, Jacob Meuser,
James Bursa, James Cone, James Gallagher, James Griffiths, Jamie Wilkinson,
Jason S. Priebe, Jean-Philippe Barrette-LaPierre, Jeff Lawson, Jeffrey
Pohlmeyer, Jim Drash, Johan Anderson, Johan Nilsson, John Crow, John Janssen,
John Lask, John McGowan, Jonatan, Jonatan Lander, Jonathan Hseu, Jongki
Suwandi, Jon Travis, J�rn Hartroth, Juan F. Codagnone, Juan Ignacio Herv�s,
Juergen Wilke, Jukka Pihl, Julian Noble, Jun-ichiro itojun Hagino, Kai-Uwe
Rommel, Karol Pietrzak, Keith MacDonald, Keith McGuigan, Kevin Roth, Kjell
Ericson, Kjetil Jacobsen, Klevtsov Vadim, Krishnendu Majumdar, Kris Kennaway,
Kristian K�hntopp, Kyle Sallee, Larry Fahnoe, Lars Gustafsson, Lars J. Aas,
Lars Torben Wilson, Legoff Vincent, Lehel Bernadt, Linas Vepstas, Linus
Nielsen Feltzing, Loic Dachary, Lucas Adamski, Lukasz Czekierda, Luong Dinh
Dung, Marc Boucher, Marco G. Salvagno, Marcus Webster, Mark Butler, Markus
Oberhumer, Martin C. Martin, Martin Hedenfalk, Mats Lidell, Matthew Blain,
Matthew Clarke, Mettgut Jamalla, Michael Curtis, Michael Mealling, Michal
Bonino, Mike Bytnar, Miklos Nemeth, Mohamed Lrhazi, Moonesamy, Naveen Noel,
Nick Gimbrone, Nick Humfrey, Nico Baggus, Nicolas Berloquin, Nic Roets,
Nikita Schmidt, nk, Oren Tirosh, Patrick Bihan-Faou, Paul Harrington, Paul
Marquis, Pavel Cenek, Pawel A. Gajda, Pedro Neves, Peter Bray, Peter Forret,
Peter Todd, Peter Verhas, Pete Su, Philip Gladstone, Philippe Raoult, Phil
Karn, Puneet Pawaia, Rafael Sagula, Ralph Beckmann, "Ralph" in bug report
#644841, Ralph Mitchell, Ralph Mitchell,, Ramana Mokkapati, RBramante, Renaud
Chaillat, Ricardo Cadime, Richard Archer, Richard Cooper, Richard Gorton,
Richard Prescott, Rich Gray, Rick Jones, Rick Richardson, Robert Olson,
Robert Weaver, Rodney Simmons, Roland Zimmermann, Ron Zapp, Rosimildo da
Silva, Ryan Nelson, Salvador D�vila, Salvatore Sorrentino, Sampo Kellomaki,
Samuel Listopad, Sander Gates, Saul good, Sebastien Willemijns, Sergio
Ballestrero, Shawn Poulson, Simon Dick, Simon Liu, S. Moonesamy, Spiridonoff
A.V, Stefan Ulrich, Stephen Kick, Sterling Hughes, Steve Lhomme, Steve Marx,
Steven G. Johnson, Steve Oliphant, Stoned Elipot, Sven Neuhaus, T. Bharath,
Thomas Tonino, thor, Tim Costello, Tomas Szepe, Tomasz Lacki, Tom Benoist,
Tom Mattison, Tom Zerucha, Tor Arntsen, Torsten Foertsch, Troels Walsted
Hansen, Troy Engel, T. Yamada, Ulrich Zadow, Vincent Penquerc'h, Vojtech
Janota, Vojtech Minarik, Walter J. Mack, Wayne Haigh, Wesley Laxton, Wez
Furlong, Wilfredo Sanchez, Yarram Sunil, Zvi Har'El,

You think we'll manage to get 540 names for the 10 year anniversary? ;-)

-- 
 Daniel Stenberg -- curl, cURL, Curl, CURL. Groks URLs.
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