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13libpng versions 1.0.7, July 1, 2000 through 1.6.34, September 29, 2017 are
14Copyright (c) 2000-2002, 2004, 2006-2017 Glenn Randers-Pehrson, are
15derived from libpng-1.0.6, and are distributed according to the same
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19   Simon-Pierre Cadieux
20   Eric S. Raymond
21   Mans Rullgard
22   Cosmin Truta
23   Gilles Vollant
24   James Yu
25   Mandar Sahastrabuddhe
26   Google Inc.
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50   Willem van Schaik
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131Glenn Randers-Pehrson
132glennrp at users.sourceforge.net
133September 29, 2017
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