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-# This is the list of Knative authors for copyright purposes.
-#
-# This does not necessarily list everyone who has contributed code, since in
-# some cases, their employer may be the copyright holder.  To see the full list
-# of contributors, see the revision history in source control.
-Google LLC
-Pivotal Software, Inc.
-IBM Corp
-Red Hat, Inc.
-Cisco Systems, Inc.
-VMware, Inc.