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+The original author of this project was:
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+- [Daan Debie](https://github.com/DandyDev) aka `DandyDev`
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+And Pelican Bootstrap 3 would not have been possible without the outstanding contributions of the following fine people:
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+- [Magnun Leno](https://github.com/magnunleno) aka `magnunleno`
+- [Hilmar Lapp](https://github.com/hlapp) aka `hlapp`
+- [mwcz](https://github.com/mwcz)
+- [Sebastian Kempken](https://github.com/skempken) aka `skempken`
+- [Sagar Behere](https://github.com/sagarbehere) aka `sagarbehere`
+- [Romulo Jales](https://github.com/romulojales) aka `romulojales`
+- [Mike Abrahamsen](https://github.com/mikeabrahamsen) aka `mikeabrahamsen`
+- [Leonardo Giordani](https://github.com/lgiordani) aka `lgiordani`
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+It has been donated to the Pelican community in April 2016
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