DEVELOPERS need text explaining the content
this file is unusual but OK to have, as long we write why these names and not others.
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-** TO BE UPDATED WHEN MAKING A RELEASE BRANCH **
+The following committers have contributed code to Apache Corinthia.
+Apache Corinthia 0.1
+----------------------
+Franz de Copenhague
+Gabriela Gibson
+Ian Cunningham
+Jan Iversen
+Peter Kelly
+
+
+Many other people have contributed in other ways to the Apache corinthia
+project by helping out on the mailing list, maintaining the website, adding
+and editing wiki content, raising bugs in JIRA, and with many other tasks.
