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@@ -36,8 +36,7 @@ Authors
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 Spack was written by Todd Gamblin, tgamblin@llnl.gov.
 
-Significant contributions were also made by the following awesome
-people:
+Significant contributions were also made by:
 
   * David Beckingsale
   * David Boehme
@@ -46,7 +45,10 @@ people:
   * Matt Legendre
   * Greg Lee
   * Adam Moody
+  * Saravan Pantham
+  * Joachim Protze
   * Bob Robey
+  * Justin Too
 
 Release
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