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-# This is the official list of gollvm authors for copyright
-# purposes.  This file is distinct from the CONTRIBUTORS files.
-# See the latter for an explanation.
-
-# Names should be added to this file as
-#	Name or Organization <email address>
-# The email address is not required for organizations.
-
-# Please keep the list sorted.
-
-Google Inc.
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-# This is the official list of people who can contribute
-# (and typically have contributed) code to the Go frontend
-# repository.  The AUTHORS file lists the copyright holders; this file
-# lists people.  For example, Google employees are listed here
-# but not in AUTHORS, because Google holds the copyright.
-#
-# The submission process automatically checks to make sure
-# that people submitting code are listed in this file (by email address).
-#
-# Names should be added to this file only after verifying that
-# the individual or the individual's organization has agreed to
-# the appropriate Contributor License Agreement, found here:
-#
-#     http://code.google.com/legal/individual-cla-v1.0.html
-#     http://code.google.com/legal/corporate-cla-v1.0.html
-#
-# The agreement for individuals can be filled out on the web.
-#
-# When adding J Random Contributor's name to this file,
-# either J's name or J's organization's name should be
-# added to the AUTHORS file, depending on whether the
-# individual or corporate CLA was used.
-
-# Names should be added to this file like so:
-#     Name <email address>
-
-# Please keep the list sorted.
-
-Aaqa Ishtyaq <aaqaishtyaq@gmail.com>
-Cherry Mui <cherryyz@google.com>
-Eric Fang <eric.fang@arm.com>
-Ian Lance Taylor <iant@golang.org>
-Ivan Serdyuk <local.tourist.kiev@gmail.com>
-Than McIntosh <thanm@google.com>
-Ting Yuan <yuanting@ict.ac.cn>
-Xiangdong Ji <xiangdong.ji@arm.com>