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@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 COPYRIGHT AND PERMISSION NOTICE
 
-Copyright (c) 1996 - 2016, Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>.
+Copyright (c) 1996 - 2016, Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, and many
+contributors, see the THANKS file.
 
 All rights reserved.