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+The following people have helped to make this project what it is today:
+ - Caspian Rychlik-Prince <cprince@shavenpuppy.com>
+ - Brian Matzon <brian@matzon.dk>
+ - Niels Jørgensen <nj@niemo.com>
+ - Tristan Campbell <tristan@happypedestrian.com>
+ 
+additional credits goes to:
+ - Joseph I. Valenzuela [OpenAL]
+ - Lev Povalahev [OpenGL Extensions]
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+/* 
+ * Copyright (c) 2002 Light Weight Java Game Library Project
+ * All rights reserved.
+ * 
+ * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+ * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are 
+ * met:
+ * 
+ * * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 
+ *   notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+ *
+ * * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
+ *   notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
+ *   documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
+ *
+ * * Neither the name of 'Light Weight Java Game Library' nor the names of 
+ *   its contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived 
+ *   from this software without specific prior written permission.
+ * 
+ * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
+ * "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED
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+ * SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+ */
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