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+This file documents the high-level history of Stow, and some of its
+major contributors.  See also the THANKS file for a more complete list
+of contributors.
+
 Stow was originally written by Bob Glickstein <bobg+stow@zanshin.com>,
 Zanshin Software, Inc.