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+This file is a partial list of contributors to the Virtual Machine
+Manager for Go project. To see the full list of contributors, see the
+revision history in source control.
+
+Contributors who wish to be recognized in this file should add
+themselves (or their employer, as appropriate).
+
+- archana.m.shinde@intel.com
+- eric.ernst@intel.com
+- james.o.hunt@intel.com
+- jose.carlos.venegas.munoz@intel.com
+- julio.montes@intel.com
+- manohar.r.castelino@intel.com
+- mark.d.ryan@intel.com
+- robert.bradford@intel.com
+- sameo@linux.intel.com
+- sebastien.boeuf@intel.com
+- xinda.zhao@intel.com