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+# Original Author
+
+-   Jakob Moser <moser@cl.uni-heidelberg.de>
+
+# Contributors
+
+-   Daniela Jaramillo <jaramillo@cl.uni-heidelberg.de>
+-   Leander Karp <karp@cl.uni-heidelberg.de>
diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
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 MIT License
 
-Copyright (c) 2024 Jakob Moser
+Copyright (c) 2024 Jakob Moser and contributors
 
 Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
 of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal