-Authors of OpenJPEG
-See also the files THANKS and CHANGES
+# Authors of OpenJPEG
+See also [THANKS](https://github.com/uclouvain/openjpeg/blob/master/THANKS.md)
David Janssens designed and implemented the first version of OpenJPEG.
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Kaori Hagihara designed and implemented the first version of OpenJPIP.
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Jerome Fimes implemented the alpha version of OpenJPEG 2.0.
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Giuseppe Baruffa added the JPWL functionalities.
-Micka�l Savinaud implemented the final OpenJPEG 2.0 version based on a big merge between 1.5 version and alpha version of 2.0.
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+Mickaël Savinaud implemented the final OpenJPEG 2.0 version based on a big merge between 1.5 version and alpha version of 2.0.
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Mathieu Malaterre participated to the OpenJPEG 2.0 version and improved the libraries and utilities.
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Yannick Verschueren,
Herve Drolon,
Francois-Olivier Devaux,