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+CouchRest THANKS
+=====================
+
+CouchRest was originally developed by J. Chris Anderson <jchris@grabb.it>
+and a number of other contributors. Many people further contributed to 
+CouchRest by reporting problems, suggesting various improvements or submitting
+changes. A list of these people is included below.
+
+ * Geoffrey Grosenbach <http://nubyonrails.com/>
+ * Simon Rozet <simon /at/ rozet /dot/ name>
+
+Patches are welcome. The primary source for this software project is:
+
+http://github.com/jchris/couchrest/tree/master