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+The AUTHORS file:
+
+This file should collect a trace of all the legal paperwork that you have
+exchanged with contributors for your particular package. This information is
+very useful for registering the copyright of your package. The file might
+have an introductory blurb similar to this one:
+
+ Authors of PACKAGE
+
+ The following contributions warranted legal paper exchanges
+ with [the Free Software Foundation | Your Name].
+ Also see files ChangeLog and THANKS
+
+Then, list who the contributors are and what files they have worked on.
+Indicate whether they created the file, or whether they modified it. For
+example:
+
+ Random J. Hacker:
+ entire files -> foo1.c , foo2.c , foo3.c
+ modifications -> foo4.c , foo5.c