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+## Contributors
+
+<a href="https://github.com/aveproject/ave/graphs/contributors">
+  <img src="https://contrib.rocks/image?repo=aveproject/ave" />
+</a>
+
+This shows who has contributed, not what they did. See
+[CONTRIBUTORS.md](CONTRIBUTORS.md) for that — specific credit for
+specific work: astrogilda's crosswalk schema and pin-status design,
+predictor2718's independently-built cfgaudit crosswalk, mmaxjr's
+validator fix, Alex Greenshpun's attribution correction — not a name
+list.
+
+---
+
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