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+== Credits also to
+
+* Maciej Grela 
+- colorless handling
+
+* Markus Manzke: 
+- Fix for HSTS + subdomains
+- LibreSSL patch
+
+* Dmitri S
+- inspiration & help for Darwin port
+
+* Bug reports:
+  Viktor Szépe, Olivier Paroz, Jan H. Terstegge, Lorenz Adena
+
+
+== Last but not least:
+
+* OpenSSL team
+- for providing openssl ;-)
+
+* Peter Mosmans
+- openssl binary support
+
+
+
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