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+$Id$
+               __________               __   ___.
+     Open      \______   \ ____   ____ |  | _\_ |__   _______  ___
+     Source     |       _//  _ \_/ ___\|  |/ /| __ \ /  _ \  \/  /
+     Jukebox    |    |   (  <_> )  \___|    < | \_\ (  <_> > <  <
+     Firmware   |____|_  /\____/ \___  >__|_ \|___  /\____/__/\_ \
+                       \/            \/     \/    \/            \/
+
+
+Rockbox Maintainers
+===================
+
+This file lists the people maintaining the different parts of the
+Rockbox project.
+
+
+Port maintainers
+----------------
+
+NOTE: Port maintainers are simply developers who use a particular
+target on a daily basis and are therefore able to report issues
+specific to that target.
+
+Archos Player/Studio
+Archos Recorder v1
+Archos Recorder 8MB
+Archos FM Recorder
+Archos Recorder v2
+Archos Ondio FM
+Archos Ondio SP
+Iriver H100/H115
+Iriver H120/H140
+Iriver H320/H340
+Ipod Color/Photo - Dave Chapman
+Ipod Nano 1st Gen
+Ipod 4th Gen Grayscale
+Ipod Video
+Ipod 3rd Gen
+Ipod Mini 1st Gen
+Ipod Mini 2nd Gen
+Iriver H10 20GB
+Iriver H10 5GB/6GB
+Iaudio X5
+Iaudio M5
+Sansa E200
+Toshiba Gigabeat F
+Toshiba Gigabeat X
+
+
+Core code (low-level)
+---------------------
+
+Kernel
+LCD drivers
+Button drivers
+Rolo
+ATA driver
+FAT driver
+Battery/Power Management
+FM Tuner drivers
+Audio codec drivers
+
+
+Core code (Mid-level)
+----------------------
+
+DSP
+LCD/Graphics API
+Playback engine (HWCODEC)
+Playback engine (SWCODEC)
+PCM playback API (SWCODEC)
+PCM recording API (SWCODEC)
+Recording API (HWCODEC)
+Fonts and Unicode
+Replaygain
+Profiling
+Screens API and GUI widgets
+Settings API
+Language API
+Menu API
+Button actions
+
+Core code (high-level)
+----------------------
+
+Bookmarks
+Cuesheet support
+Database
+Playlists
+Radio UI
+Recording UI
+Voice UI
+WPS
+User interface
+
+Metadata parsing
+----------------
+
+NOTE: Format-specific container format parsing is maintained by the
+relevant codec maintainer.
+
+General
+ID3v1/v2
+Vorbis Comments
+APEv2
+
+
+Translations
+------------
+
+NOTE: Any languages without a dedicated maintainer are maintained by
+the person(s) named next to "General".
+
+General
+[Language 1]
+[Language 2]
+
+
+Plugins
+-------
+
+Plugin loader & API
+Plugin library (general)
+Greyscale library
+XLCD library
+
+alpine_cdc
+battery_bench
+blackjack
+bounce
+brickmania
+bubbles
+calculator
+calendar
+chessbox
+chessclock
+chip8
+chopper
+clock
+credits
+cube
+demystify
+dice
+dict
+disktidy
+doom
+euroconverter
+fire
+fireworks
+firmware_flash
+flipit
+grayscale
+helloworld
+invadrox
+iriver_flash
+iriverify
+jackpot
+jewels
+jpeg
+logo
+mandelbrot
+maze
+mazezam
+metronome
+midi2wav
+midiplay
+minesweeper
+mosaique
+mp3_encoder
+mpegplayer
+nim
+oscilloscope
+pacbox - Dave Chapman
+plasma
+pong
+properties
+random_folder_advance_config
+reversi
+rockblox
+rockbox_flash
+rockboy
+rocklife
+rockpaint
+search
+sliding_puzzle
+snake
+snake2
+snow
+sokoban
+solitaire
+sort
+spacerocks
+splitedit
+star
+starfield
+stats
+stopwatch
+sudoku - Dave Chapman
+test_codec - Dave Chapman
+test_disk
+test_fps
+test_sampr
+test_scanrate
+text_editor
+vbrfix
+video
+viewer
+vu_meter
+wav2wv
+wavplay
+wavrecord
+wavview
+wormlet
+xobox
+zxbox
+
+
+Codecs (Playback)
+-----------------
+
+Codec loader & API
+
+A/52 (AC-3) - Dave Chapman
+AAC
+ADX
+AIFF
+ALAC - Dave Chapman
+APE (Monkey's Audio) - Dave Chapman
+FLAC - Dave Chapman
+MPEG Audio (MP1/MP2/MP3)
+Musepack
+NSF
+Ogg Vorbis
+Shorten
+SID
+SPC
+Speex
+WAVE
+WavPack
+WMA - Dave Chapman (ASF parsing only)
+
+
+Codecs (Recording)
+------------------
+
+AIFF
+MP3
+WAVE
+WavPack
+
+
+Bootloaders
+-----------
+
+Iriver H1xx/H3xx
+Iaudio X5/M5
+PortalPlayer (not ipod)
+Ipod - Dave Chapman
+Gigabeat F/X
+
+
+Build Tools
+-----------
+
+configure script and build system
+bdf2bmp
+bmp2rb
+checkwps
+mkboot
+database
+rdf2binary
+convbdf
+codepages
+player_unifont
+uclpack
+wavtrim
+voicefont
+scramble
+descramble
+
+
+Install Tools
+-------------
+
+Rockbox Utility
+ipodpatcher - Dave Chapman
+sansapatcher - Dave Chapman
+
+
+Manual
+------
+
+Manual build system
+[What to put here - maintainers for chapters?]