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 ## Maintainers
 - Martin Boissier
 - Stefan Halfpap
-- Jan    Kossmann
 - Daniel Lindner
 - Marcel Weisgut
 
 Contact: firstname.lastname@hpi.de
 
-## Maintainer emeritus
+## Maintainers emeriti
 - Markus Dreseler
+- Jan    Kossmann
 
 ## Contributors
 -   Yannick   Bäumer