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 Contributors to the `oqsprovider` include:
 
-- Michael Baentsch
-- Christian Paquin
-- Richard Levitte
-- Basil Hess
-- Julian Segeth
-- Alex Zaslavsky
-- Will Childs-Klein
-- Thomas Bailleux
-- Felipe Ventura
-- Iyán Méndez Veiga
+- Michael Baentsch (initial author and maintainer; responsible for all code except as listed per contributor's responsibilities below)
+- Christian Paquin (original OpenSSL111 OQS integrator)
+- Richard Levitte (OpenSSL provider wizard)
+- Basil Hess (hybrid KEM integration & pqcrystals/mayo OID management)
+- Julian Segeth (some memory management improvements)
+- Alex Zaslavsky (improvements on OpenSSL integration)
+- Will Childs-Klein (improvements on Kyber hybrid OIDs)
+- Thomas Bailleux (many build, CI and usage improvements for different platforms)
+- Felipe Ventura (composite sig integration and OID management)
+- Iyán Méndez Veiga (PKCS#12 testing)
 
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