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 GStreamer is currently maintained by the consensus of a number
 of people, including, but not limited to:
 
+ Jan Schmidt <thaytan@noraisin.net>
  Wim Taymans <wim@fluendo.com>
  David Schleef <ds@schleef.org>
- Benjamin Otte <in7y118@public.uni-hamburg.de>
- Ronald Bultje <rbultje@ronald.bitfreak.net>
  Thomas Vander Stichele <thomas@fluendo.com>
 
 Maintainer-related issues should be addressed to: