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@@ -153,6 +153,7 @@ Many thanks to suckless.org and the dwm developers and community for the
 inspiration, and to the various contributors to the project, including:
 
 - Alexander Courtis for the XWayland implementation
+- Devin J. Pohly for creating and nurturing the fledgling project
 - Guido Cella for the layer-shell protocol implementation, patch maintenance,
   and for helping to keep the project running
 - Stivvo for output management and fullscreen support, and patch maintenance