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-Sirtaj Singh Kang <taj@kde.org> -- kimgio and krl readers
-Antonio Larossa <larossa@kde.org> -- initial version of KRL reader
-Ivailo Monev <xakepa10@gmail.com> -- raw, jpeg, jp2 and ico plugins