diff --git a/AUTHORS.txt b/AUTHORS.txt
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-A_Rog <adam.thomas.rogerson@gmail.com>
-Aakanksha Agrawal <11389424+rasponic@users.noreply.github.com>
-Abhinav Sagar <40603139+abhinavsagar@users.noreply.github.com>
-ABHYUDAY PRATAP SINGH <abhyudaypratap@outlook.com>
-abs51295 <aagams68@gmail.com>
-AceGentile <ventogrigio83@gmail.com>
-Adam Chainz <adam@adamj.eu>
-Adam Tse <adam.tse@me.com>
-Adam Tse <atse@users.noreply.github.com>
-Adam Wentz <awentz@theonion.com>
-admin <admin@admins-MacBook-Pro.local>
-Adrien Morison <adrien.morison@gmail.com>
-ahayrapetyan <ahayrapetya2@bloomberg.net>
-Ahilya <ahilya16009@iiitd.ac.in>
-AinsworthK <yat626@yahoo.com.hk>
-Akash Srivastava <akashsrivastava4927@gmail.com>
-Alan Yee <alyee@ucsd.edu>
-Albert Tugushev <albert@tugushev.ru>
-Albert-Guan <albert.guan94@gmail.com>
-albertg <albert.guan94@gmail.com>
-Aleks Bunin <github@compuix.com>
-Alethea Flowers <magicalgirl@google.com>
-Alex Gaynor <alex.gaynor@gmail.com>
-Alex Grönholm <alex.gronholm@nextday.fi>
-Alex Loosley <a.loosley@reply.de>
-Alex Morega <alex@grep.ro>
-Alex Stachowiak <alexander@computer.org>
-Alexander Shtyrov <rawzausho@gmail.com>
-Alexandre Conrad <alexandre.conrad@gmail.com>
-Alexey Popravka <a.popravka@smartweb.com.ua>
-Alexey Popravka <alexey.popravka@horsedevel.com>
-Alli <alzeih@users.noreply.github.com>
-Ami Fischman <ami@fischman.org>
-Ananya Maiti <ananyoevo@gmail.com>
-Anatoly Techtonik <techtonik@gmail.com>
-Anders Kaseorg <andersk@mit.edu>
-Andreas Lutro <anlutro@gmail.com>
-Andrei Geacar <andrei.geacar@gmail.com>
-Andrew Gaul <andrew@gaul.org>
-Andrey Bulgakov <mail@andreiko.ru>
-Andrés Delfino <34587441+andresdelfino@users.noreply.github.com>
-Andrés Delfino <adelfino@gmail.com>
-Andy Freeland <andy.freeland@redjack.com>
-Andy Freeland <andy@andyfreeland.net>
-Andy Kluger <AndydeCleyre@users.noreply.github.com>
-Ani Hayrapetyan <ahayrapetya2@bloomberg.net>
-Aniruddha Basak <codewithaniruddha@gmail.com>
-Anish Tambe <anish.tambe@yahoo.in>
-Anrs Hu <anrs@douban.com>
-Anthony Sottile <asottile@umich.edu>
-Antoine Musso <hashar@free.fr>
-Anton Ovchinnikov <revolver112@gmail.com>
-Anton Patrushev <apatrushev@gmail.com>
-Antonio Alvarado Hernandez <tnotstar@gmail.com>
-Antony Lee <anntzer.lee@gmail.com>
-Antti Kaihola <akaihol+github@ambitone.com>
-Anubhav Patel <anubhavp28@gmail.com>
-Anuj Godase <godaseanuj@gmail.com>
-AQNOUCH Mohammed <aqnouch.mohammed@gmail.com>
-AraHaan <seandhunt_7@yahoo.com>
-Arindam Choudhury <arindam@live.com>
-Armin Ronacher <armin.ronacher@active-4.com>
-Artem <duketemon@users.noreply.github.com>
-Ashley Manton <ajd.manton@googlemail.com>
-Ashwin Ramaswami <aramaswamis@gmail.com>
-atse <atse@users.noreply.github.com>
-Atsushi Odagiri <aodagx@gmail.com>
-Avner Cohen <israbirding@gmail.com>
-Baptiste Mispelon <bmispelon@gmail.com>
-Barney Gale <barney.gale@gmail.com>
-barneygale <barney.gale@gmail.com>
-Bartek Ogryczak <b.ogryczak@gmail.com>
-Bastian Venthur <mail@venthur.de>
-Ben Darnell <ben@bendarnell.com>
-Ben Hoyt <benhoyt@gmail.com>
-Ben Rosser <rosser.bjr@gmail.com>
-Bence Nagy <bence@underyx.me>
-Benjamin Peterson <benjamin@python.org>
-Benjamin VanEvery <ben@simondata.com>
-Benoit Pierre <benoit.pierre@gmail.com>
-Berker Peksag <berker.peksag@gmail.com>
-Bernardo B. Marques <bernardo.fire@gmail.com>
-Bernhard M. Wiedemann <bwiedemann@suse.de>
-Bertil Hatt <bertil.hatt@farfetch.com>
-Bogdan Opanchuk <bogdan@opanchuk.net>
-BorisZZZ <BorisZZZ@users.noreply.github.com>
-Brad Erickson <eosrei@gmail.com>
-Bradley Ayers <bradley.ayers@gmail.com>
-Brandon L. Reiss <brandon@damyata.co>
-Brandt Bucher <brandtbucher@gmail.com>
-Brett Randall <javabrett@gmail.com>
-Brian Cristante <33549821+brcrista@users.noreply.github.com>
-Brian Cristante <brcrista@microsoft.com>
-Brian Rosner <brosner@gmail.com>
-BrownTruck <BrownTruck@users.noreply.github.com>
-Bruno Oliveira <nicoddemus@gmail.com>
-Bruno Renié <brutasse@gmail.com>
-Bstrdsmkr <bstrdsmkr@gmail.com>
-Buck Golemon <buck@yelp.com>
-burrows <burrows@preveil.com>
-Bussonnier Matthias <bussonniermatthias@gmail.com>
-c22 <c22@users.noreply.github.com>
-Caleb Martinez <accounts@calebmartinez.com>
-Calvin Smith <eukaryote@users.noreply.github.com>
-Carl Meyer <carl@oddbird.net>
-Carlos Liam <carlos@aarzee.me>
-Carol Willing <carolcode@willingconsulting.com>
-Carter Thayer <carterwthayer@gmail.com>
-Cass <cass.petrus@gmail.com>
-Chandrasekhar Atina <chandu.atina@gmail.com>
-Chih-Hsuan Yen <yan12125@gmail.com>
-Chih-Hsuan Yen <yen@chyen.cc>
-Chris Brinker <chris.brinker@gmail.com>
-Chris Hunt <chrahunt@gmail.com>
-Chris Jerdonek <chris.jerdonek@gmail.com>
-Chris McDonough <chrism@plope.com>
-Chris Wolfe <chriswwolfe@gmail.com>
-Christian Heimes <christian@python.org>
-Christian Oudard <christian.oudard@gmail.com>
-Christopher Hunt <chrahunt@gmail.com>
-Christopher Snyder <cnsnyder@users.noreply.github.com>
-Clark Boylan <clark.boylan@gmail.com>
-Clay McClure <clay@daemons.net>
-Cody <Purring@users.noreply.github.com>
-Cody Soyland <codysoyland@gmail.com>
-Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
-Connor Osborn <cdosborn@email.arizona.edu>
-Cooper Lees <me@cooperlees.com>
-Cooper Ry Lees <me@cooperlees.com>
-Cory Benfield <lukasaoz@gmail.com>
-Cory Wright <corywright@gmail.com>
-Craig Kerstiens <craig.kerstiens@gmail.com>
-Cristian Sorinel <cristian.sorinel@gmail.com>
-Curtis Doty <Curtis@GreenKey.net>
-cytolentino <ctolentino8@bloomberg.net>
-Damian Quiroga <qdamian@gmail.com>
-Dan Black <dyspop@gmail.com>
-Dan Savilonis <djs@n-cube.org>
-Dan Sully <daniel-github@electricrain.com>
-daniel <mcdonaldd@unimelb.edu.au>
-Daniel Collins <accounts@dac.io>
-Daniel Hahler <git@thequod.de>
-Daniel Holth <dholth@fastmail.fm>
-Daniel Jost <torpedojost@gmail.com>
-Daniel Shaulov <daniel.shaulov@gmail.com>
-Daniele Esposti <expobrain@users.noreply.github.com>
-Daniele Procida <daniele@vurt.org>
-Danny Hermes <daniel.j.hermes@gmail.com>
-Dav Clark <davclark@gmail.com>
-Dave Abrahams <dave@boostpro.com>
-Dave Jones <dave@waveform.org.uk>
-David Aguilar <davvid@gmail.com>
-David Black <db@d1b.org>
-David Bordeynik <david.bordeynik@gmail.com>
-David Bordeynik <david@zebra-med.com>
-David Caro <david@dcaro.es>
-David Evans <d@drhevans.com>
-David Linke <dr.david.linke@gmail.com>
-David Pursehouse <david.pursehouse@gmail.com>
-David Tucker <david@tucker.name>
-David Wales <daviewales@gmail.com>
-Davidovich <david.genest@gmail.com>
-derwolfe <chriswwolfe@gmail.com>
-Desetude <harry@desetude.com>
-Diego Caraballo <diegocaraballo84@gmail.com>
-DiegoCaraballo <diegocaraballo84@gmail.com>
-Dmitry Gladkov <dmitry.gladkov@gmail.com>
-Domen Kožar <domen@dev.si>
-Donald Stufft <donald@stufft.io>
-Dongweiming <dongweiming@admaster.com.cn>
-Douglas Thor <dougthor42@users.noreply.github.com>
-DrFeathers <WilliamGeorgeBurgess@gmail.com>
-Dustin Ingram <di@di.codes>
-Dwayne Bailey <dwayne@translate.org.za>
-Ed Morley <501702+edmorley@users.noreply.github.com>
-Ed Morley <emorley@mozilla.com>
-Eitan Adler <lists@eitanadler.com>
-ekristina <panacejja@gmail.com>
-elainechan <elaine.chan@outlook.com>
-Eli Schwartz <eschwartz93@gmail.com>
-Eli Schwartz <eschwartz@archlinux.org>
-Emil Burzo <contact@emilburzo.com>
-Emil Styrke <emil.styrke@gmail.com>
-Endoh Takanao <djmchl@gmail.com>
-enoch <lanxenet@gmail.com>
-Erdinc Mutlu <erdinc_mutlu@yahoo.com>
-Eric Gillingham <Gillingham@bikezen.net>
-Eric Hanchrow <eric.hanchrow@gmail.com>
-Eric Hopper <hopper@omnifarious.org>
-Erik M. Bray <embray@stsci.edu>
-Erik Rose <erik@mozilla.com>
-Ernest W Durbin III <ewdurbin@gmail.com>
-Ernest W. Durbin III <ewdurbin@gmail.com>
-Erwin Janssen <erwinjanssen@outlook.com>
-Eugene Vereshchagin <evvers@gmail.com>
-everdimension <everdimension@gmail.com>
-Felix Yan <felixonmars@archlinux.org>
-fiber-space <fiber-space@users.noreply.github.com>
-Filip Kokosiński <filip.kokosinski@gmail.com>
-Florian Briand <ownerfrance+github@hotmail.com>
-Florian Rathgeber <florian.rathgeber@gmail.com>
-Francesco <f.guerrieri@gmail.com>
-Francesco Montesano <franz.bergesund@gmail.com>
-Frost Ming <mianghong@gmail.com>
-Gabriel Curio <g.curio@gmail.com>
-Gabriel de Perthuis <g2p.code@gmail.com>
-Garry Polley <garrympolley@gmail.com>
-gdanielson <graeme.danielson@gmail.com>
-Geoffrey Lehée <geoffrey@lehee.name>
-Geoffrey Sneddon <me@gsnedders.com>
-George Song <george@55minutes.com>
-Georgi Valkov <georgi.t.valkov@gmail.com>
-Giftlin Rajaiah <giftlin.rgn@gmail.com>
-gizmoguy1 <gizmoguy1@gmail.com>
-gkdoc <40815324+gkdoc@users.noreply.github.com>
-Gopinath M <31352222+mgopi1990@users.noreply.github.com>
-GOTO Hayato <3532528+gh640@users.noreply.github.com>
-gpiks <gaurav.pikale@gmail.com>
-Guilherme Espada <porcariadagata@gmail.com>
-Guy Rozendorn <guy@rzn.co.il>
-gzpan123 <gzpan123@gmail.com>
-Hanjun Kim <hallazzang@gmail.com>
-Hari Charan <hcharan997@gmail.com>
-Harsh Vardhan <harsh59v@gmail.com>
-Herbert Pfennig <herbert@albinen.com>
-Hsiaoming Yang <lepture@me.com>
-Hugo <hugovk@users.noreply.github.com>
-Hugo Lopes Tavares <hltbra@gmail.com>
-Hugo van Kemenade <hugovk@users.noreply.github.com>
-hugovk <hugovk@users.noreply.github.com>
-Hynek Schlawack <hs@ox.cx>
-Ian Bicking <ianb@colorstudy.com>
-Ian Cordasco <graffatcolmingov@gmail.com>
-Ian Lee <IanLee1521@gmail.com>
-Ian Stapleton Cordasco <graffatcolmingov@gmail.com>
-Ian Wienand <ian@wienand.org>
-Ian Wienand <iwienand@redhat.com>
-Igor Kuzmitshov <kuzmiigo@gmail.com>
-Igor Sobreira <igor@igorsobreira.com>
-Ilya Baryshev <baryshev@gmail.com>
-INADA Naoki <songofacandy@gmail.com>
-Ionel Cristian Mărieș <contact@ionelmc.ro>
-Ionel Maries Cristian <ionel.mc@gmail.com>
-Ivan Pozdeev <vano@mail.mipt.ru>
-Jacob Kim <me@thejacobkim.com>
-jakirkham <jakirkham@gmail.com>
-Jakub Stasiak <kuba.stasiak@gmail.com>
-Jakub Vysoky <jakub@borka.cz>
-Jakub Wilk <jwilk@jwilk.net>
-James Cleveland <jamescleveland@gmail.com>
-James Cleveland <radiosilence@users.noreply.github.com>
-James Firth <hello@james-firth.com>
-James Polley <jp@jamezpolley.com>
-Jan Pokorný <jpokorny@redhat.com>
-Jannis Leidel <jannis@leidel.info>
-jarondl <me@jarondl.net>
-Jason R. Coombs <jaraco@jaraco.com>
-Jay Graves <jay@skabber.com>
-Jean-Christophe Fillion-Robin <jchris.fillionr@kitware.com>
-Jeff Barber <jbarber@computer.org>
-Jeff Dairiki <dairiki@dairiki.org>
-Jelmer Vernooij <jelmer@jelmer.uk>
-jenix21 <devfrog@gmail.com>
-Jeremy Stanley <fungi@yuggoth.org>
-Jeremy Zafran <jzafran@users.noreply.github.com>
-Jiashuo Li <jiasli@microsoft.com>
-Jim Garrison <jim@garrison.cc>
-Jivan Amara <Development@JivanAmara.net>
-John Paton <j.paton@catawiki.nl>
-John-Scott Atlakson <john.scott.atlakson@gmail.com>
-johnthagen <johnthagen@gmail.com>
-johnthagen <johnthagen@users.noreply.github.com>
-Jon Banafato <jon@jonafato.com>
-Jon Dufresne <jon.dufresne@gmail.com>
-Jon Parise <jon@indelible.org>
-Jonas Nockert <jonasnockert@gmail.com>
-Jonathan Herbert <foohyfooh@gmail.com>
-Joost Molenaar <j.j.molenaar@gmail.com>
-Jorge Niedbalski <niedbalski@gmail.com>
-Joseph Long <jdl@fastmail.fm>
-Josh Bronson <jabronson@gmail.com>
-Josh Hansen <josh@skwash.net>
-Josh Schneier <josh.schneier@gmail.com>
-Juanjo Bazán <jjbazan@gmail.com>
-Julian Berman <Julian@GrayVines.com>
-Julian Gethmann <julian.gethmann@kit.edu>
-Julien Demoor <julien@jdemoor.com>
-jwg4 <jack.grahl@yahoo.co.uk>
-Jyrki Pulliainen <jyrki@spotify.com>
-Kai Chen <kaichen120@gmail.com>
-Kamal Bin Mustafa <kamal@smach.net>
-kaustav haldar <hi@kaustav.me>
-keanemind <keanemind@gmail.com>
-Keith Maxwell <keith.maxwell@gmail.com>
-Kelsey Hightower <kelsey.hightower@gmail.com>
-Kenneth Belitzky <kenny@belitzky.com>
-Kenneth Reitz <me@kennethreitz.com>
-Kenneth Reitz <me@kennethreitz.org>
-Kevin Burke <kev@inburke.com>
-Kevin Carter <kevin.carter@rackspace.com>
-Kevin Frommelt <kevin.frommelt@webfilings.com>
-Kevin R Patterson <kevin.r.patterson@intel.com>
-Kexuan Sun <me@kianasun.com>
-Kit Randel <kit@nocturne.net.nz>
-kpinc <kop@meme.com>
-Krishna Oza <krishoza15sep@gmail.com>
-Kumar McMillan <kumar.mcmillan@gmail.com>
-Kyle Persohn <kyle.persohn@gmail.com>
-lakshmanaram <lakshmanaram.n@gmail.com>
-Laszlo Kiss-Kollar <kiss.kollar.laszlo@gmail.com>
-Laurent Bristiel <laurent@bristiel.com>
-Laurie Opperman <laurie@sitesee.com.au>
-Leon Sasson <leonsassonha@gmail.com>
-Lev Givon <lev@columbia.edu>
-Lincoln de Sousa <lincoln@comum.org>
-Lipis <lipiridis@gmail.com>
-Loren Carvalho <lcarvalho@linkedin.com>
-Lucas Cimon <lucas.cimon@gmail.com>
-Ludovic Gasc <gmludo@gmail.com>
-Luke Macken <lmacken@redhat.com>
-Luo Jiebin <luo.jiebin@qq.com>
-luojiebin <luojiebin@users.noreply.github.com>
-luz.paz <luzpaz@users.noreply.github.com>
-László Kiss Kollár <lkisskollar@bloomberg.net>
-László Kiss Kollár <lkollar@users.noreply.github.com>
-Marc Abramowitz <marc@marc-abramowitz.com>
-Marc Tamlyn <marc.tamlyn@gmail.com>
-Marcus Smith <qwcode@gmail.com>
-Mariatta <Mariatta@users.noreply.github.com>
-Mark Kohler <mark.kohler@proteinsimple.com>
-Mark Williams <markrwilliams@gmail.com>
-Mark Williams <mrw@enotuniq.org>
-Markus Hametner <fin+github@xbhd.org>
-Masaki <mk5986@nyu.edu>
-Masklinn <bitbucket.org@masklinn.net>
-Matej Stuchlik <mstuchli@redhat.com>
-Mathew Jennings <mjennings@foursquare.com>
-Mathieu Bridon <bochecha@daitauha.fr>
-Matt Good <matt@matt-good.net>
-Matt Maker <trip@monstro.us>
-Matt Robenolt <matt@ydekproductions.com>
-matthew <matthew@trumbell.net>
-Matthew Einhorn <moiein2000@gmail.com>
-Matthew Gilliard <matthew.gilliard@gmail.com>
-Matthew Iversen <teh.ivo@gmail.com>
-Matthew Trumbell <matthew@thirdstonepartners.com>
-Matthew Willson <matthew@swiftkey.com>
-Matthias Bussonnier <bussonniermatthias@gmail.com>
-mattip <matti.picus@gmail.com>
-Maxim Kurnikov <maxim.kurnikov@gmail.com>
-Maxime Rouyrre <rouyrre+git@gmail.com>
-mayeut <mayeut@users.noreply.github.com>
-mbaluna <44498973+mbaluna@users.noreply.github.com>
-mdebi <17590103+mdebi@users.noreply.github.com>
-memoselyk <memoselyk@gmail.com>
-Michael <michael-k@users.noreply.github.com>
-Michael Aquilina <michaelaquilina@gmail.com>
-Michael E. Karpeles <michael.karpeles@gmail.com>
-Michael Klich <michal@michalklich.com>
-Michael Williamson <mike@zwobble.org>
-michaelpacer <michaelpacer@gmail.com>
-Mickaël Schoentgen <mschoentgen@nuxeo.com>
-Miguel Araujo Perez <miguel.araujo.perez@gmail.com>
-Mihir Singh <git.service@mihirsingh.com>
-Mike <mikeh@blur.com>
-Mike Hendricks <mikeh@blur.com>
-Min RK <benjaminrk@gmail.com>
-MinRK <benjaminrk@gmail.com>
-Miro Hrončok <miro@hroncok.cz>
-Monica Baluna <mbaluna@bloomberg.net>
-montefra <franz.bergesund@gmail.com>
-Monty Taylor <mordred@inaugust.com>
-Nate Coraor <nate@bx.psu.edu>
-Nathaniel J. Smith <njs@pobox.com>
-Nehal J Wani <nehaljw.kkd1@gmail.com>
-Neil Botelho <neil.botelho321@gmail.com>
-Nick Coghlan <ncoghlan@gmail.com>
-Nick Stenning <nick@whiteink.com>
-Nick Timkovich <prometheus235@gmail.com>
-Nicolas Bock <nicolasbock@gmail.com>
-Nikhil Benesch <nikhil.benesch@gmail.com>
-Nitesh Sharma <nbsharma@outlook.com>
-Nowell Strite <nowell@strite.org>
-NtaleGrey <Shadikntale@gmail.com>
-nvdv <modestdev@gmail.com>
-Ofekmeister <ofekmeister@gmail.com>
-ofrinevo <ofrine@gmail.com>
-Oliver Jeeves <oliver.jeeves@ocado.com>
-Oliver Tonnhofer <olt@bogosoft.com>
-Olivier Girardot <ssaboum@gmail.com>
-Olivier Grisel <olivier.grisel@ensta.org>
-Ollie Rutherfurd <orutherfurd@gmail.com>
-OMOTO Kenji <k-omoto@m3.com>
-Omry Yadan <omry@fb.com>
-Oren Held <orenhe@il.ibm.com>
-Oscar Benjamin <oscar.j.benjamin@gmail.com>
-Oz N Tiram <oz.tiram@gmail.com>
-Pachwenko <32424503+Pachwenko@users.noreply.github.com>
-Patrick Dubroy <pdubroy@gmail.com>
-Patrick Jenkins <patrick@socialgrowthtechnologies.com>
-Patrick Lawson <pl@foursquare.com>
-patricktokeeffe <patricktokeeffe@users.noreply.github.com>
-Patrik Kopkan <pkopkan@redhat.com>
-Paul Kehrer <paul.l.kehrer@gmail.com>
-Paul Moore <p.f.moore@gmail.com>
-Paul Nasrat <pnasrat@gmail.com>
-Paul Oswald <pauloswald@gmail.com>
-Paul van der Linden <mail@paultjuh.org>
-Paulus Schoutsen <paulus@paulusschoutsen.nl>
-Pavithra Eswaramoorthy <33131404+QueenCoffee@users.noreply.github.com>
-Pawel Jasinski <pawel.jasinski@gmail.com>
-Pekka Klärck <peke@iki.fi>
-Peter Lisák <peter.lisak@showmax.com>
-Peter Waller <peter.waller@gmail.com>
-petr-tik <petr-tik@users.noreply.github.com>
-Phaneendra Chiruvella <hi@pcx.io>
-Phil Freo <phil@philfreo.com>
-Phil Pennock <phil@pennock-tech.com>
-Phil Whelan <phil123@gmail.com>
-Philip Jägenstedt <philip@foolip.org>
-Philip Molloy <pamolloy@users.noreply.github.com>
-Philippe Ombredanne <pombredanne@gmail.com>
-Pi Delport <pjdelport@gmail.com>
-Pierre-Yves Rofes <github@rofes.fr>
-pip <pypa-dev@googlegroups.com>
-Prabakaran Kumaresshan <k_prabakaran+github@hotmail.com>
-Prabhjyotsing Surjit Singh Sodhi <psinghsodhi@bloomberg.net>
-Prabhu Marappan <prabhum.794@gmail.com>
-Pradyun Gedam <pradyunsg@gmail.com>
-Pratik Mallya <mallya@us.ibm.com>
-Preet Thakkar <preet.thakkar@students.iiit.ac.in>
-Preston Holmes <preston@ptone.com>
-Przemek Wrzos <hetmankp@none>
-Pulkit Goyal <7895pulkit@gmail.com>
-Qiangning Hong <hongqn@gmail.com>
-Quentin Pradet <quentin.pradet@gmail.com>
-R. David Murray <rdmurray@bitdance.com>
-Rafael Caricio <rafael.jacinto@gmail.com>
-Ralf Schmitt <ralf@systemexit.de>
-Razzi Abuissa <razzi53@gmail.com>
-rdb <rdb@users.noreply.github.com>
-Remi Rampin <r@remirampin.com>
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diff --git a/news/5979.removal b/news/5979.removal
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9791a1e50
--- /dev/null
+++ b/news/5979.removal
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Remove emails from AUTHORS.txt to prevent usage for spamming, and only populate names in AUTHORS.txt at time of release
diff --git a/tools/automation/release/__init__.py b/tools/automation/release/__init__.py
index c82133c74..a61386862 100644
--- a/tools/automation/release/__init__.py
+++ b/tools/automation/release/__init__.py
@@ -49,8 +49,9 @@ def get_author_list() -> List[str]:
     """Get the list of authors from Git commits.
     """
     # subprocess because session.run doesn't give us stdout
+    # only use names in list of Authors
     result = subprocess.run(
-        ["git", "log", "--use-mailmap", "--format=%aN <%aE>"],
+        ["git", "log", "--use-mailmap", "--format=%aN"],
         capture_output=True,
         encoding="utf-8",
     )