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 ## Contributors
 
-`Spiner` and `ports-of-call` were primarily developed by
-- Jonah Miller
+`Spiner` was primarily developed by Jonah Miller in collaboration with
 - Chad Meyer
 - Daniel Holladay
 - Josh Dolence
 
+The underlying portability machinery in `ports-of-call` was primarily developed by Chad Meyer in collaboration with
+- Jonah Miller
+- Daniel Holladay
+- Josh Dolence
+
 ## Copyright
 
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