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== Credits

[<b>Jim Weirich</b>] Who originally created Rake.

[<b>Ryan Dlugosz</b>] For the initial conversation that sparked Rake.

[<b>nobu.nokada@softhome.net</b>] For the initial patch for rule support.
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warranties, including, without limitation, the implied warranties of
merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose.

== Historical

Rake was originally created by Jim Weirich, who unfortunately passed away in
February 2014. This repository was originally hosted at
{github.com/jimweirich/rake}[https://github.com/jimweirich/rake/], however
with his passing, has been moved to {ruby/rake}[https://github.com/ruby/rake].

You can view Jim's last commit here:
https://github.com/jimweirich/rake/tree/336559f28f55bce418e2ebcc0a57548dcbac4025

You can {read more about Jim}[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Weirich] at Wikipedia.

Thank you for this great tool, Jim. We'll remember you.