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+# JSON for Modern C++ has been originally written by Niels Lohmann.
+# Since 2013 over 140 contributors have helped to improve the library.
+# This CODEOWNERS file is only to make sure that @nlohmann is requsted
+# for a code review in case of a pull request.
+
+* @nlohmann