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 Authors
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-Nils Adermann - <naderman@naderman.de> - <https://twitter.com/naderman> - <http://www.naderman.de><br />
-Jordi Boggiano - <j.boggiano@seld.be> - <https://twitter.com/seldaek> - <http://seld.be><br />
+- Nils Adermann  | [GitHub](https://github.com/naderman)  | [Twitter](https://twitter.com/naderman) | <naderman@naderman.de> | [naderman.de](http://naderman.de)
+- Jordi Boggiano | [GitHub](https://github.com/Seldaek) | [Twitter](https://twitter.com/seldaek) | <j.boggiano@seld.be> | [seld.be](http://seld.be)
 
 See also the list of [contributors](https://github.com/composer/composer/contributors) who participated in this project.
 
 License
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-Composer is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details
+Composer is licensed under the MIT License - see the [LICENSE](LICENSE) file for details
 
 Acknowledgments
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