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 > MAINTAINERS WANTED!!!! Please drop me a message if you want to help out!
 
+> Update on 2021-02-10: Unfortunately the search for maintainers has not yielded any results and ther haven't been made any meaningful updates/changes to the source code in a long time. This repository will be archived for the time being to prevent people adopting this project.
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 This plugin uses concepts from [securesocial2][] and [Play20StartApp][] and provides a sample containing code from [deadbolt2][].
 
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