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 Finalized move of gflags project from Google Code to GitHub.
 Email addresses of original issue reporters got lost in the process.
-Given the age of most issue reports, this should be neglibable.
+Given the age of most issue reports, this should be negligable.
 
 Please report any further issues using the GitHub issue tracker.