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+{
+    "name": "smarty/smarty",
+    "type": "library",
+    "description": "Smarty - the compiling PHP template engine",
+    "keywords": ["templating"],
+    "homepage": "http://www.smarty.net",
+    "license": "LGPL-3.0",
+    "authors": [
+        {
+            "name": "Monte Ohrt",
+            "email": "monte@ohrt.com"
+        },
+        {
+            "name": "Uwe Tews",
+            "email": "uwe.tews@googlemail.com"
+        },
+        {
+            "name": "Rodney Rehm",
+            "email": "rodney.rehm@medialize.de"
+        }
+    ],
+    "support": {
+        "irc": "irc://irc.freenode.org/smarty",
+        "issues": "http://code.google.com/p/smarty-php/issues/list",
+        "forum": "http://www.smarty.net/forums/",
+        "source": "http://code.google.com/p/smarty-php/source/browse/"
+    },
+    "require": {
+        "php": ">=5.2"
+    },
+    "autoload": {
+        "classmap": [
+            "distribution/libs/Smarty.class.php", 
+            "distribution/libs/SmartyBC.class.php",
+            "distribution/libs/sysplugins/smarty_security.php"
+        ]
+    },
+    "repositories": [
+        {
+            "type": "package",
+            "package": {
+                "name": "smarty/smarty",
+                "version": "3.1.19",
+                "dist": {
+                    "url": "http://www.smarty.net/files/Smarty-3.1.19.zip",
+                    "type": "zip"
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    ]
+}