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+Module: putty
+Author: Simon Tatham <anakin@pobox.com>
+Description: PuTTY is a free (MIT-licensed) Win32 implementation of Telnet and SSH, with a comprehensive xterm/Linux/vt220 terminal emulator attached.
+Homepage: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty.html
+Release: http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty.html