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+{
+	"name": "silverstripe/widgets",
+	"description": "Widgets are small pieces of functionality such as showing
+		the latest Comments or Flickr Photos. They normally display on the sidebar
+		of your website. To check out a what a Widget can do watch the Widget video
+		and try out the demo site.",
+	"type": "silverstripe-module",
+	"keywords": ["silverstripe", "widgets", "blog"],
+	"authors": [
+	{
+		"name": "Ingo Schommer",
+		"email": "ingo@silverstripe.com"
+	}
+	],
+	"require":
+	{
+		"silverstripe/framework": "3.*"
+	}
+}
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