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+{
+  "name": "Monolog",
+  "description": "Logging for PHP 5.3",
+  "keywords": ["log","logging"],
+  "homepage": "http://github.com/Seldaek/monolog",
+  "version": "0.5.0-dev",
+  "license": "MIT",
+  "authors": [
+    {
+      "name": "Jordi Boggiano",
+      "email": "j.boggiano@seld.be",
+      "homepage": "http://seld.be"
+    }
+  ],
+  "require": {
+    "php": ">=5.3.0"
+  }
+}