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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<component type="desktop">
+<id>simpleburn.desktop</id>
+	<metadata_license>CC-BY-SA-4.0</metadata_license>
+	<project_license>CECILL-2.0</project_license>
+	<name>SimpleBurn</name>
+	<summary>CD / DVD burning and extraction tool</summary>
+	
+	<description>
+		<p>
+			SimpleBurn is a minimalistic application for burning and extracting CDs and DVDs. It basically is a Cdrtools frontend and is designed in two parts: the GUI (GTK) and a BASH script that handle the requested actions.
+		</p>
+		<p>
+			Features are:
+		</p>
+		<ul>
+			<li>CD / DVD ISO image extraction and burning</li>
+			<li>audio CD extraction and burning</li>
+			<li>data directory burning on CD / DVD</li>
+			<li>rewritable CD / DVD blanking</li>
+			<li>video DVD ripping</li>
+		</ul>
+	</description>
+	
+	​<launchable type="desktop-id">simpleburn.desktop</launchable>
+	
+	<screenshots>
+		<screenshot type="default">
+			<image>http://simpleburn.tuxfamily.org/IMG/png/simpleburn4.png</image>
+		</screenshot>
+		<screenshot>
+			<image>http://simpleburn.tuxfamily.org/IMG/png/simpleburn3.png</image>
+		</screenshot>
+	</screenshots>
+	
+	<url type="homepage">http://simpleburn.tuxfamily.org/</url>
+</component>
+