Add the `will you write an SSH server' question to the FAQ.

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@ -101,6 +101,21 @@ authentication, which is more flexible and more secure. See
\k{pubkey} in the documentation for a full discussion of public key
authentication.
\S{faq-server} Will you write an SSH server for the PuTTY suite, to
go with the client?
No. The only reason we might want to would be if we could easily
re-use existing code and significantly cut down the effort. We don't
believe this is the case; there just isn't enough common ground
between an SSH client and server to make it worthwhile.
If someone else wants to use bits of PuTTY in the process of writing
a Windows SSH server, they'd be perfectly welcome to of course, but
I really can't see it being a lot less effort for us to do that than
it would be for us to write a server from the ground up. We don't
have time, and we don't have motivation. The code is available if
anyone else wants to try it.
\H{faq-ports} Ports to other operating systems
The eventual goal is for PuTTY to be a multi-platform program, able