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+from distutils.core import setup
+
+
+setup(
+    name="python-readability",
+    author="Tim Cuthbertson",
+    author_email="tim3d.junk+github@gmail.com",
+    description="python port of arc90's readability bookmarklet",
+    long_description=open("README").read(),
+    license="Apache License 2.0",
+    url="http://github.com/gfxmonk/python-readability",
+    packages=[
+        "readability",
+    ],
+    classifiers=[
+        "Environment :: Web Environment",
+        "Intended Audience :: Developers",
+        "Operating System :: OS Independent",
+        "Programming Language :: Python",
+    ],
+)