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-** WORK IN PROGRESS **
-
-## pyssb - Secure Scuttlebutt in Python
-
-Please, don't use this for anything that is not experimental. This is a first attempt at implementing the main functionality needed to run an SSB client/server.
-
-Things that are currently implemented:
- * Basic Message feed logic
- * Secret Handshake
- * packet-stream protocol
-
-Usage:
-
-```sh
-$ pip install -r requirements.txt
-```
-
-Check the `test_*.py` files for basic examples.
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+**WORK IN PROGRESS**
+
+pyssb - Secure Scuttlebutt in Python
+====================================
+
+Please, don't use this for anything that is not experimental. This is a first attempt at implementing the main
+functionality needed to run an SSB client/server.
+
+Things that are currently implemented:
+
+ * Basic Message feed logic
+ * Secret Handshake
+ * packet-stream protocol
+
+Usage::
+
+    $ pip install -r requirements.txt
+
+Check the ``test_*.py`` files for basic examples.
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+# Copyright (c) 2017 PySecretHandshake contributors (see AUTHORS for more details)
+#
+# Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+# of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+# in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+# to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+# copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+# furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+#
+# The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+# copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+#
+# THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+# IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+# FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+# AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+# LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+# OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+# SOFTWARE.
+
+"""A module that implements Secret Handshake as specified in "Designing a Secret Handshake: Authenticated
+Key Exchange as a Capability System" (Dominic Tarr, 2015)."""
+
+from setuptools import find_packages, setup
+
+readme = open('README.rst').read()
+history = open('CHANGES.rst').read()
+
+tests_require = [
+    'check-manifest>=0.25',
+    'coverage>=4.0',
+    'isort>=4.2.2',
+    'pep257>=0.7.0',
+    'pytest-cov>=1.8.0',
+    'pytest>=3.1.1',
+    'pytest-asyncio==0.6.0',
+    'asynctest==0.10.0'
+]
+
+extras_require = {
+    'docs': [
+        'Sphinx>=1.6.2',
+    ],
+    'tests': tests_require,
+}
+extras_require['all'] = sum((lst for lst in extras_require.values()), [])
+
+install_requires = [
+    'pynacl==1.1.2'
+]
+
+setup_requires = [
+    'pytest-runner'
+]
+
+packages = find_packages()
+
+setup(
+    name='ssb',
+    version='0.0.1',
+    description=__doc__,
+    long_description=(readme + '\n\n' + history),
+    license='MIT',
+    author='PyScuttleButt Contributors',
+    author_email='pedro@dete.st',
+    url='https://github.com/pferreir/PyScuttlebutt',
+    packages=packages,
+    include_package_data=True,
+    extras_require=extras_require,
+    install_requires=install_requires,
+    setup_requires=setup_requires,
+    tests_require=tests_require,
+    zip_safe=False,
+    classifiers=[
+        'Intended Audience :: Developers',
+        'License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License',
+        'Operating System :: OS Independent',
+        'Programming Language :: Python',
+        'Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries :: Python Modules',
+        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.5',
+        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6'
+    ],
+)