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+Protocol Buffers - Google's data interchange format
+Copyright 2008 Google Inc.
+
+This directory contains the Python Protocol Buffers runtime library.
+
+Installation
+============
+
+1) Make sure you have Python 2.4 or newer.  If in doubt, run:
+
+     $ python -V
+
+2) If you do not have setuptools installed, note that it will be
+   downloaded and installed automatically as soon as you run setup.py.
+   If you would rather install it manually, you may do so by following
+   the instructions on this page:
+
+     http://peak.telecommunity.com/DevCenter/EasyInstall#installation-instructions
+
+3) Build the C++ code, or install a binary distribution of protoc.  If
+   you install a binary distribution, make sure that it is the same
+   version as this package.  If in doubt, run:
+
+     $ protoc --version
+
+4) Run the tests:
+
+     $ python setup.py test
+
+   If some tests fail, this library may not work correctly on your
+   system.  Continue at your own risk.
+
+   Please note that there is a known problem with some versions of
+   Python on Cygwin which causes the tests to fail after printing the
+   error:  "sem_init: Resource temporarily unavailable".  This appears
+   to be a bug either in Cygwin or in Python:
+     http://www.cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2005-07/msg01378.html
+   We do not know if or when it might me fixed.  We also do not know
+   how likely it is that this bug will affect users in practice.
+
+5) Install:
+
+     $ python setup.py install
+
+   This step may require superuser privileges.
+
+Usage
+=====
+
+The complete documentation for Protocol Buffers is available via the
+web at:
+
+  http://code.google.com/apis/protocolbuffers/