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+from distutils.core import setup
+
+from pycrc import progname, version, url
+
+setup(name = 'pycrc',
+        version = version,
+        description = 'Free, easy to use Cyclic Redundancy Check source code generator for C/C++',
+        author = 'Thomas Pircher',
+        author_email = 'tehpeh-web@tty1.net',
+        url = url,
+        packages = ['pycrc'],
+        )