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+# Hacking on HTTPretty
+
+## creating a virtual env
+
+you will need [virtualenvwrapper](http://www.doughellmann.com/projects/virtualenvwrapper/)
+
+
+```console
+mkvirtualenv --distribute --no-site-packages HTTPretty
+```
+
+## installing the dependencies
+
+```console
+pip install -r requirements.pip
+```
+
+## next steps
+
+1. run the tests with make:
+```bash
+make unit functional
+```
+2. hack at will
+3. commit, push etc
+4. send a pull request
+
+# License
+
+    <HTTPretty - HTTP client mock for Python>
+    Copyright (C) <2011-2013>  Gabriel Falcão <gabriel@nacaolivre.org>
+
+    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.
+
+
+# Main contributors
+
+There folks made remarkable contributions to HTTPretty:
+
+* Steve Pulec ~> @spulec
+* Hugh Saunders ~> @hughsaunders
+* Matt Luongo ~> @mhluongo
+* James Rowe ~> @JNRowe