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+.. image:: http://img.shields.io/pypi/v/six.svg
+   :target: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/six
+
+.. image:: https://travis-ci.org/benjaminp/six.svg?branch=master
+    :target: https://travis-ci.org/benjaminp/six
+
+.. image:: http://img.shields.io/badge/license-MIT-green.svg
+   :target: https://github.com/benjaminp/six/blob/master/LICENSE
+
+Six is a Python 2 and 3 compatibility library.  It provides utility functions
+for smoothing over the differences between the Python versions with the goal of
+writing Python code that is compatible on both Python versions.  See the
+documentation for more information on what is provided.
+
+Six supports every Python version since 2.6.  It is contained in only one Python
+file, so it can be easily copied into your project. (The copyright and license
+notice must be retained.)
+
+Online documentation is at https://pythonhosted.org/six/.
+
+Bugs can be reported to https://github.com/benjaminp/six.  The code can also
+be found there.
+
+For questions about six or porting in general, email the python-porting mailing
+list: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-porting