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+# Django REST framework
+
+**A toolkit for building well-connected, self-describing web APIs.**
+
+**Author:** Tom Christie. [Follow me on Twitter][twitter]
+
+# Overview
+
+This branch is the redesign of Django REST framework. It is a work in progress.
+
+For more information, check out [the documentation][docs], in particular, the tutorial is recommended as the best place to get an overview of the redesign.
+
+# Requirements
+
+* Python (2.6, 2.7)
+* Django (1.3, 1.4, 1.5)
+* [URLObject] (>=2.0.0)
+
+**Optional:**
+
+* [Markdown] - Markdown support for the self describing API.
+* [PyYAML] - YAML content type support.
+
+# Installation
+
+**Leaving these instructions in for the moment, they'll be valid once this becomes the master version**
+
+Install using `pip`...
+
+ pip install djangorestframework
+
+...or clone the project from github.
+
+ git clone git@github.com:tomchristie/django-rest-framework.git
+ pip install -r requirements.txt
+
+# Quickstart
+
+**TODO**
+
+# Changelog
+
+## 2.0.0
+
+Redesign of core components.
+
+# License
+
+Copyright (c) 2011, Tom Christie
+All rights reserved.
+
+Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
+
+Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this
+list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, this
+list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or
+other materials provided with the distribution.
+
+THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" AND
+ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED
+WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE
+DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
+FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
+DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR
+SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER
+CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY,
+OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
+OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+
+
+[twitter]: https://twitter.com/_tomchristie
+[docs]: docs/index.md
+[urlobject]: https://github.com/zacharyvoase/urlobject
+[markdown]: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/Markdown/
+[pyyaml]: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/PyYAML
+