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-This is the client API library for Neutron.
+Python bindings to the Neutron API
+==================================
+
+This is a client library for Neutron built on the Neutron API. It
+provides a Python API (the ``neutronclient`` module) and a command-line tool
+(``neutron``).
+
+Development takes place via the usual OpenStack processes as outlined in the
+`developer guide <http://docs.openstack.org/infra/manual/developers.html>`_.
+
+* License: Apache License, Version 2.0
+* Documentation: http://docs.openstack.org/developer/python-neutronclient
+* Source: http://git.openstack.org/cgit/openstack/python-neutronclient
+* Bugs: http://bugs.launchpad.net/python-neutronclient