Basic project setup (#4)
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+Google Auth Python Library (Experimental)
+=========================================
+
+|build| |docs| |pypi|
+
+This library simplifies using Google's various server-to-server authentication
+mechanisms to access Google APIs.
+
+.. |build| image:: https://travis-ci.org/GoogleCloudPlatform/google-auth-library-python.svg?branch=master
+ :target: https://travis-ci.org/GoogleCloudPlatform//google-auth-library-python
+.. |docs| image:: https://readthedocs.org/projects/google-auth/badge/?version=latest
+ :target: https://google-auth.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
+.. |pypi| image:: https://img.shields.io/pypi/v//google-auth.svg
+ :target: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/google-auth
+
+Installing
+----------
+
+You can install directly from `GitHub`_::
+
+ $ pip install git+https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/google-auth-library-python.git
+
+This package is not currently available from PyPI because it is experimental.
+
+.. _GitHub: https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/google-auth-library-python
+
+Documentation
+-------------
+
+Google Auth Python Library has usage and reference documentation at `google-auth.readthedocs.io <https://google-auth.readthedocs.io>`_.
+
+Maintainers
+-----------
+
+- `@jonparrott <https://github.com/jonparrott>`_ (Jon Wayne Parrott)
+- `@dhermes <https://github.com/dhermes>`_ (Danny Hermes)
+- `@bjwatson <https://github.com/bjwatson>`_ (Brian Watson)
+
+Contributing
+------------
+
+Contributions to this library are always welcome and highly encouraged.
+
+See `CONTRIBUTING`_ for more information on how to get started.
+
+.. _CONTRIBUTING: https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/google-auth-library-python/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.rst
+
+License
+-------
+
+Apache 2.0 - See `LICENSE`_ for more information.
+
+.. _LICENSE: https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/google-auth-library-python/blob/master/LICENSE