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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+#
+# This file is part of python-gnupg, a Python interface to GnuPG.
+# Copyright © 2013 Isis Lovecruft
+#           © 2008-2012 Vinay Sajip
+#           © 2005 Steve Traugott
+#           © 2004 A.M. Kuchling
+#
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published
+# by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+"""test/__init__.py
+-------------------
+Initialisation file for gnupg._test unittesting package.
+"""