dead code removal
style -- make closure look privater
update requirements.txt
update README
add CONTRIBUTING.rst stub
move README around
disclaimers
fix footnote
again
once more, with feeling

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYmn4E-kPSo
code style
make id configurable/writable after update
more virtualenv fixes for debian

This is some insanity.

More info here:
  http://mail.python.org/pipermail/distutils-sig/2011-March/017611.html
Merge remote-tracking branch 'upstream/develop' into develop