hotfix: setup error on Windows

* remove non-ascii characters from LICENSE
* refactor file reading in setup.py

HISTORY.rst

@@ -3,6 +3,23 @@
 Release History
 ---------------
 
+0.3.0a3 (2014-01-06)
+++++++++++++++++++++++
+
+- Fix setup.py error on some Windows installs
+
+0.3.0a1 (2014-01-05)
+++++++++++++++++++++++
+
+- Full object-oriented rewrite
+- Feature-parity with prior version
+- text: add paragraph, run, text, bold, italic
+- table: add table, add row, add column
+- styles: specify style for paragraph, table
+- picture: add inline picture, auto-scaling
+- breaks: add page break
+- tests: full pytest and behave-based 2-layer test suite
+
 0.3.0dev1 (2013-12-14)
 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 
@@ -10,4 +27,3 @@ Release History
 - Load default "template" .docx on open with no filename
 - Open from stream and save to stream (file-like object)
 - Add paragraph at and of document
-

LICENSE

 The MIT License (MIT)
-Copyright © 2013 Steve Canny, https://github.com/scanny
+Copyright (c) 2013 Steve Canny, https://github.com/scanny
 
 Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
-of this software and associated documentation files (the “Software”), to deal
+of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
 in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
 to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
 copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
 The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
 all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
 
-THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED “AS IS”, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
 IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
 FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
 AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER

docx/__init__.py

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 from docx.api import Document  # noqa
 
-__version__ = '0.3.0a1'
+__version__ = '0.3.0a3'
 
 
 # register custom Part classes with opc package reader

setup.py

@@ -5,13 +5,25 @@ import re
 
 from setuptools import find_packages, setup
 
+
+def text_of(relpath):
+    """
+    Return string containing the contents of the file at *relpath* relative to
+    this file.
+    """
+    thisdir = os.path.dirname(__file__)
+    file_path = os.path.join(thisdir, os.path.normpath(relpath))
+    with open(file_path) as f:
+        text = f.read()
+    text.decode('ascii')  # result discarded, just make sure no non-ascii chars
+    return text
+
 # Read the version from docx.__version__ without importing the package
 # (and thus attempting to import packages it depends on that may not be
 # installed yet)
-thisdir = os.path.dirname(__file__)
-init_py = os.path.join(thisdir, 'docx', '__init__.py')
-version = re.search("__version__ = '([^']+)'", open(init_py).read()).group(1)
-license = os.path.join(thisdir, 'LICENSE')
+version = re.search(
+    "__version__ = '([^']+)'", text_of('docx/__init__.py')
+).group(1)
 
 
 NAME = 'python-docx'
@@ -21,7 +33,7 @@ KEYWORDS = 'docx office openxml word'
 AUTHOR = 'Steve Canny'
 AUTHOR_EMAIL = 'python-docx@googlegroups.com'
 URL = 'https://github.com/python-openxml/python-docx'
-LICENSE = open(license).read()
+LICENSE = text_of('LICENSE')
 PACKAGES = find_packages(exclude=['tests', 'tests.*'])
 PACKAGE_DATA = {'docx': ['templates/*']}
 
@@ -46,9 +58,7 @@ CLASSIFIERS = [
     'Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries'
 ]
 
-readme = os.path.join(thisdir, 'README.rst')
-history = os.path.join(thisdir, 'HISTORY.rst')
-LONG_DESCRIPTION = open(readme).read() + '\n\n' + open(history).read()
+LONG_DESCRIPTION = text_of('README.rst') + '\n\n' + text_of('HISTORY.rst')
 
 
 params = {