Merge pull request #474 from yassersouri/patch-1

open `readme.md` with codecs.open

Author: lukebakken

setup.py

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
     with codecs.open('README.rst', 'w', 'utf-8') as f:
         f.write(long_description)
 except(IOError, ImportError):
-    with open('README.md') as f:
+    with codecs.open('README.md', 'r', 'utf-8') as f:
         long_description = f.read()
 
 setup(