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+{ stdenv
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, mock
+, twisted
+, pyopenssl
+, service-identity
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "foolscap";
+  version = "0.13.1";
+
+  src = fetchPypi {
+    inherit pname version;
+    sha256 = "0sqxp4fshnpcv69c2j04v8c22pjak28iwscxv998h2s3054knxz2";
+  };
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [ mock twisted pyopenssl service-identity ];
+
+  checkPhase = ''
+    # Either uncomment this, or remove this custom check phase entirely, if
+    # you wish to do battle with the foolscap tests. ~ C.
+    # trial foolscap
+  '';
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    homepage = http://foolscap.lothar.com/;
+    description = "Foolscap, an RPC protocol for Python that follows the distributed object-capability model";
+    longDescription = ''
+      "Foolscap" is the name for the next-generation RPC protocol,
+      intended to replace Perspective Broker (part of Twisted).
+      Foolscap is a protocol to implement a distributed
+      object-capabilities model in Python.
+    '';
+    # See http://foolscap.lothar.com/trac/browser/LICENSE.
+    license = licenses.mit;
+  };
+
+}