How to use the uritemplate.__version__ function in uritemplate

from uritemplate import __version__

packages = [
    'uritemplate'
]

with open("README.rst", encoding="utf-8") as file:
    readme = file.read()

with open("HISTORY.rst", encoding="utf-8") as file:
    history = file.read()

setup(
    name="uritemplate",
    version=__version__,
    description='URI templates',
    long_description="\n\n".join([readme, history]),
    long_description_content_type="text/x-rst",
    license="BSD 3-Clause License or Apache License, Version 2.0",
    author="Ian Stapleton Cordasco",
    author_email="graffatcolmingov@gmail.com",
    url="https://uritemplate.readthedocs.org",
    packages=packages,
    package_data={'': ['LICENSE', 'LICENSE.APACHE', 'LICENSE.BSD',
                       'AUTHORS.rst']},
    include_package_data=True,
    python_requires='>=2.7, !=3.0.*, !=3.1.*, !=3.2.*, !=3.3.*',
    classifiers=[
        'Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable',
        'License :: OSI Approved',
        'License :: OSI Approved :: BSD License',

#!/usr/bin/env python

from distutils.core import setup
import uritemplate

base_url = "http://github.com/uri-templates/uritemplate-py/"

setup(
  name = 'uritemplate',
  version = uritemplate.__version__,
  description = 'URI Templates',
  author = 'Joe Gregorio',
  author_email = 'joe@bitworking.org',
  url = base_url,
  download_url = \
    '%sarchive/uri-template-py-%s.tar.gz' % (base_url, uritemplate.__version__),
  packages = ['uritemplate'],
  provides = ['uritemplate'],
  long_description=open("README.rst").read(),
  license='Apache License, version 2.0',
  classifiers = [
    'Development Status :: 4 - Beta',
    'Intended Audience :: Developers',
    'License :: OSI Approved :: Apache Software License',
    'Programming Language :: Python',
    'Programming Language :: Python :: 2',

#!/usr/bin/env python

from distutils.core import setup
import uritemplate

base_url = "http://github.com/uri-templates/uritemplate-py/"

setup(
  name = 'uritemplate',
  version = uritemplate.__version__,
  description = 'URI Templates',
  author = 'Joe Gregorio',
  author_email = 'joe@bitworking.org',
  url = base_url,
  download_url = \
    '%sarchive/uri-template-py-%s.tar.gz' % (base_url, uritemplate.__version__),
  packages = ['uritemplate'],
  provides = ['uritemplate'],
  long_description=open("README.rst").read(),
  license='Apache License, version 2.0',
  classifiers = [
    'Development Status :: 4 - Beta',
    'Intended Audience :: Developers',
    'License :: OSI Approved :: Apache Software License',
    'Programming Language :: Python',
    'Programming Language :: Python :: 2',
    'Programming Language :: Python :: 2.5',
    'Programming Language :: Python :: 2.6',
    'Programming Language :: Python :: 2.7',
    'Programming Language :: Python :: 3',
    'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.3',
    'Programming Language :: Python :: 3.4',