Permissions error during pip install on MacOS/Homebrew Python3
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Hi,
I ran into a permissions error during `pip3 install` as your `setup.py` seems to want to copy data files to `/usr/local` on my machine, i.e.
```
$ pip3 install base64io
DEPRECATION: Configuring installation scheme with distutils config files is deprecated and will no longer work in the near future. If you are using a Homebrew or Linuxbrew Python, please see discussion at https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/issues/76621
Collecting base64io
Using cached base64io-1.0.3-py2.py3-none-any.whl (17 kB)
Installing collected packages: base64io
ERROR: Could not install packages due to an OSError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/usr/local/CHANGELOG.rst'
Consider using the `--user` option or check the permissions.
```
As it happens, the installation does still succeed, despite the error message indicating otherwise.
I realise I can simply perform a `--user` install and work around this issue, but I don't think that should be necessary. I'm using Homebrew installed Python 3.9.5 on MacOS, both pip3 and python3 are in `/usr/local/bin`.
I think this can be solved by replacing
```
data_files=["README.rst", "CHANGELOG.rst", "LICENSE"],
```
with
```
include_package_data=True,
```
in `setup.py` as the files are already listed for inclusion in `MANIFEST.in`.
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