diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
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+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Thomas G. Close, tom.g.close@gmail.com (Monash Biomedical Imaging, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia)
diff --git a/LICENCE b/LICENCE
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--- a/LICENCE
+++ b/LICENCE
@@ -1,21 +1,23 @@
-# The MIT License (MIT)
-#
-# Copyright (c) 2015 Thomas G. Close
-#
-# Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
-# 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
-# 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
-# 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
-# LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
-# OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
-# THE SOFTWARE.
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+"Diophantine" is licensed under the MIT Licence: 
+
+  The MIT License (MIT)
+  
+  Copyright (c) 2015 Thomas G. Close
+  
+  Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+  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
+  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
+  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
+  LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+  OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
+  THE SOFTWARE.
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diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
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+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+recursive-exclude * .gitignore
+recursive-exclude * .DS_Store
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
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+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+sympy
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
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+++ b/setup.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+from setuptools import setup, find_packages
+
+setup(
+    name="Diophantine",
+    version="0.1",
+    package_data={'diophantine': []},
+    packages=find_packages(),
+    author="Thomas G. Close",
+    # add your name here if you contribute to the code
+    author_email="tom.g.close@gmail.com",
+    description=(
+        "A python package for finding small solutions of systems of"
+        "diophantine equations"),
+    long_description=open("README").read(),
+    license="MIT License",
+    keywords="mathematics diophantine algebra integer",
+    url="http://github.com/tclose/Diophantine",
+    classifiers=['Development Status :: 4 - Beta',
+                 'Environment :: Console',
+                 'Intended Audience :: Science/Research',
+                 'License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License',
+                 'Natural Language :: English',
+                 'Operating System :: OS Independent',
+                 'Programming Language :: Python :: 2',
+                 'Topic :: Scientific/Engineering'],
+    install_requires=['sympy'],
+    tests_require=['nose']
+)