diff --git a/AUTHORS.txt b/AUTHORS.txt
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+James Hensman
+Nicolo Fusi
+Ricardo Andrade
+Nicolas Durrande
+Alan Saul
+Neil D. Lawrence
diff --git a/LICENSE.txt b/LICENSE.txt
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+Copyright (c) 2012, the GPy authors
+All rights reserved.
+
+Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
+    * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+      notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+    * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
+      notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
+      documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
+    * Neither the name of the <organization> nor the
+      names of its contributors may be used to endorse or promote products
+      derived from this software without specific prior written permission.
+
+THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" AND
+ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED
+WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE
+DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL <COPYRIGHT HOLDER> BE LIABLE FOR ANY
+DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES
+(INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES;
+LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND
+ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
+(INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS
+SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+++ b/README.md
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 GPy
+
 ===
 
 Gaussian processes framework in python 
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diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+import os
+from numpy.distutils.core import Extension, setup
+from sphinx.setup_command import BuildDoc
+
+# Version number
+version = '0.1.3'
+
+def read(fname):
+    return open(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), fname)).read()
+
+setup(name = 'GPy',
+      version = version,
+      author = 'James Hensman, Nicolo Fusi, Ricardo Andrade, Nicolas Durrande, Alan Saul, Neil D. Lawrence',
+      author_email = "james.hensman@gmail.com",
+      description = ("The Gaussian Process Toolbox"),
+      license = "BSD 3-clause",
+      keywords = "machine-learning gaussian-processes kernels",
+      url = "http://ml.sheffield.ac.uk/GPy/",
+      packages = ['GPy', 'GPy.core', 'GPy.kern', 'GPy.util', 'GPy.models', 'GPy.inference', 'GPy.examples'],
+      package_dir={'GPy': 'GPy'},
+      package_data = {'GPy': ['GPy/examples']},
+      py_modules = ['GPy.__init__'],
+      long_description=read('README'),
+      ext_modules =  [Extension(name = 'GPy.kern.lfmUpsilonf2py',
+                sources = ['GPy/kern/src/lfmUpsilonf2py.f90'])],
+      install_requires=['numpy>=1.6', 'scipy>=0.9','matplotlib>=1.1'],
+      setup_requires=['sphinx'],
+      cmdclass = {'build_sphinx': BuildDoc},
+      classifiers=[
+      "Development Status :: 1 - Alpha",
+      "Topic :: Machine Learning",
+      "License :: OSI Approved :: BSD License"],
+      )