diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
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diff --git a/COPYING b/COPYING
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+For copying information, please refer to the LICENSE file.
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
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diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
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+## Copyright (c) 2013 Tiancheng "Timothy" Gu
+## Modifications copyright (c) 2016 Mike Brady
+## Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+## you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+## You may obtain a copy of the License at
+## 
+##     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+## 
+## Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+## distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+## WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+## See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+## limitations under the License.
+
+ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I m4
+
+AM_CXXFLAGS = -I$(top_srcdir)/codec -g -O3 -c
+
+if EXAMPLE
+EXAMPLE_DIR = convert-utility
+endif
+
+SUBDIRS = codec $(EXAMPLE_DIR)
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
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diff --git a/README b/README
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diff --git a/codec/Makefile.am b/codec/Makefile.am
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+## Copyright (c) 2013 Tiancheng "Timothy" Gu
+## Modifications copyright (c) 2016 Mike Brady
+## Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+## you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+## You may obtain a copy of the License at
+## 
+##     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+## 
+## Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+## distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+## WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+## See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+## limitations under the License.
+
+lib_LTLIBRARIES = libalac.la
+
+libalac_la_CPPFLAGS = -Wno-multichar
+libalac_la_LDFLAGS = -version-info @ALAC_VERSION@
+
+libalac_la_SOURCES = \
+    EndianPortable.c \
+    ALACBitUtilities.c \
+    ALACDecoder.cpp \
+    ALACEncoder.cpp \
+    ag_dec.c \
+    ag_enc.c \
+    dp_dec.c \
+    dp_enc.c \
+    matrix_dec.c \
+    matrix_enc.c
+
+pkgconfigdir = $(libdir)/pkgconfig
+pkgconfig_DATA = alac.pc
+
+# Install to include/alac
+alacincludedir = $(includedir)/alac
+
+# Install everything
+alacinclude_HEADERS = *.h
diff --git a/codec/makefile b/codec/makefile.original
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rename from codec/makefile
rename to codec/makefile.original
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
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+dnl                                               -*- Autoconf -*-
+dnl Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
+
+dnl Copyright (c) 2013 Tiancheng "Timothy" Gu
+dnl Modifications copyright (c) 2016 Mike Brady
+dnl Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+dnl you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+dnl You may obtain a copy of the License at
+dnl 
+dnl     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+dnl 
+dnl Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+dnl distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+dnl WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+dnl See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+dnl limitations under the License.
+
+AC_PREREQ([2.68])
+AC_INIT([alac], [0.0.6], [mikebrady@eircom.net])
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE
+AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([codec/dp_enc.c])
+AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([config.h])
+
+dnl AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR(.)
+AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])
+dnl AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([tar-ustar foreign])
+dnl m4_ifdef([AM_SILENT_RULES], [AM_SILENT_RULES([yes])])
+dnl AM_MAINTAINER_MODE
+
+dnl Various options for configure
+AC_ARG_ENABLE([example],
+            [AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-example],
+                [enable example encoding program (default is no)])],
+            [example=$enableval], [example=no])
+
+dnl Automake conditionals to set
+AM_CONDITIONAL(EXAMPLE, test x$example = xyes)
+
+dnl Checks for programs.
+AC_PROG_CC
+AC_PROG_CXX
+
+dnl Checks for header files.
+AC_CHECK_HEADERS([stdint.h stdlib.h string.h])
+
+dnl Checks for typedefs, structures, and compiler characteristics.
+AC_CHECK_HEADER_STDBOOL
+AC_C_INLINE
+AC_TYPE_INT16_T
+AC_TYPE_INT32_T
+AC_TYPE_INT64_T
+AC_TYPE_INT8_T
+AC_TYPE_SIZE_T
+AC_TYPE_UINT16_T
+AC_TYPE_UINT32_T
+AC_TYPE_UINT64_T
+AC_TYPE_UINT8_T
+
+# Checks for library functions.
+AC_CHECK_FUNCS([memset strrchr])
+
+dnl Setup for libtool
+LT_INIT
+
+dnl soname version to use
+dnl goes by ‘current[:revision[:age]]’ with the soname ending up as
+dnl current.age.revision.
+ALAC_VERSION=0
+
+AC_SUBST(ALAC_VERSION)
+
+AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile
+                 codec/Makefile
+                 convert-utility/Makefile
+                 codec/alac.pc])
+AC_OUTPUT
diff --git a/convert-utility/Makefile.am b/convert-utility/Makefile.am
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+## Copyright (c) 2013 Tiancheng "Timothy" Gu
+## Modifications copyright (c) 2016 Mike Brady
+## Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+## you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+## You may obtain a copy of the License at
+## 
+##     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+## 
+## Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+## distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+## WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+## See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+## limitations under the License.
+
+bin_PROGRAMS = alacconvert$(EXEEXT)
+
+alacconvert_CPPFLAGS = -Wno-multichar
+alacconvert_LDADD = ../codec/libalac.la
+alacconvert_SOURCES = \
+    main.cpp \
+    CAFFileALAC.cpp
+
+noinst_HEADERS = $(top_srcdir)/convert-utility/CAFFileALAC.h
diff --git a/convert-utility/makefile b/convert-utility/makefile.original
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rename from convert-utility/makefile
rename to convert-utility/makefile.original