diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
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+Copyright (c) 2015, Ian Milligan
+
+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 Ian Milligan nor the names of other
+      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 THE COPYRIGHT
+OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS 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/Setup.hs b/Setup.hs
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+import Distribution.Simple
+main = defaultMain
diff --git a/pipes-cereal.cabal b/pipes-cereal.cabal
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+-- Initial pipes-cereal.cabal generated by cabal init.  For further 
+-- documentation, see http://haskell.org/cabal/users-guide/
+
+name:                pipes-cereal
+version:             0.1.0
+synopsis:            Encode and decode binary streams using the pipes and cereal libraries.
+-- description:         
+license:             BSD3
+license-file:        LICENSE
+author:              Ian Milligan
+maintainer:          ianmllgn@gmail.com
+category:            Pipes
+build-type:          Simple
+-- extra-source-files:  
+cabal-version:       >=1.10
+
+source-repository head
+    Type: git
+    Location: https://github.com/ian-mi/pipes-cereal
+
+library
+  exposed-modules:     Pipes.Cereal
+  -- other-modules:       
+  other-extensions:    Rank2Types
+  build-depends:       base >=4.7 && <5
+                     , bytestring >= 0.10
+                     , cereal >=0.4 && <0.5
+                     , mtl >= 2 && < 3
+                     , pipes >=4 && <5
+                     , pipes-bytestring >=2 && <3
+                     , pipes-parse >= 3 && <4
+  hs-source-dirs:      src
+  default-language:    Haskell2010
diff --git a/src/Pipes/Cereal.hs b/src/Pipes/Cereal.hs
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+{-# LANGUAGE FlexibleContexts #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE Rank2Types #-}
+
+module Pipes.Cereal ( encode,
+                      encodePut,
+                      decode,
+                      decodeGet,
+                      Put,
+                      Get,
+                      Serialize ) where
+
+import Control.Monad.Error.Class
+import Data.Maybe
+import Data.Monoid
+import Data.Serialize hiding ( encode, decode )
+import Pipes
+import Pipes.ByteString
+import Pipes.Parse
+
+-- |Encode a value to a byte stream.
+encode :: (Serialize a, Monad m) => a -> Producer' ByteString m ()
+encode = encodePut . put
+
+-- |Encode an explicit 'Put'.
+encodePut :: Monad m => Put -> Producer' ByteString m ()
+encodePut = Pipes.ByteString.fromLazy . runPutLazy
+
+-- |Decode a value from a byte stream.
+decode :: (Serialize a, Monad m) => Parser ByteString m (Either String a)
+decode = decodeGet get
+
+-- |Decode a value using an explicit 'Get'.
+decodeGet :: Monad m => Get a -> Parser ByteString m (Either String a)
+decodeGet = go . runGetPartial
+  where go f = do next <- draw
+                  case f (fromMaybe mempty next) of
+                   Fail e bs -> unDraw bs >> return (Left e)
+                   Partial f' -> go f'
+                   Done a bs -> unDraw bs >> return (Right a)