diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
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+Copyright (c) 2015, Emil Axelsson
+
+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 Emil Axelsson 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/Prelude/EDSL.hs b/Prelude/EDSL.hs
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+-- | A subset of the "Prelude" motivated by deeply embedded domain-specific
+-- languages
+
+module Prelude.EDSL
+  ( Bool (..)
+  , Double
+  , Float
+  , Int
+  , IO
+  , Integer
+  , Maybe (..)
+  , String
+
+  , Bounded (..)
+  , Fractional (..)
+  , Functor (..)
+  , Monad (..)
+  , Num (..)
+  , Read (..)
+  , Show (..)
+
+  , (.)
+  , ($)
+  , asTypeOf
+  , const
+  , curry
+  , flip
+  , fst
+  , id
+  , otherwise
+  , print
+  , putStr
+  , putStrLn
+  , readFile
+  , snd
+  , subtract
+  , toInteger
+  , toRational
+  , uncurry
+  , undefined
+  , writeFile
+  ) where
+
diff --git a/Setup.hs b/Setup.hs
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+import Distribution.Simple
+main = defaultMain
diff --git a/prelude-edsl.cabal b/prelude-edsl.cabal
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+name:                prelude-edsl
+version:             0.1
+synopsis:            An EDSL-motivated subset of the Prelude
+description:         "Prelude.EDSL" exports a small subset of the "Prelude":
+                     some standard types and classes plus a small number of
+                     convenience functions.
+                     .
+                     The motivation for this module is that it is common for
+                     deeply embedded domain-specific languages (EDSLs) to
+                     redefine identifiers from the "Prelude", so EDSL users must
+                     hide the "Prelude" in their programs. However, there are
+                     certain useful things from the "Prelude" that are usually
+                     not redefined -- function composition being one example --
+                     so it becomes quite awkward to have to hide everything from
+                     the "Prelude".
+                     .
+                     The reason for exporting e.g the @Num@ class but not @Ord@
+                     is that it is possible to give an instance for deep
+                     embeddings of the former but not the latter. For example,
+                     assuming @Exp@ is the type of a deep embedding, we can have
+                     .
+                     > (+) :: Exp -> Exp -> Exp
+                     .
+                     but not
+                     .
+                     > (<) :: Exp -> Exp -> Exp
+                     .
+                     (because @(<)@ has a @Bool@ result, regardless of the type
+                     of the arguments).
+license:             BSD3
+license-file:        LICENSE
+author:              Emil Axelsson
+maintainer:          emax@chalmers.se
+copyright:           Copyright (c) 2015, Emil Axelsson
+homepage:            https://github.com/emilaxelsson/prelude-edsl
+bug-reports:         https://github.com/emilaxelsson/operational-alacarte/issues
+category:            Language
+build-type:          Simple
+cabal-version:       >=1.10
+
+source-repository head
+  type:     git
+  location: git@github.com:emilaxelsson/prelude-edsl.git
+
+library
+  exposed-modules:   Prelude.EDSL
+  build-depends:     base >=4.8 && <4.9
+  default-language:  Haskell2010
+