diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
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+Copyright Author name here (c) 2017
+
+All rights reserved.
+
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+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.
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+      copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following
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+
+    * Neither the name of Author name here nor the names of other
+      contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+++ b/README.md
diff --git a/Setup.hs b/Setup.hs
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+import Distribution.Simple
+main = defaultMain
diff --git a/src/Text/Unidecode.hs b/src/Text/Unidecode.hs
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+{-# LANGUAGE TemplateHaskell #-}
+module Text.Unidecode where
+
+import           Data.Char        (ord)
+import           Foreign.C
+import           System.IO.Unsafe (unsafePerformIO)
+
+foreign import ccall unsafe "findString" cFindString :: CUInt -> IO  CString
+
+-- | A transliterator of last resort
+unidecode :: Char -> String
+unidecode x = unsafePerformIO $ cFindString (fromIntegral $ ord x) >>= peekCString
diff --git a/test/Spec.hs b/test/Spec.hs
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+main :: IO ()
+main = putStrLn "Test suite not yet implemented"
diff --git a/unidecode.cabal b/unidecode.cabal
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+name:                unidecode 
+version:             0.1.0.0
+synopsis:            Haskell translation of http://search.cpan.org/~sburke/Text-Unidecode-1.30/lib/Text/Unidecode.pm
+description:         Please see README.md
+homepage:            https://github.com/mwotton/unidecode#readme
+license:             BSD3
+license-file:        LICENSE
+author:              A
+maintainer:          mwotton@gmail.com
+copyright:           2017 Mark Wotton
+category:            Text
+build-type:          Simple
+extra-source-files:  README.md
+cabal-version:       >=1.10
+
+library
+  hs-source-dirs:      src
+  exposed-modules:     Text.Unidecode
+  build-depends:       base >= 4.7 && < 5
+  default-language:    Haskell2010
+
+test-suite unidecode-test
+  type:                exitcode-stdio-1.0
+  hs-source-dirs:      test
+  main-is:             Spec.hs
+  build-depends:       base
+                     , unidecode
+  ghc-options:         -threaded -rtsopts -with-rtsopts=-N
+  default-language:    Haskell2010
+
+source-repository head
+  type:     git
+  location: https://github.com/githubuser/unidecode