diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
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+The MIT License (MIT)
+
+Copyright (c) 2017 Tom Sydney Kerckhove
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+SOFTWARE.
diff --git a/Setup.hs b/Setup.hs
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+import Distribution.Simple
+
+main = defaultMain
diff --git a/src/Data/Validity/Scientific.hs b/src/Data/Validity/Scientific.hs
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+{-# OPTIONS_GHC -fno-warn-orphans #-}
+
+module Data.Validity.Scientific where
+
+import Data.Validity
+
+import Data.Scientific
+
+-- | A 'Scientific' is valid according to the validity of its coefficient and exponent.
+instance Validity Scientific where
+    isValid s = isValid (coefficient s) && isValid (base10Exponent s)
diff --git a/validity-scientific.cabal b/validity-scientific.cabal
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+name: validity-scientific
+version: 0.0.0.0
+cabal-version: >=1.10
+build-type: Simple
+license: MIT
+license-file: LICENSE
+copyright: Copyright: (c) 2017 Tom Sydney Kerckhove
+maintainer: syd.kerckhove@gmail.com
+homepage: https://github.com/NorfairKing/validity#readme
+synopsis: Validity instances for scientific
+description:
+    Please see README.md
+category: Web
+author: Tom Sydney Kerckhove
+
+source-repository head
+    type: git
+    location: https://github.com/NorfairKing/validity
+
+library
+    exposed-modules:
+        Data.Validity.Scientific
+    build-depends:
+        base >= 4.7 && <5,
+        validity -any,
+        scientific -any
+    default-language: Haskell2010
+    hs-source-dirs: src
+