diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 6dad5603c..b65857afb 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,6 +1,22 @@
-
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 
+# This file is part of MSMTools.
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2015, 2014 Computational Molecular Biology Group, Freie Universitaet Berlin (GER)
+#
+# MSMTools is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
 """EMMA: Emma's Markov Model Algorithms
 
 EMMA is an open source collection of algorithms implemented mostly in
@@ -253,14 +269,6 @@ def run(self):
     # only require numpy and extensions in case of building/installing
     metadata['ext_modules'] = lazy_cythonize(extensions)
 
-    # add argparse to runtime deps if python version is 2.6
-    if sys.version_info[:2] == (2, 6):
-        metadata['install_requires'] += ['argparse']
-
-    # include ipython notebooks. Will be installed directly in site-packages
-    #metadata['packages'] += ['pyemma-ipython']
-    #metadata['include_package_data'] = True
-
 try:
     setup(**metadata)
 except VersionConflict as ve:
diff --git a/setup_util.py b/setup_util.py
index 6c7b2143b..1bbe087fb 100644
--- a/setup_util.py
+++ b/setup_util.py
@@ -1,4 +1,21 @@
 
+# This file is part of MSMTools.
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2015, 2014 Computational Molecular Biology Group, Freie Universitaet Berlin (GER)
+#
+# MSMTools is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
 """
 utility functions for python setup
 """