diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
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+global-exclude *.pyc *.pyo
+recursive-include docs *.txt *.rst *.md
+recursive-include module_build_service
+include conf config.py *.conf *.cfg
+include LICENSE
+include README.rst