diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
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+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+New BSD License   :  BSD-3-Clause
+
+Copyright (c) 2025-15-04, The scikit-multimodallearn developers.
+All rights reserved.
+
+Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
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+
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+  b. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
+     notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
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+  c. Neither the name of the IntertwiningWavelet developers nor the names of
+     its 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 REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR
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diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index d1452c324f2a7893d2f8e4e1b62355b34d24600c..7dc945f06add54da20ceb7dbeb30f1cbbe8d6b79 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools>=42", "wheel", "numpy"]
+requires = ["setuptools >= 77.0.3", "wheel", "numpy"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]