diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..756da211b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+Have contributed to Spot:
+
+Alexandre Duret-Lutz
+Rachid Rebiha
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index fb7bab3c8..0e631764b 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 2003-11-21  Alexandre Duret-Lutz  <adl@src.lip6.fr>
 
+	* AUTHORS: New file.
+	* configure.ac (AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE): Remove `foreign' option.
+
 	* COPYING: New file.
 	* Makefile.am, configure.ac, doc/Makefile.am, iface/Makefile.am,
 	iface/gspn/Makefile.am, iface/gspn/common.cc,
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 38595f5fb..a521ed7eb 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 AC_PREREQ([2.57])
 AC_INIT([spot], [0.0k])
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([tools])
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([foreign nostdinc check-news 1.7.3])
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([nostdinc check-news 1.7.3])
 
 adl_ENABLE_DEVEL
 adl_CHECK_PYTHON
diff --git a/tools/.cvsignore b/tools/.cvsignore
index 23a686078..af3203f4e 100644
--- a/tools/.cvsignore
+++ b/tools/.cvsignore
@@ -6,3 +6,4 @@ py-compile
 config.guess
 config.sub
 ltmain.sh
+compile