diff --git a/LICENSE.txt b/LICENSE.txt
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+++ b/LICENSE.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+polipoly is licensed under a BSD-style license
+----------------------------------------------
+
+Copyright (c) 2007, Sunlight Labs
+
+All rights reserved.
+
+Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification,
+are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
+
+    * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, 
+      this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+    * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, 
+      this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation 
+      and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
+    * Neither the name of Sunlight Labs 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
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+CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL,
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+NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS
+SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
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+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+include *.txt
+recursive-include examples *.txt *.py
diff --git a/README.txt b/README.txt
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+++ b/README.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+polipoly - Python library for dealing with political boundaries.  Enables 
+    programatic conversion of latitudes/longitudes to political districts.
+
+http://polipoly.googlecode.com/
+
+polipoly is a project of Sunlight Labs (C) 2007 see LICENSE.txt for details
+
+Files Included
+==============
+polipoly.py - The polipoly library
+examples/address_to_district.py - Implementation of a webservice for an address
+     to district webservice. This is based on the code that runs
+     http://api.sunlightlabs.com/places.getDistrictFromAddress
+examples/csvtest.py - Example of batch processing addresses from a csv file.
+
+
+Requirements
+============
+
+python >= 2.4
+pyShapeLib 0.3 (see http://code.google.com/p/polipoly/wiki/ShapeLib)
+
+
+Installation
+============
+To install run
+
+    python setup.py install
+
+which will install the bindings into python's site-packages directory.
+
+Documentation
+=============
+For documentation view the source itself and the examples included in the 
+examples/ subdirectory.
+
diff --git a/polipoly.py b/polipoly.py
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--- a/polipoly.py
+++ b/polipoly.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-"""Python library for dealing with political boundaries
+"""Python library for working with political boundaries
 
 Political boundaries are defined by one or more polygons and obtained
 from census.gov shapefiles.  Census boundary shapefiles are available at 
@@ -8,6 +8,11 @@ At the moment this library has only been used with State and Congressional
 District boundaries.
 """
 
+__author__ = "James Turk (james.p.turk@gmail.com)"
+__version__ = "0.1.0"
+__copyright__ = "Copyright (c) 2007 Sunlight Labs"
+__license__ = "BSD"
+
 import urllib
 from shapelib import ShapeFile
 from dbflib import DBFFile
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
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+++ b/setup.py
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+from distutils.core import setup
+from polipoly import __version__,__license__
+
+# don't worry about classifiers hack for Python 2.2, polipoly requires >= 2.4
+
+setup(name="polipoly",
+      version=__version__,
+      py_modules=["polipoly"],
+      description="Library for working with political boundary polygons.",
+      author="James Turk",
+      author_email = "james.p.turk@gmail.com",
+      license=__license__,
+      url="http://code.google.com/p/polipoly/",
+      long_description="""polipoly is a library for working with political boundary polygons such as those obtained from census shapefiles.""",
+      platforms=["any"],
+      classifiers=["Development Status :: 3 - Alpha",
+                   "Intended Audience :: Developers",
+                   "License :: OSI Approved :: BSD License",
+                   "Natural Language :: English",
+                   "Operating System :: OS Independent",
+                   "Programming Language :: Python",
+                   "Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: GIS",
+                   "Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries :: Python Modules",
+                   ]
+      )
+