diff --git a/distro/LICENSE b/distro/LICENSE
index 07f22ed..cdf50bd 100644
--- a/distro/LICENSE
+++ b/distro/LICENSE
@@ -1,8 +1,4 @@
gCube System - License
------------------------------------------------------------
-The gCube/gCore software is licensed as Free Open Source software conveying to
-the EUPL (http://ec.europa.eu/idabc/eupl).
-The software and documentation is provided by its authors/distributors "as is"
-and no expressed or implied warranty is given for its use, quality or fitness
-for a particular case.
\ No newline at end of file
+${gcube.license}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/distro/MAINTAINERS b/distro/MAINTAINERS
deleted file mode 100644
index 0072558..0000000
--- a/distro/MAINTAINERS
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-* Luca Frosini (luca.frosini@isti.cnr.it), ISTI -CNR, Italy
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/distro/README b/distro/README
index 5c9e50d..10b4e15 100644
--- a/distro/README
+++ b/distro/README
@@ -1,33 +1,65 @@
-The gCube System - ${name}
-----------------------
-This work has been partially supported by the following European projects:
-DILIGENT (FP6-2003-IST-2), D4Science (FP7-INFRA-2007-1.2.2),
-D4Science-II (FP7-INFRA-2008-1.2.2), iMarine (FP7-INFRASTRUCTURES-2011-2),
-EUBrazilOpenBio (FP7-ICT-2011-EU-Brazil), Parthenos (H2020-INFRADEV-1-2014-1),
-BlueBridge (H2020-EINFRA-2015-1).
-
-
-Authors
--------
-* Luca Frosini (luca.frosini@isti.cnr.it), ISTI -CNR, Italy
-
-Version and Release Date
-------------------------
-${version}
-
-
-Description
------------
+The gCube System - ${name}
+--------------------------------------------------
+
${description}
+
+
+${gcube.description}
+
+${gcube.funding}
+
+
+Version
+--------------------------------------------------
+
+${version} (${buildDate})
+
+Please see the file named "changelog.xml" in this directory for the release notes.
+
+
+Authors
+--------------------------------------------------
+
+* Luca Frosini (luca.frosini-AT-isti.cnr.it), Istituto di Scienza e Tecnologie dell'Informazione "A. Faedo" - CNR, Pisa (Italy).
-
+Maintainers
+-----------
+
+* Luca Frosini (luca.frosini-AT-isti.cnr.it), Istituto di Scienza e Tecnologie dell'Informazione "A. Faedo" - CNR, Pisa (Italy).
+
+
Download information
---------------------
-Source code is available from SVN:
-${scm.url}
-
-
+--------------------------------------------------
+
+Source code is available from SVN:
+ ${scm.url}
+
+Binaries can be downloaded from the gCube website:
+ ${gcube.website}
+
+
+Installation
+--------------------------------------------------
+
+Installation documentation is available on-line in the gCube Wiki:
+ ${gcube.wikiRoot}/
+
+
+Documentation
+--------------------------------------------------
+
+Documentation is available on-line in the gCube Wiki:
+ ${gcube.wikiRoot}/
+
+
+Support
+--------------------------------------------------
+
+Bugs and support requests can be reported in the gCube issue tracking tool:
+ ${gcube.issueTracking}
+
+
Licensing
----------
-This software is licensed under the terms you may find in the file named
-"LICENSE" in this directory.
+--------------------------------------------------
+
+This software is licensed under the terms you may find in the file named "LICENSE" in this directory.
diff --git a/distro/changelog.xml b/distro/changelog.xml
index 77aa381..f7e11be 100644
--- a/distro/changelog.xml
+++ b/distro/changelog.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-
+ First Release
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/distro/standalone.xml b/distro/standalone.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 6d78709..0000000
--- a/distro/standalone.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,55 +0,0 @@
-
- distro
-
- tar.gz
-
- ${artifact.artifactId}-${project.version}
-
-
- scripts
- ${distroDirectory}/contents/scripts
- true
-
- download
- clean-app-state
- clean-container-state
- load-env
-
- 755
- true
-
-
- ${distroDirectory}/contents
- /
- true
-
- install
- logback.xml
-
- 755
- true
-
-
- target/libs
- libs
- true
- 755
-
-
- target/war
- apps
- true
- 755
-
-
-
-
-
- container.xml
- true
-
-
-
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/distro/svnpath.txt b/distro/svnpath.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index f416f9d..0000000
--- a/distro/svnpath.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-${scm.url}