diff --git a/distro/INSTALL b/distro/INSTALL
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diff --git a/distro/LICENSE b/distro/LICENSE
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+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.
+
diff --git a/distro/MAINTAINERS b/distro/MAINTAINERS
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+Maintainers
+---------------------------------------
+
+* Francesco Mangiacrapa (francesco.mangiacrapa@isti.cnr.it), CNR Pisa,
+Istituto di Scienza e Tecnologie dell'Informazione "A. Faedo". 
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diff --git a/distro/README b/distro/README
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+The gCube System - GisViewer 
+------------------------------------------------------------
+
+This work is partially funded by the European Commission in the
+context of the D4Science project (www.d4science.eu), under the 1st call of FP7 IST priority.
+
+Authors
+-------
+
+* Francesco Mangiacrapa (francesco.mangiacrapa@isti.cnr.it),  CNR Pisa, 
+Istituto di Scienza e Tecnologie dell'Informazione "A. Faedo". 
+
+
+Version
+------------------------
+
+v. 1.0.0
+
+Description
+-----------
+A library with several utility classes to work with geo-spatial data: WmsUrlValidator, GeoGetStyles, etc.
+
+Download information
+--------------------
+Source code is available from SVN:
+http://svn.d4science-ii.research-infrastructures.eu/gcube/trunk/spatial-data/geo-utility
+
+Binaries can be downloaded from:
+http://www.gcube-system.org/index.php
+
+Documentation 
+-------------
+Documentation is available on-line from the Projects Documentation Wiki:
+
+https://gcube.wiki.gcube-system.org/gcube/About_gCube
+
+Licensing
+---------
+
+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
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+++ b/distro/changelog.xml
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+<ReleaseNotes>
+	<Changeset component="org.gcube.portlets-user.GISViewer.1-1-0"
+		date="2011-02-02">
+		<Change>First Release</Change>
+	</Changeset>
+</ReleaseNotes>
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diff --git a/distro/descriptor.xml b/distro/descriptor.xml
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+++ b/distro/descriptor.xml
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+<assembly
+	xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-assembly-plugin/assembly/1.1.0"
+	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+	xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-assembly-plugin/assembly/1.1.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/assembly-1.1.0.xsd">
+	<id>servicearchive</id>
+	<formats>
+		<format>tar.gz</format>
+	</formats>
+	<baseDirectory>/</baseDirectory>
+	<fileSets>
+		<fileSet>
+			<directory>${distroDirectory}</directory>
+			<outputDirectory>/</outputDirectory>
+			<useDefaultExcludes>true</useDefaultExcludes>
+			<includes>
+				<include>README</include>
+				<include>LICENSE</include>
+				<include>INSTALL</include>
+				<include>MAINTAINERS</include>
+				<include>changelog.xml</include>
+			</includes>
+			<fileMode>755</fileMode>
+			<filtered>true</filtered>
+		</fileSet>
+		<fileSet>
+			<directory>target/apidocs</directory>
+			<outputDirectory>/${artifactId}/doc/api</outputDirectory>
+			<useDefaultExcludes>true</useDefaultExcludes>
+			<fileMode>755</fileMode>
+		</fileSet>
+	</fileSets>
+	<files>
+		<file>
+			<source>${distroDirectory}/profile.xml</source>
+			<outputDirectory>./</outputDirectory>
+			<filtered>true</filtered>
+		</file>
+		<file>
+			<source>target/${build.finalName}.jar</source>
+			<outputDirectory>/${artifactId}</outputDirectory>
+		</file>
+		<file>
+			<source>${distroDirectory}/svnpath.txt</source>
+			<outputDirectory>/${artifactId}</outputDirectory>
+			<filtered>true</filtered>
+		</file>
+	</files>
+</assembly>
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diff --git a/distro/profile.xml b/distro/profile.xml
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+++ b/distro/profile.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<Resource xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
+	<ID></ID>
+	<Type>Library</Type>
+	<Profile>
+		<Description>{description}</Description>
+		<Class>SpatialData</Class>
+		<Name>${artifactId}</Name>
+		<Version>1.0.0</Version>
+		<Packages>
+			<Software>
+				<Name>${artifactId}</Name>
+				<Version>${version}</Version>
+				<MavenCoordinates>
+					<groupId>${groupId}</groupId>
+					<artifactId>${artifactId}</artifactId>
+					<version>${version}</version>
+				</MavenCoordinates>
+				<Files>
+					<File>${build.finalName}.jar</File>
+				</Files>
+			</Software>
+		</Packages>
+	</Profile>
+</Resource>
diff --git a/distro/svnpath.txt b/distro/svnpath.txt
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+++ b/distro/svnpath.txt
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+${scm.url} 
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diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
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--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 	<artifactId>geo-utility</artifactId>
 	<packaging>jar</packaging>
 	<version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-	<name>A library with several utility class to work with geo-spatial data: WmsUrlValidator, GeoGetStyles, etc..</name>
+	<name>A library with several utility classes to work with geo-spatial data: WmsUrlValidator, GeoGetStyles, etc..</name>
 
 	<properties>
 		<distroDirectory>distro</distroDirectory>