diff --git a/.project b/.project
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<projectDescription>
+	<name>smartgears-distribution-bundle</name>
+	<comment></comment>
+	<projects>
+	</projects>
+	<buildSpec>
+		<buildCommand>
+			<name>org.eclipse.m2e.core.maven2Builder</name>
+			<arguments>
+			</arguments>
+		</buildCommand>
+	</buildSpec>
+	<natures>
+		<nature>org.eclipse.m2e.core.maven2Nature</nature>
+	</natures>
+</projectDescription>
diff --git a/.settings/org.eclipse.core.resources.prefs b/.settings/org.eclipse.core.resources.prefs
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+eclipse.preferences.version=1
+encoding/<project>=UTF-8
diff --git a/.settings/org.eclipse.m2e.core.prefs b/.settings/org.eclipse.m2e.core.prefs
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+activeProfiles=
+eclipse.preferences.version=1
+resolveWorkspaceProjects=true
+version=1
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
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+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+	xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+	
+	<parent>
+		<groupId>org.gcube.tools</groupId>
+		<artifactId>maven-parent</artifactId>
+		<version>1.0.0</version>
+	</parent>
+	
+	<groupId>org.gcube.distribution</groupId>
+	<artifactId>smartgears-distribution-bundle</artifactId>
+	<packaging>pom</packaging>
+	<name>A distribution bundle for the SmartGears Framework</name>
+	<description>A distribution bundle for the SmartGears Framework containing Tomcat and ReadMe files to quickly installing smartgear</description>
+	
+	<properties>
+		<distroDirectory>distro</distroDirectory>
+	</properties>
+	
+	<scm>
+		<connection>scm:svn:http://svn.d4science.research-infrastructures.eu/gcube/trunk/distributions/${project.artifactId}</connection>
+		<developerConnection>scm:svn:https://svn.d4science.research-infrastructures.eu/gcube/trunk/distributions/${project.artifactId}</developerConnection>
+		<url>http://svn.d4science.research-infrastructures.eu/gcube/trunk/distributions/${project.artifactId}</url>
+	</scm>
+	
+	<dependencyManagement>
+		<dependencies>
+			<dependency>
+				<groupId>org.gcube.distribution</groupId>
+				<artifactId>maven-smartgears-bom</artifactId>
+				<version>LATEST</version>
+				<type>pom</type>
+				<scope>import</scope>
+			</dependency>
+		</dependencies>
+	</dependencyManagement>
+	
+	<dependencies>
+		<dependency>
+		  <groupId>org.gcube.distribution</groupId>
+		  <artifactId>smartgears-distribution</artifactId>
+		  <version>LATEST</version>
+		  <type>tar.gz</type>
+		</dependency>
+		
+	</dependencies>
+
+	<build>
+		<plugins>
+			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+				<artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
+				<version>2.5.1</version>
+				<executions>
+					<execution>
+						<id>copy-smartgears-distribution</id>
+						<phase>package</phase>
+						<goals>
+							<goal>unpack-dependencies</goal>
+						</goals>
+						<configuration>
+							<outputDirectory>${basedir}/bundle</outputDirectory>
+							<excludeTypes>war</excludeTypes>
+						</configuration>
+					</execution>
+				</executions>
+			</plugin>
+		</plugins>
+	</build>
+</project>
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