From 8e794fb01671c02eae2ba1dee21d12a6357e0995 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alan Palazzolo Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2013 11:32:03 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] Updating README a bit and adding license. --- LICENSE.txt | 9 +++++++++ README.md | 10 +++++++--- 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) create mode 100644 LICENSE.txt diff --git a/LICENSE.txt b/LICENSE.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..85ce612 --- /dev/null +++ b/LICENSE.txt @@ -0,0 +1,9 @@ +Unless otherwise noted, this software is provided under the following MIT License (text provided by http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT) + +Copyright (c) MinnPost + +Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: + +The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software. + +THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 9852979..fb7e745 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,4 +1,8 @@ -legislature-tracker -=================== +# Legislature Tracker -An application to keep track of what is going on in a state (MN) legislature. \ No newline at end of file +An application to keep track of what is going on in a state legislature. Using editorial expertise and the Sunlight Lab's Open States API, this application aims to create a curated view of what is going on in a state's legislature. + +## Data + +* [Open States](http://openstates.org/) +* [Editorial curation data with Google Docs](https://docs.google.com/) \ No newline at end of file