adding licene and readme

LICENSE

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+Open-Source Software & Software Licenses
+In order to make the Senate's information and software as public as possible, it is has adopted unique system using two types of licenses  - GNU General Public License as well as the BSD License. This system is meant to ensure the most public licsence is used in each specific case such that:
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+(i) Any Software released containing components with preexisting GPL copyrights must be released pursuant to a GPL v3 copyright restriction.
+(ii) Any Software created independently by the Senate without any preexisting licensing restrictions on any of its components shall be released under dual licensing and take one of two forms: (a) a BSD license, or (b) a GPL v3 license.  The ultimate user of such Software shall choose which form of licensing makes the most sense for his or her project.  
+(iii) Regarding Software containing preexisting copyright restrictions other than GPL, the CIO shall make the determination how he or she wishes to release such Software. 
+
+GPL v3: http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
+BSD: http://www.opensource.org/licenses/bsd-license.php

README

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+
+New York State Senate Open Legislation
+IRC: #nyss_openlegislation on freenode
+
+This is the Java Web app project for the open-source legislative access system developed
+by the NY Senate CIO Team beginning in 2009. It provides both a highly usable HTML-based
+browser and seach interface, as well as XML and JSON-based RESTful APIs.
+
+Developers:
+	Nathan Freitas <freitas@nysenate.gov>
+	Jared Williams <williams@nysenate.gov>
+	Graylin Kim <graylinkim@gmail.com>
+
+Production Homepage:
+	http://open.nysenate.gov/legislation
+
+License:
+	See license file or http://open.nysenate.gov/legislation/license/