diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+# See https://www.dartlang.org/guides/libraries/private-files
+
+# Files and directories created by pub
+.dart_tool/
+.packages
+build/
+# If you're building an application, you may want to check-in your pubspec.lock
+pubspec.lock
+
+# Directory created by dartdoc
+# If you don't generate documentation locally you can remove this line.
+doc/api/
+
+# Avoid committing generated Javascript files:
+*.dart.js
+*.info.json      # Produced by the --dump-info flag.
+*.js             # When generated by dart2js. Don't specify *.js if your
+                 # project includes source files written in JavaScript.
+*.js_
+*.js.deps
+*.js.map
diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
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+MIT License
+
+Copyright (c) 2020 Forus Labs
+
+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.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+# cauldron
+Forus Labs' mono-repository for Dart & Flutter