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 # Liza Data Collection Framework
 
 Liza is a data collection, validation, and processing framework for JavaScript.
 
 **This project is under active development; please check back later as we make
 it available.**
+
+
+## About
+The Liza Data Collection Framework&mdash;"Liza" for short&mdash;is an effort
+to clean up, formalize, and expand upon a framework that was developed at
+LoVullo Associates for collecting, validating, and processing large amounts
+of user input for insurance quoting.  As existing code is refactored or its
+design improved upon, it will begin its life as part of Liza; please be
+patient as the entire core framework makes its way into this repository and
+others.
+
+
+## License
+Liza is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the
+terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
+Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later
+version.
+
+This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for
+more details.
+
+The full license is available in `COPYING`.