diff --git a/distro/pom.xml b/distro/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/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>org.sonatype.oss</groupId>
+    <artifactId>oss-parent</artifactId>
+    <version>5</version>
+  </parent>
+  <groupId>com.wordnik</groupId>
+  <artifactId>swagger-codegen-distribution</artifactId>
+  <packaging>jar</packaging>
+  <version>2.0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <name>swagger-codegen-distribution</name>
+  <url>https://github.com/wordnik/swagger-codegen</url>
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:git:git@github.com:wordnik/swagger-codegen.git</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:git:git@github.com:wordnik/swagger-codegen.git</developerConnection>
+    <url>https://github.com/wordnik/swagger-codegen</url>
+  </scm>
+  <prerequisites>
+    <maven>2.2.0</maven>
+  </prerequisites>
+  <developers>
+    <developer>
+      <id>fehguy</id>
+      <name>Tony Tam</name>
+      <email>fehguy@gmail.com</email>
+    </developer>
+  </developers>
+  <issueManagement>
+    <system>github</system>
+    <url>https://github.com/wordnik/swagger-codegen/issues</url>
+  </issueManagement>
+  <mailingLists>
+    <mailingList>
+      <name>wordnik-api</name>
+      <archive>https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/wordnik-api</archive>
+    </mailingList>
+  </mailingLists>
+  <licenses>
+    <license>
+      <name>Apache License 2.0</name>
+      <url>http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html</url>
+      <distribution>repo</distribution>
+    </license>
+  </licenses>
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <phase>package</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>copy-dependencies</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <configuration>
+              <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/lib</outputDirectory>
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <artifactId>maven-failsafe-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>2.6</version>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>integration-test</goal>
+              <goal>verify</goal>
+            </goals>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>distro-assembly</id>
+            <phase>package</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>single</goal>
+            </goals>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+        <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>2.3</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <descriptors>
+            <descriptor>src/main/assembly/distribution.xml</descriptor>
+          </descriptors>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>2.4</version>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>src-dependencies</id>
+            <phase>package</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>unpack-dependencies</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <configuration>
+              <includeGroupIds>com.wordnik</includeGroupIds>
+              <includeArtifactIds>text-data</includeArtifactIds>
+              <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}</outputDirectory>
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.wordnik</groupId>
+      <artifactId>swagger-codegen_2.9.1</artifactId>
+      <version>${swagger.codegen.version}</version>
+      <scope>compile</scope>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+  <properties>
+    <swagger.codegen.version>2.0.2-SNAPSHOT</swagger.codegen.version>
+  </properties>
+</project>
diff --git a/distro/src/main/assembly/distribution.xml b/distro/src/main/assembly/distribution.xml
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+<assembly
+  xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-assembly-plugin/assembly/1.1.2"
+  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+  xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-assembly-plugin/assembly/1.1.2 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/assembly-1.1.2.xsd">
+  <id>distribution</id>
+  <baseDirectory>swagger-codegen</baseDirectory>
+  <includeBaseDirectory>false</includeBaseDirectory>
+  <formats>
+    <format>zip</format>
+  </formats>
+  <dependencySets>
+    <dependencySet>
+      <scope>compile</scope>
+      <outputDirectory>target/lib</outputDirectory>
+      <includes>
+        <include>*:jar:*</include>
+      </includes>
+    </dependencySet>
+  </dependencySets>
+  <fileSets>
+    <fileSet>
+      <directory>../bin</directory>
+      <includes>
+        <include>*.*</include>
+      </includes>
+      <outputDirectory>bin</outputDirectory>
+    </fileSet>
+  </fileSets>
+</assembly>