diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
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+/editor-0.0.4.tgz
diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
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index 0000000..2778bed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+Copyright 2013 James Halliday (mail@substack.net)
+
+This project is free software released under the MIT/X11 license:
+
+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/nodejs-editor.spec b/nodejs-editor.spec
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index 0000000..5416640
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nodejs-editor.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+%{?nodejs_find_provides_and_requires}
+
+Name:           nodejs-editor
+Version:        0.0.4
+Release:        1%{?dist}
+Summary:        Launch the default text editor from Node.js programs
+BuildArch:      noarch
+
+Group:          Development/Libraries
+#package.json indicates MIT, but no license file included
+#upstream notified in https://github.com/substack/node-editor/pull/5
+#we're including a copy of the MIT license based off a copy from another
+#project by the same author indicating the same license in order to comply
+#with the terms of the MIT license
+License:        MIT
+URL:            https://github.com/substack/node-editor
+Source0:        http://registry.npmjs.org/editor/-/editor-%{version}.tgz
+Source1:        https://raw.github.com/tchollingsworth/node-editor/05d7fbfcf22329db9aae5c676b0721045e7974d5/LICENSE
+BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
+
+BuildRequires:  nodejs-devel
+
+%description
+%{summary}.
+
+%prep
+%setup -q -n package
+
+#copy LICENSE file to %%{_builddir} so it works with %%doc
+cp %{SOURCE1} .
+
+%build
+#nothing to do
+
+%install
+rm -rf %buildroot
+
+mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{nodejs_sitelib}/editor
+cp -pr index.js package.json %{buildroot}%{nodejs_sitelib}/editor
+
+%nodejs_symlink_deps
+
+%clean
+rm -rf %buildroot
+
+%files
+%defattr(-,root,root,-)
+%{nodejs_sitelib}/editor
+%doc README.markdown LICENSE example
+
+%changelog
+* Thu May 30 2013 T.C. Hollingsworth <tchollingsworth@gmail.com> - 0.0.4-1
+- initial package
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index e69de29..50d788c 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+dd661bf54ba1944a0d21f02c6a0316e5  editor-0.0.4.tgz