diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
index 8e7f8f5..1a18582 100644
--- a/LICENSE
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -1,29 +1,13 @@
-BSD 3-Clause License
-
 Copyright (c) 2017, Jade Levesque
-All rights reserved.
 
-Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
-modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
+Permission to use, copy, modify, and/or distribute this software for any
+purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above
+copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies.
 
-* Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this
-  list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
-
-* Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice,
-  this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation
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-
-* Neither the name of the copyright holder nor the names of its
-  contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from
-  this software without specific prior written permission.
-
-THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS"
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diff --git a/board.json b/board.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ed77757
--- /dev/null
+++ b/board.json
@@ -0,0 +1,209 @@
+{"chess": {
+    "teams": {
+        "white": {
+            "pieces": {
+                "pawn": {
+                    "text": "p",
+                    "direction": "1n"
+                },
+                "rook": {
+                    "text": "r",
+                    "direction": "nsew"
+                },
+                "bishop": {
+                    "text": "b",
+                    "direction": "d"
+                },
+                "knight": {
+                    "text": "t",
+                    "direction_ad_1": "2n1e",
+                    "direction_ad_2": "2n1w",
+                    "direction_ad_3": "2s1e",
+                    "direction_ad_4": "2s1e",
+                    "direction_ad_5": "2e1n",
+                    "direction_ad_6": "2e1s",
+                    "direction_ad_7": "2w1n",
+                    "direction_ad_8": "2w1s"
+                },
+                "king": {
+                    "text": "k",
+                    "direction": "1a"
+                },
+                "queen": {
+                    "text": "q",
+                    "direction": "a"
+                }
+            }
+        },
+        "black": {
+            "pieces": {
+                "pawn": {
+                    "text": "P",
+                    "direction": "1s"
+                },
+                "rook": {
+                    "text": "R",
+                    "direction": "nsew"
+                },
+                "bishop": {
+                    "text": "B",
+                    "direction": "d"
+                },
+                "knight": {
+                    "text": "T",
+                    "direction_ad_1": "2n1e",
+                    "direction_ad_2": "2n1w",
+                    "direction_ad_3": "2s1e",
+                    "direction_ad_4": "2s1e",
+                    "direction_ad_5": "2e1n",
+                    "direction_ad_6": "2e1s",
+                    "direction_ad_7": "2w1n",
+                    "direction_ad_8": "2w1s"
+                },
+                "king": {
+                    "text": "K",
+                    "direction": "1a"
+                },
+                "queen": {
+                    "text": "Q",
+                    "direction": "a"
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    },
+    "board": {
+        "height": 8,
+        "width": 8,
+        "pieces": {
+            "8,2": {
+                "team": "white",
+                "piece": "pawn"
+            },
+            "7,2": {
+                "team": "white",
+                "piece": "pawn"
+            },
+            "6,2": {
+                "team": "white",
+                "piece": "pawn"
+            },
+            "5,2": {
+                "team": "white",
+                "piece": "pawn"
+            },
+            "4,2": {
+                "team": "white",
+                "piece": "pawn"
+            },
+            "3,2": {
+                "team": "white",
+                "piece": "pawn"
+            },
+            "2,2": {
+                "team": "white",
+                "piece": "pawn"
+            },
+            "1,2": {
+                "team": "white",
+                "piece": "pawn"
+            },
+            "8,7": {
+                "team": "black",
+                "piece": "pawn"
+            },
+            "7,7": {
+                "team": "black",
+                "piece": "pawn"
+            },
+            "6,7": {
+                "team": "black",
+                "piece": "pawn"
+            },
+            "5,7": {
+                "team": "black",
+                "piece": "pawn"
+            },
+            "4,7": {
+                "team": "black",
+                "piece": "pawn"
+            },
+            "3,7": {
+                "team": "black",
+                "piece": "pawn"
+            },
+            "2,7": {
+                "team": "black",
+                "piece": "pawn"
+            },
+            "1,7": {
+                "team": "black",
+                "piece": "pawn"
+            },
+            "8,1": {
+                "team": "white",
+                "piece": "rook"
+            },
+            "1,1": {
+                "team": "white",
+                "piece": "rook"
+            },
+            "8,8": {
+                "team": "black",
+                "piece": "rook"
+            },
+            "1,8": {
+                "team": "black",
+                "piece": "rook"
+            },
+            "6,1": {
+                "team": "white",
+                "piece": "bishop"
+            },
+            "3,1": {
+                "team": "white",
+                "piece": "bishop"
+            },
+            "6,8": {
+                "team": "black",
+                "piece": "bishop"
+            },
+            "3,8": {
+                "team": "black",
+                "piece": "bishop"
+            },
+            "7,1": {
+                "team": "white",
+                "piece": "knight"
+            },
+            "2,1": {
+                "team": "white",
+                "piece": "knight"
+            },
+            "7,8": {
+                "team": "black",
+                "piece": "knight"
+            },
+            "2,8": {
+                "team": "black",
+                "piece": "knight"
+            },
+            "5,1": {
+                "team": "white",
+                "piece": "king"
+            },
+            "5,8": {
+                "team": "black",
+                "piece": "king"
+            },
+            "4,1": {
+                "team": "white",
+                "piece": "queen"
+            },
+            "4,8": {
+                "team": "black",
+                "piece": "queen"
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+}