diff --git a/Foundation/Compat/ByteString.hs b/Foundation/Compat/ByteString.hs
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+-- |
+-- Module      : Foundation.Compat.ByteString
+-- License     : BSD-style
+-- Maintainer  : Foundation
+-- Stability   : experimental
+-- Portability : portable
+--
+-- Module to convert bytestring's ByteString type
+{-# LANGUAGE ViewPatterns #-}
+module Foundation.Compat.ByteString
+    ( fromByteString
+    ) where
+
+import Data.ByteString (ByteString)
+import Data.ByteString.Internal (toForeignPtr)
+import Foundation
+import Foundation.Array
+import Foundation.Array.Internal
+
+-- | Convert a ByteString to a UArray Word8,
+-- without re-allocating or copying anything
+fromByteString :: ByteString -> UArray Word8
+fromByteString = fromForeignPtr . toForeignPtr
diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
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+++ b/LICENSE
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+Copyright (c) 2015-2016 Vincent Hanquez <vincent@snarc.org>
+
+All rights reserved.
+
+Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
+are met:
+1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+   notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
+   notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
+   documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
+3. Neither the name of the author nor the names of his contributors
+   may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software
+   without specific prior written permission.
+
+THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS AS IS'' AND
+ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
+IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
+ARE DISCLAIMED.  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
+FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
+DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
+OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
+HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
+LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
+OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
+SUCH DAMAGE.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+Foundation-edge
+===============
+
+This package is useful to convert to and from, types and data structure commonly found in
+the haskell ecosystem.
+
+For now, edge support the following packages:
+
+* bytestring (incomplete)
+
+And planning to add support to:
+
+* text
+* vector
+
+If you think edge would benefits from other packages, open an issue (or even better a PR) with
+suggestion of what to add.
diff --git a/Setup.hs b/Setup.hs
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+++ b/Setup.hs
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+import Distribution.Simple
+main = defaultMain
diff --git a/foundation-edge.cabal b/foundation-edge.cabal
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+Name:                foundation-edge
+Version:             0.0.1
+Synopsis:            foundation's edge with the conventional set of packages
+Description:
+    A set of functions to allow interaction with more conventional
+    and well established packages like bytestring, text, vector
+    .
+    Current support:
+    .
+    * bytestring
+License:             BSD3
+License-file:        LICENSE
+Copyright:           Vincent Hanquez <vincent@snarc.org>
+Author:              Vincent Hanquez <vincent@snarc.org>
+Maintainer:          vincent@snarc.org
+Category:            foundation
+Stability:           experimental
+Build-Type:          Simple
+Homepage:            https://github.com/haskell-foundation/foundation-edge
+Bug-Reports:         https://github.com/haskell-foundation/foundation-edge/issues
+Cabal-Version:       >=1.10
+tested-with:         GHC == 7.4.2, GHC == 7.6.3, GHC == 7.8.4, GHC == 7.10.3, GHC == 8.0.1
+extra-source-files:  README.md
+
+source-repository head
+  type: git
+  location: https://github.com/vincenthz/hs-foundation
+
+Library
+  Exposed-modules:    Foundation.Compat.ByteString
+  Default-Extensions: NoImplicitPrelude
+                      TypeFamilies
+                      BangPatterns
+                      DeriveDataTypeable
+  Build-depends:      base >= 4 && < 5
+                    , foundation
+                    , bytestring
+  ghc-options:        -Wall
+  default-language:   Haskell2010