diff --git a/tools/uec/meta.py b/tools/uec/meta.py
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+++ b/tools/uec/meta.py
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+import sys
+from BaseHTTPServer import HTTPServer, BaseHTTPRequestHandler
+from SimpleHTTPServer import SimpleHTTPRequestHandler
+
+def main(host, port, HandlerClass = SimpleHTTPRequestHandler,
+         ServerClass = HTTPServer, protocol="HTTP/1.0"):
+    """simple http server that listens on a give address:port"""
+
+    server_address = (host, port)
+
+    HandlerClass.protocol_version = protocol
+    httpd = ServerClass(server_address, HandlerClass)
+
+    sa = httpd.socket.getsockname()
+    print "Serving HTTP on", sa[0], "port", sa[1], "..."
+    httpd.serve_forever()
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    if sys.argv[1:]:
+        address = sys.argv[1]
+    else:
+        address = '0.0.0.0'
+    if ':' in address:
+        host, port = address.split(':')
+    else:
+        host = address
+        port = 8080
+
+    main(host, int(port))