diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
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index 0000000..b347f4e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Chris Sexton <chris.sexton at gmail dot com>
diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+Copyright © 2015 the yoctobuild Authors
+
+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/yoctobuild.go b/yoctobuild.go
index 7d2c397..4049f0b 100644
--- a/yoctobuild.go
+++ b/yoctobuild.go
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+// © 2015 the yoctobuild Authors under the MIT license. See AUTHORS for the list of authors.
+
 package main
 
 import (