diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
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+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+distribusi-verse: medium-tech web app content management system for the web
+Copyright (C) 2022  Varia & friends <info@varia.zone>
+
+This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+(at your option) any later version.
+
+This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -57,3 +57,10 @@ This is currently added as a git submodule but I have no clue how that actually
 ```
 $ pip install git+file:///home/full/path/to/distribusi#egg=distribusi
 ```
+
+
+## License
+
+<a href="https://git.vvvvvvaria.org/crunk/distribusi-verse/src/branch/main/LICENSE">
+  <img src="https://www.gnu.org/graphics/gplv3-or-later.png" />
+</a>