diff --git a/AUTHORS.md b/AUTHORS.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d439428
--- /dev/null
+++ b/AUTHORS.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# authors
+
+The real `distribusi-go` was the friends we made along the way 🌠
+
+- decentral1se
+- rra
+- crunk
diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8110981
--- /dev/null
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+distribusi-go: low-tech content management system for the web
+Copyright (C) 2022  Varia <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
index 069d91f..a9b9d5f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -67,3 +67,11 @@ If you wanna learn Go, I've got [this book], feel free to take a loan of it :gri
 [open a ticket]: https://git.vvvvvvaria.org/decentral1se/distribusi-go/issues/new/choose
 [here]: https://pkg.go.dev/path/filepath#Match
 [this book]: https://www.gopl.io/
+
+## Acknowledgements
+
+[`AUTHORS.md`](./AUTHORS.md)
+
+## License
+
+![](https://www.gnu.org/graphics/gplv3-or-later.png)
diff --git a/distribusi.go b/distribusi.go
index 4e2b679..69c23a5 100644
--- a/distribusi.go
+++ b/distribusi.go
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
 // Package main is the command-line entrypoint for the distribusi command.
 package main
 
@@ -153,7 +155,7 @@ See https://pkg.go.dev/path/filepath#Match for supported patterns for "-i/--igno
 		},
 		Authors: []*cli.Author{
 			{
-				Name:  "decentral1se",
+				Name:  "Varia",
 				Email: "info@varia.zone",
 			},
 		},