diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
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+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+Copyright (C) 2022 Justin Scofield
+
+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
@@ -34,3 +34,8 @@ Screenshots
 --------
 ![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/47263509/175393817-39ba86c1-d940-4426-b4db-e2c0f6bd857f.png)
 
+License
+--------
+YAZE is distributed under the [GNU GPLv3](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt) license.
+
+SDL2, ImGUI and Abseil are subject to respective licenses.