diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..594c524
--- /dev/null
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+Copyright (c) 2011 IBM, Corp.
+
+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/git-publish b/git-publish
index e47f956..98e5e80 100755
--- a/git-publish
+++ b/git-publish
@@ -1,4 +1,15 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
+#
+# git-publish - Prepare and store patch revisions as git tags
+#
+# Copyright 2011 IBM, Corp.
+#
+# Authors:
+#   Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@gmail.com>
+#
+# This work is licensed under the MIT License.  Please see the LICENSE file or
+# http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT.
+
 import os
 import sys
 import optparse