diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
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+Copyright (c) 2013-2014 Eduardo Gurgel Pinho
+
+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/README.md b/README.md
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 * [ ] /gzip Returns gzip-encoded data.
 * [ ] /response-headers?key=val Returns given response headers.
 * [ ] /digest-auth/:qop/:user/:passwd Challenges HTTP Digest Auth.
+
+## License
+
+    Copyright :copyright: 2013-2014 Eduardo Gurgel <eduardo@gurgel.me>
+
+    This work is free. You can redistribute it and/or modify it under the
+    terms of the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for more details.