diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
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+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+Copyright (c) 2023 Pacstall developers and the pacscript contributors
+
+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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--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -35,6 +35,18 @@ Now, whenever you try to commit a patch all the configured hooks will run and bl
 
 In case for some reason (false positives etc), you want to skip the hooks commit using `git commit --no-verify`
 
+## License
+
+Pacstall programs are licensed under the MIT License.
+
+> **Note**
+> MIT license does not apply to the packages built by Pacstall, merely to the
+> files in this repository (the pacscripts, GitHub Action workflows,
+> documentation, etc.). It also might not apply to patches included in pacscripts,
+> which may be derivative works of the packages to which they apply. The
+> aforementioned artifacts are all covered by the licenses of the respective
+> packages.
+
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