diff --git a/COPYRIGHT b/COPYRIGHT
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@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+/*
+	libsimple_interactive - unambitious C++ user input/interaction library
+	https://notabug.org/namark/libsimple_interactive
+	https://gitlab.com/namark/libsimple_interactive
+	https://github.com/namark/libsimple_interactive
+
+	Copyright (C) 2017-2019 respective authors/contributors
+
+	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 <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+*/
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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@@ -5,4 +5,8 @@ A static library wrapping SDL2's input subsystem, pretending to be independent f
 [libsimple_geom](https://notabug.org/namark/libsimple_geom) <br />
 [libsimple_support](https://notabug.org/namark/libsimple_support) <br />
 [libsimple_sdlcore](https://notabug.org/namark/libsimple_sdlcore) <br />
+[cpp_tools](https://notabug.org/namark/cpp_tools) <br />
 [libsdl2](https://libsdl.org)
+
+## Licensing
+COPYRIGHT and LICENSE apply to all the files in this repository unless otherwise noted in the files themselves.