diff --git a/LICENSE.txt b/LICENSE.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9407f6ca0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/LICENSE.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+The MIT License (MIT)
+
+Copyright (c) 2013 Eric Romano (@gelstudios).
+
+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
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e15e900cd..dee750861 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -48,14 +48,25 @@ Once you have a file with templates, enter its name when prompted and the templa
 ###Removal:
 Fortunately if you regret your gitfiti in the morning, removing it is fairly easy: delete the repo you created for your gitfiti (and wait).
 
+###License:
+gitfiti is released under [The MIT license (MIT)](http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)
+
 ---
 ####Todo:
 - ~~Remove 'requests' dependency~~ [_thanks empathetic-alligator_](https://github.com/empathetic-alligator)
 - Web interface
 - ~~Load "art" from a file~~ [_thanks empathetic-alligator_](https://github.com/empathetic-alligator)
 - Load commit content from a file
+- Text/alphabet option
 - ...
 - Profit?
+
+####Notable derivatives or mentions:
+- [Pikesley's](https://github.com/pikesley) Pokrovsky, which offers Github History Vandalism [as a Service!](http://pokrovsky.herokuapp.com/)
+- [github-board](https://github.com/bayandin/github-board)
+- Seen something else? Submit a pull request or open an issue!
+
+
   
   
 ![alt text](http://f.cl.ly/items/0J463J0K1N020S1Q3E3l/er-small.png "tiny logo")
diff --git a/gitfiti.py b/gitfiti.py
index b17669fa3..1583baad1 100755
--- a/gitfiti.py
+++ b/gitfiti.py
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2013 Eric Romano (@gelstudios)
+# released under The MIT license (MIT) http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT
+#
 """
 gitfiti