diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
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+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+Copyright 2012 Ari Russo
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+++ b/README.md
@@ -21,3 +21,12 @@ There is a config.ru file included so that you can serve the project locally usi
 
 A frequency sweep mp3 is included for demo purposes but any audio file can be used.
 
+### Author
+
+[Ari Russo](http://github.com/arirusso) <ari.russo at gmail.com>
+
+### License
+
+Apache 2.0, See the file LICENSE
+
+Copyright (c) 2012 Ari Russo