diff --git a/COPYING b/COPYING
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..91319aebd10c04a4b3575b48a4f0dcc8e9f35073
--- /dev/null
+++ b/COPYING
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+Copyright (c) 2013 <ale@incal.net>
+
+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.rst b/README.rst
index edb88e6fb1474b0086eb68b91878014a92d2e704..f89841c3f36f41b682a7c675edfa6bc4c02f5285 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -84,3 +84,11 @@ Todo
 * Implement checkpoints so that the log doesn't grow forever.
 
 * Batch updates to reduce query load on the server.
+
+
+
+Author
+------
+
+ale@incal.net
+