2 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index c438aa0..fcd8bf8 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 name = "automathon"
 version = "0.1.0"
 edition = "2024"
+license-file = "LICENSE"
 
 [lib]
 crate-type = ["cdylib"]
diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..944f969
--- /dev/null
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+this work is granted to the public domain wherever possible. where it
+is not possible, this work is licensed under the terms of the GNU
+Affero General Public License version 3¹
+
+¹ https://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0.html