From 56333cca88325b492861fe218d993d8a56acf575 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: TrashMacNugget <35081257+TrashMacNugget@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 11 Mar 2018 07:12:23 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Add license info to README (#6583)

* Add license info to README

* Reference AUTHORS file
---
 README.md | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e9fb685c4..7b85b165b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -79,6 +79,16 @@ You can open issues for bugs you've found or features you think are missing. You
 
 **IRC channel**: #mastodon on irc.freenode.net
 
+## License
+
+Copyright (C) 2016-2018 Eugen Rochko & other Mastodon contributors (see AUTHORS.md)
+
+This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Affero 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 Affero General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License along with this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
 ---
 
 ## Extra credits