diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index c29a4aa..2045b2b 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ Brad House (6 Jun 2017)
   Contributed by @ChristianAmmer
 
 Daniel Stenberg (25 May 2017)
-- [Thomas Köckerbauer brought this change]
+- [Thomas Köckerbauer brought this change]
 
   configure: do not heck for ar if specified manually
   
@@ -2039,7 +2039,7 @@ Daniel Stenberg (7 Nov 2012)
   properly.
   
   Bug: http://c-ares.haxx.se/mail/c-ares-archive-2012-06/0028.shtml
-  Reported by: Saúl Ibarra Corretgé
+  Reported by: Saúl Ibarra Corretgé
 
 - version: bumped to 1.10.0
   
@@ -2602,7 +2602,7 @@ Daniel Stenberg (27 Dec 2010)
   Avoid the risk of reading 16bit data from an unaligned address by using
   a macro that is adapted for this.
 
-- [Stefan Bühler brought this change]
+- [Stefan Bühler brought this change]
 
   ares_expand_name: Fix encoded length for indirect root
 
@@ -2953,7 +2953,7 @@ Yang Tse (31 May 2010)
 - fix VS2010 compiler warnings
 
 Daniel Stenberg (18 Apr 2010)
-- [Jérémy Lal brought this change]
+- [Jérémy Lal brought this change]
 
   added ares_parse_mx_reply
 
diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4c1423a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+Copyright (C) 2004 by Daniel Stenberg et al
+
+Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its
+documentation for any purpose and without fee is hereby granted, provided
+that the above copyright notice appear in all copies and that both that
+copyright notice and this permission notice appear in supporting
+documentation, and that the name of M.I.T. not be used in advertising or
+publicity pertaining to distribution of the software without specific,
+written prior permission.  M.I.T. makes no representations about the
+suitability of this software for any purpose.  It is provided "as is"
+without express or implied warranty.
+