diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
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+MoonWorksDearImGuiScaffold
+
+Copyright (c) 2023 Evan Hemsley
+
+This software is provided 'as-is', without any express or implied warranty.
+In no event will the authors be held liable for any damages arising from
+the use of this software.
+
+Permission is granted to anyone to use this software for any purpose,
+including commercial applications, and to alter it and redistribute it
+freely, subject to the following restrictions:
+
+1. The origin of this software must not be misrepresented; you must not
+claim that you wrote the original software. If you use this software in a
+product, an acknowledgment in the product documentation would be
+appreciated but is not required.
+
+2. Altered source versions must be plainly marked as such, and must not be
+misrepresented as being the original software.
+
+3. This notice may not be removed or altered from any source distribution.
+
+Evan "cosmonaut" Hemsley <evan@moonside.games>
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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 # MoonWorksDearImGuiScaffold
 
-This is a project that you can use to get a MoonWorks + Dear ImGui application up and running.
+A starter project that you can use to get a MoonWorks + Dear ImGui application up and running.