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 Contributing / License
 
-This repository has no public license in the source tree. If you plan to reuse or publish this code, add a LICENSE file or consult the repository owner.
+This repository is licensed under the MIT License. See the `LICENSE` file in the project root for the full text.
+
+Summary: Copyright (c) 2025 William Dillon — permission is granted to use, copy, modify,
+merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, subject to the
+conditions in the `LICENSE`. The software is provided "AS IS", without warranty of any kind.
 
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