diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7896ba9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+This library is distributed under the terms of the GNU GPL:
+
+http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html
+
+
+or the Artistic license:
+
+http://dev.perl.org/licenses/artistic.html
diff --git a/MANIFEST b/MANIFEST
index a7c51e1..8ed0a3e 100644
--- a/MANIFEST
+++ b/MANIFEST
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@ bin/feedgnuplot.pod
 t/00-load.t
 t/manifest.t
 Changes
+LICENSE