diff --git a/COPYING b/COPYING
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cccb73f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/COPYING
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+MIT License
+
+Copyright (c) 2019-2022 Thomas Kolb
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+SOFTWARE.
diff --git a/sk6812_multistrip.py b/sk6812_multistrip.py
index ed7217f..57787ba 100755
--- a/sk6812_multistrip.py
+++ b/sk6812_multistrip.py
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 
+# Copyright (c) 2019-2022 Thomas Kolb
+# This file is licensed under the terms of the MIT license. See COPYING for
+# details.
+
 import struct
 import socket
 import time