diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
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+Copyright (c) 2009, Jonathan Chow
+All rights reserved.
+
+Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
+
+1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this
+   list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice,
+   this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation
+   and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
+
+THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" AND
+ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED
+WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE
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+LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND
+ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
+(INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS
+SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
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-osu-ds
-======
+# osu-ds
 
-As part of an effort to open source the full osu! stack, I (peppy) am splitting out ports which are currently stored in the monolithic git repository. This is a NDS port made by echo which was developed to a basic working state. Keep in mind that the last changes were made in 2009 and therefore it may not work with newer maps.
+As part of an effort to open source the full osu! stack, I (peppy) am splitting out ports which are currently stored in the monolithic git repository. This is a NDS port made by Echo which was developed to a basic working state. Keep in mind that the last changes were made in 2009 and therefore it may not work with newer maps.
 
-No official support is provided for this. Licence pending.
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+No support is provided for this.
+
+## License
+
+This is released under the [BSD 2-Clause license](LICENSE).