diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+MIT License
+
+Copyright (c) 2026 Cédric Vogel
+
+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
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+SOFTWARE.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1016,3 +1016,10 @@ since a merge to `main` reaches every course.
 
 For local embed development, change `embedOrigin` and `embedUrl` in the template
 header to the origin printed by `npm run dev:embed` in `glpython-editor`.
+
+## Lizenz / License
+
+MIT – see [LICENSE](https://github.com/glpython-edu/glpython-liascript/blob/main/LICENSE).
+The macro includes no third-party code; it loads the glpython embed (MIT) and
+[lz-string](https://github.com/pieroxy/lz-string) (MIT, for the IDE links)
+when a course runs.