Explicit license info in README and COPYING

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diff --git a/COPYING b/COPYING
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@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+Copyright (c) 2007-2013 Grzegorz Nosek
+
+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/README.rst b/README.rst
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--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -10,6 +10,11 @@ fcgiwrap
 
 This page has been translated into `Spanish <http://www.webhostinghub.com/support/es/misc/fcgiwrap>`_ language by Maria Ramos from `Webhostinghub.com/support/edu <http://www.webhostinghub.com/support/edu>`_.
 
+License
+=======
+
+This software is released under the MIT license. See COPYING for details.
+
 Features
 ========
  - very lightweight (84KB of private memory per instance)