diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
deleted file mode 100644
index 7851c34..0000000
--- a/LICENSE
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-Copyright (c) 2011 Dmitry Chestnykh
-
-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.md b/README.md
index 4dae9d4..bac7287 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -81,3 +81,15 @@ func NewLenChars(length int, chars []byte) string
 NewLenChars returns a new random string of the provided length, consisting
 of the provided byte slice of allowed characters (maximum 256).
 
+
+
+Public domain dedication
+------------------------
+
+Written in 2011-2014 by Dmitry Chestnykh
+
+The author(s) have dedicated all copyright and related and
+neighboring rights to this software to the public domain
+worldwide. Distributed without any warranty.
+http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
+
diff --git a/uniuri.go b/uniuri.go
index c2b8ae1..e9fa604 100644
--- a/uniuri.go
+++ b/uniuri.go
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+// Written in 2011-2014 by Dmitry Chestnykh
+//
+// The author(s) have dedicated all copyright and related and
+// neighboring rights to this software to the public domain
+// worldwide. Distributed without any warranty.
+// http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
+
 // Package uniuri generates random strings good for use in URIs to identify
 // unique objects.
 //
diff --git a/uniuri_test.go b/uniuri_test.go
index 17b3ba1..28b882c 100644
--- a/uniuri_test.go
+++ b/uniuri_test.go
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+// Written in 2011-2014 by Dmitry Chestnykh
+//
+// The author(s) have dedicated all copyright and related and
+// neighboring rights to this software to the public domain
+// worldwide. Distributed without any warranty.
+// http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
+
 package uniuri
 
 import "testing"