4 files changed, 22 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/Build.PL b/Build.PL
index a2c116d..5d8542a 100755
--- a/Build.PL
+++ b/Build.PL
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ use Module::Build;
 
 Module::Build->new(
   module_name => 'POE::Component::Pg',
-  license => 'perl',
+  license => 'mit',
   create_makefile_pl => 'passthrough',
   dist_author => 'Yoran Heling <yorhel@cpan.org>',
   requires => {
diff --git a/COPYING b/COPYING
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..39ea64f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/COPYING
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+Copyright (c) 2009 Yoran Heling
+
+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/MANIFEST b/MANIFEST
index 2331eaa..77bd30c 100644
--- a/MANIFEST
+++ b/MANIFEST
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 lib/POE/Component/Pg.pm
 Build.PL
+COPYING
 Makefile.PL
 MANIFEST
 META.yml
diff --git a/README b/README
index 4ab5756..6927c26 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -30,10 +30,3 @@ TODO
   - Transaction support?
   - Timeouts?
 
-
-COPYRIGHT AND LICENCE
-
-  Copyright 2009 Y. Heling,
-  This library is free software; you can redistribute it
-  and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
-