diff --git a/.cvsignore b/.cvsignore
index 81ce892b24bf5d50bc20d1c8b250c3cc0d81ba0a..d60f5ff5e19d4f853a47165511fb58f0ca97fdb2 100644
--- a/.cvsignore
+++ b/.cvsignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 tmp
 typescript
 .git
+@*
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index bccd815b5cf21df7c8ce225ced404ab4e68d8096..ce439ab8a0ef24bddead5cb86c5e497451bf2169 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-.git
 .project
 CVSROOT
 CVS
 tmp
 typescript
+@*
diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..8a059d1ba5a22bbdd491e86746f6b61ac7db7c5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+BSD 2-Clause License
+
+Copyright (c) 2017, Gerhard Gonter
+All rights reserved.
+
+Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
+
+* Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this
+  list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+
+* 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
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