diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+*~
+*.o
+*.a
+*.so
+*.gch
+*.exe
+*.lib.a
+Makefile
+/bin
+/build
+/lib
diff --git a/COPYING.TOKSVC b/COPYING.TOKSVC
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+/*****************************************************************************/
+/*                                                                           */
+/*  toksvc: a framework-native token broker service                          */
+/*                                                                           */
+/*  Copyright (C) 2020  Z. Gilboa                                            */
+/*                                                                           */
+/*  This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify     */
+/*  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by     */
+/*  the Free Software Foundation, either version 2 of the License, or        */
+/*  (at your option) version 3 of the License.                               */
+/*                                                                           */
+/*  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,          */
+/*  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of           */
+/*  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the             */
+/*  GNU General Public License for more details.                             */
+/*                                                                           */
+/*  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License        */
+/*  along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.     */
+/*                                                                           */
+/*****************************************************************************/
diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
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+++ b/LICENSE
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+  toksvc: a framework-native token broker service
+  -----------------------------------------------
+
+  Copyright (C) 2020  Z. Gilboa
+
+  This library is currently released under the GPLv2 and GPLv3 (see
+  COPYING.TOKSVC for the relevant text). If you wish to use this
+  library with a different license, please contact the author
+  at <writeonce at midipix dot org> and briefly describe the type
+  of license (or license exception) that you would like to obtain.
diff --git a/README b/README
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+toksvc: a framework-native token broker service.
+------------------------------------------------