diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+YEAR: 2022
+COPYRIGHT HOLDER: rtemps authors
diff --git a/LICENSE.md b/LICENSE.md
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--- a/LICENSE.md
+++ b/LICENSE.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # MIT License
 
-Copyright (c) 2020 John
+Copyright (c) 2022 rtemps authors
 
 Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
 of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal