diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 05dda80..4f04cbd 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+[workspace.package]
+license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
+
 [workspace]
 members = [
     "crates/notcore",
diff --git a/LICENSE-APACHE b/LICENSE-APACHE
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0d037dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/LICENSE-APACHE
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+Apache License
+                           Version 2.0, January 2004
+                        http://www.apache.org/licenses/
+
+   TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR USE, REPRODUCTION, AND DISTRIBUTION
+
+   1. Definitions.
+
+      "License" shall mean the terms and conditions for use, reproduction,
+      and distribution as defined by Sections 1 through 9 of this document.
+
+      "Licensor" shall mean the copyright owner or entity authorized by
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+
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+      outstanding shares, or (iii) beneficial ownership of such entity.
+
+      "You" (or "Your") shall mean an individual or Legal Entity
+      exercising permissions granted by this License.
+
+      "Source" form shall mean the preferred form for making modifications,
+      including but not limited to software source code, documentation
+      source, and configuration files.
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+
+... (171 more lines, 11323 bytes total)
diff --git a/LICENSE-MIT b/LICENSE-MIT
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..73c5b82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/LICENSE-MIT
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+Copyright 2026 Joe O'Brien
+
+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 edf32e6..5411695 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -242,3 +242,16 @@ cargo test -p notfiles           # test one crate
 cargo clippy --workspace         # lint everything
 cargo fmt --check                # format check
 ```
+
+---
+
+## License
+
+Licensed under either of
+
+- Apache License, Version 2.0 ([LICENSE-APACHE](LICENSE-APACHE) or http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0)
+- MIT license ([LICENSE-MIT](LICENSE-MIT) or http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)
+
+at your option.
+
+Unless you explicitly state otherwise, any contribution intentionally submitted for inclusion in the work by you, as defined in the Apache-2.0 license, shall be dual licensed as above, without any additional terms or conditions.
diff --git a/crates/notcore/Cargo.toml b/crates/notcore/Cargo.toml
index ee3fbd4..4f1658a 100644
--- a/crates/notcore/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/notcore/Cargo.toml
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 name    = "notcore"
 version = "0.1.0"
 edition = "2024"
+license.workspace = true
 
 [dependencies]
 serde     = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/crates/notfiles/Cargo.toml b/crates/notfiles/Cargo.toml
index 6c54364..417cb98 100644
--- a/crates/notfiles/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/notfiles/Cargo.toml
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 name    = "notfiles"
 version = "0.1.0"
 edition = "2024"
+license.workspace = true
 description = "A modern dotfiles manager — pure Rust alternative to GNU Stow"
 
 [[bin]]
diff --git a/crates/nothooks/Cargo.toml b/crates/nothooks/Cargo.toml
index af18a1f..d00bfe7 100644
--- a/crates/nothooks/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/nothooks/Cargo.toml
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 name    = "nothooks"
 version = "0.1.0"
 edition = "2024"
+license.workspace = true
 
 [[bin]]
 name = "nothooks"
diff --git a/crates/notsecrets/Cargo.toml b/crates/notsecrets/Cargo.toml
index 11fcd0b..4ab9c50 100644
--- a/crates/notsecrets/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/notsecrets/Cargo.toml
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 name    = "notsecrets"
 version = "0.1.0"
 edition = "2024"
+license.workspace = true
 
 [dependencies]
 notcore    = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/crates/notstrap/Cargo.toml b/crates/notstrap/Cargo.toml
index 15706fc..428a1db 100644
--- a/crates/notstrap/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/notstrap/Cargo.toml
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 name    = "notstrap"
 version = "0.1.0"
 edition = "2024"
+license.workspace = true
 description = "New-machine bootstrap orchestrator"
 
 [[bin]]