diff --git a/rdiff-manager.py b/rdiff-manager.py
index 87356b13bce6ff030a5a3fa9eb25d35af329ce82..f0af585f77e02149dcaf5551ceefd57d297e9872 100755
--- a/rdiff-manager.py
+++ b/rdiff-manager.py
@@ -3,6 +3,27 @@
 # rdiff-manager - a tool to run more than one rdiff-backup process concurrently
 # and report their output in one hit
 
+# Licensed under the MIT License:
+# Copyright 2011-2012 David Adam <zanchey@ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au>
+#
+# 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.
+
 configs_path = '/backups/conf'
 backups_base = '/backups'
 # number of jobs to run concurrently (0 for all)