From 4b6001b2a87158d501abbcf784003013be4145e0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jim Blandy <jimb@red-bean.com>
Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2017 23:54:22 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Add MIT license.

---
 LICENSE-MIT | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++
 README.md   |  3 +++
 2 files changed, 26 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 LICENSE-MIT

diff --git a/LICENSE-MIT b/LICENSE-MIT
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..31aa793
--- /dev/null
+++ b/LICENSE-MIT
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+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 40aec7a..bf95ae8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ Each subdirectory is a distinct Rust project, with its own Cargo.toml file. You
 should be able to enter each directory and use `cargo build` and `cargo test`.
 For those projects that define programs, `cargo run` should run them.
 
+The example code in this directory and its subdirectories is licensed under the
+terms of the MIT license. See [LICENSE-MIT](LICENSE-MIT) for details.
+
 ## Chapter 2: A Tour of Rust
 
 - The `gcd` directory holds the command-line program for computing the greatest