diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..a273dcc5e460c2bd6bc9d9aa4c5709b930712029
--- /dev/null
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+PyOpenCL is licensed to you under the MIT/X Consortium license:
+
+Copyright (c) 2009-13 Andreas Klöckner and Contributors.
+
+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.
+
+PyOpenCL includes derivatives of parts of the `Thrust
+`_ computing package (in particular the scan
+implementation). These parts are licensed as follows:
+
+ Copyright 2008-2011 NVIDIA Corporation
+
+ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+
+
+ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ limitations under the License.
+
+.. note::
+
+ If you use Apache-licensed parts, be aware that these may be incompatible
+ with software licensed exclusively under GPL2. (Most software is licensed
+ as GPL2 or later, in which case this is not an issue.)
+
+PyOpenCL includes the RANLUXCL random number generator:
+
+ Copyright (c) 2011 Ivar Ursin Nikolaisen
+
+ 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/doc/misc.rst b/doc/misc.rst
index 31b954e3fe8c637b15f8d8ab6fa5853b40ed583e..012f4238c110b7eeba0f55f80a4a52ca1e215856 100644
--- a/doc/misc.rst
+++ b/doc/misc.rst
@@ -408,75 +408,8 @@ Version 0.90
License
=======
-PyOpenCL is licensed to you under the MIT/X Consortium license:
+.. include:: ../LICENSE
-Copyright (c) 2009-13 Andreas Klöckner and Contributors.
-
-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:
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-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.
-
-PyOpenCL includes derivatives of parts of the `Thrust
-`_ computing package (in particular the scan
-implementation). These parts are licensed as follows:
-
- Copyright 2008-2011 NVIDIA Corporation
-
- Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-
-
- Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- limitations under the License.
-
-.. note::
-
- If you use Apache-licensed parts, be aware that these may be incompatible
- with software licensed exclusively under GPL2. (Most software is licensed
- as GPL2 or later, in which case this is not an issue.)
-
-PyOpenCL includes the RANLUXCL random number generator:
-
- Copyright (c) 2011 Ivar Ursin Nikolaisen
-
- 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.
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