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
+<https://code.google.com/p/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
+
+        <http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0>
+
+    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:
-
-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
-<https://code.google.com/p/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
-
-        <http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0>
-
-    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.
 
 Frequently Asked Questions
 ==========================