diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
index 6ab16af..82131a3 100644
--- a/LICENSE
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -18,4 +18,4 @@ 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.
\ No newline at end of file
+SOFTWARE.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 149b414..e37990a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -24,4 +24,9 @@ Use the form at **[aere.network/grants.html](https://aere.network/grants.html)**
 
 ## License
 
-MIT. See `LICENSE`.
+MIT, `Copyright (c) 2026 AERE Network`. See `LICENSE`.
+
+This repository is the grant tracker itself: the programme description above, the application form
+and the issue history. MIT is the same licence Aere Network's other public repositories carry, and
+it is here so that a reader is not left guessing. Work funded by a grant is licensed by whoever
+wrote it, under whatever terms that grant agreed; nothing on this page changes that.