diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 878de7b..01b7eda 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -1,9 +1,15 @@
 Contents
 ========
+* [Licensing](#licensing)
 * [The **Cmd** trait](#the-cmd-trait)
 * [A simple example applet](#a-simple-example-applet)
 * [Incorporating a new applet](#incorporating-a-new-applet)
 
+## Licensing
+This code is BeerWare. It is essentially in the public domain. If you wish to
+contribute, your name may be added to the credits, but by contributing you agree
+to basically place your contributions into the public domain.
+
 ## The Cmd trait
 The `Cmd` trait is defined in `src/cmd/mod.rs`. All applets should live in their
 own submodule under `crate::cmd` and include a struct with the name of the command,