From 528883f051ab016e19e19924eaa1a6f36d82b32a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Richard Littauer <richard.littauer@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2016 16:12:18 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Add license and standardize README

Still needs Usage section. I wasnt able to see this on godoc.org; how do I publish the godoc? Also, the license needs to be checked. This will close #3
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 LICENSE   | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
 README.md | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 2 files changed, 48 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 LICENSE

diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f64ffb0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+The MIT License (MIT)
+
+Copyright (c) 2016 Protocol Labs Inc.
+
+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 fd97e45..6171fdd 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,7 +1,32 @@
-go-multibase
-==============
+# go-multibase
 
 [![](https://img.shields.io/badge/made%20by-Protocol%20Labs-blue.svg?style=flat-square)](http://ipn.io)
 [![](https://img.shields.io/badge/freenode-%23ipfs-blue.svg?style=flat-square)](http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=%23ipfs)
 
 > Go implementation of the [multibase](https://github.com/multiformats/multibase) specification.
+
+## Install
+
+```sh
+go get github.com/multiformats/go-multibase
+```
+
+## Usage
+
+TODO
+
+## Maintainer
+
+Captain: [@whyrusleeping](https://github.com/whyrusleeping).
+
+## Contribute
+
+Contributions welcome. Please check out [the issues](https://github.com/multiformats/go-multibase/issues).
+
+Check out our [contributing document](https://github.com/multiformats/multiformats/blob/master/contributing.md) for more information on how we work, and about contributing in general. Please be aware that all interactions related to multiformats are subject to the IPFS [Code of Conduct](https://github.com/ipfs/community/blob/master/code-of-conduct.md).
+
+Small note: If editing the README, please conform to the [standard-readme](https://github.com/RichardLitt/standard-readme) specification.
+
+## License
+
+[MIT](LICENSE) © Protocol Labs Inc.