diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
index ac13012..5eb9b44 100644
--- a/LICENSE
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -1,21 +1,15 @@
-MIT License
+confy - a config manager for linux/unix systems
+Copyright (C) 2025-2026 phluxjr
 
-Copyright (c) 2025 Phluxjr23
+This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+(at your option) any later version.
 
-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:
+This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+GNU General Public License for more details.
 
-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.
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 701c907..9987b98 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ ranger should work on windows via WSL or you can modify the code to use a differ
 
 ## license
 
-mit
+GPL-3.0
 
 ## contributing
 
diff --git a/main.py b/main.py
index 7104b56..ff4b1cf 100644
--- a/main.py
+++ b/main.py
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
-
+# confy - a config manager for linux/unix systems
+# Copyright (C) 2025-2026 phluxjr
+# Licensed under GPL-3.0-or-later
 import curses
 import json
 import os