diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
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+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@ resolver = "2"
 [workspace.package]
 version = "0.0.1"
 authors = ["joe ardent"]
+license-file = "LICENSE.md"
diff --git a/LICENSE.md b/LICENSE.md
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+# The Chaos License (GLP)
+
+This software is released under the terms of the Chaos License. In cases where the terms of the
+license are unclear, refer to the [Fuck Around and Find Out
+License](https://git.sr.ht/~boringcactus/fafol/tree/master/LICENSE-v0.2.md).
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+Working through the [Fly.io distributed systems challenge](https://fly.io/dist-sys/), in Rust.
+
+The project is organized as a Cargo workspace. The `maelstrom-*` crates are libraries that provide
+the equivalent functionality as the [Maelstrom
+Go](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/jepsen-io/maelstrom/demo/go) package that is provided by
+Fly.io. The protocol crate especially is stand-alone and just provides the
+serializable/deserializable Rust types for Maelstrom messages. The node crate handles IO, while the
+`gg-*` crates are bin crates that implement the named challenge.