LICENSE

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+MIT License
+
+Copyright (c) 2026 Devon Bontrager
+
+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.

README.md

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 AeroFetch is a tool for downloading media you have the right to download — your own uploads, content offered for download, or material whose license permits it. Respect the terms of service of the sites you use and the rights of content creators.
 
-## Licensing
+## License
 
-AeroFetch bundles third-party binaries under their own licenses: **yt-dlp** (Unlicense), **FFmpeg** (LGPL/GPL), and **aria2** (GPL). Those licenses apply to their respective executables in `resources/bin/`.
+AeroFetch's own source code is released under the [**MIT License**](LICENSE) — free to use, modify, and redistribute.
+
+It also bundles third-party binaries that remain under their own licenses: **yt-dlp** (Unlicense), **FFmpeg** (LGPL/GPL), and **aria2** (GPL). AeroFetch invokes these as separate executables rather than linking against them, so they are distributed as an aggregate; their licenses apply to the respective files in `resources/bin/`.

package.json

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   "description": "A yt-dlp frontend for Windows",
   "main": "./out/main/index.js",
   "author": "AeroFetch",
-  "license": "UNLICENSED",
+  "license": "MIT",
   "homepage": "https://gitea.netbird.zimspace.uk:5938/debont80/AeroFetch",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",