diff --git a/LICENSE.md b/LICENSE.md
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/LICENSE.md
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+The MIT License (MIT)
+
+Copyright (c) 2010-2013 Tim Caswell
+
+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.markdown b/README.markdown
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--- a/README.markdown
+++ b/README.markdown
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ or Wget:
 
     wget -qO- https://raw.github.com/creationix/nvm/master/install.sh | sh
 
-<sub>The script clones the Nvm repository to `~/.nvm` and adds the source line to your profile (`~/.bash_profile` or `~/.profile`).</sub>
+<sub>The script clones the nvm repository to `~/.nvm` and adds the source line to your profile (`~/.bash_profile` or `~/.profile`).</sub>
 
 
 ### Manual install
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ To set a default Node version to be used in any new shell, use the alias 'defaul
 
 ## License
 
-Nvm is released under the MIT license.
+nvm is released under the MIT license.
 
 
 Copyright (C) 2010-2013 Tim Caswell