diff --git a/COPYING b/COPYING
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2993ec0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/COPYING
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+Copyright (C) 2014 Alec Thomas
+
+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/global.go b/global.go
index 68f609b..bc7f967 100644
--- a/global.go
+++ b/global.go
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ func Fatalf(format string, args ...interface{}) {
 	os.Exit(1)
 }
 
-// FatalIfError prints an error and exits, if err is not nil. The error is printed
+// FatalIfError prints an error and exits if err is not nil. The error is printed
 // with the given prefix.
 func FatalIfError(err error, prefix string) {
 	if err != nil {