diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
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+## Contributor License Compromise
+
+Independent contributions (i.e. individual pull requests) from anyone other than 'Isaac Turci @Zac8668' are dual-licensed as [Polyform NonCommercial](https://polyformproject.org/licenses/noncommercial/1.0.0/) (granted to Spicy Lobster & Isaac Turci as the _licensor_) and [Apache 2.0](https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0), meaning all independent contributors retain ownership of their own contributions, albeit non-exclusively.
+
+In other words, your contributions belong equally to the Astratomic project as they do to you.
diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE.md
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-Astratomic source code is Copyright (c) 2023 The Spicy Lobster team & Isaac Turci \
+Astratomic source code is Copyright (c) 2024 The Spicy Lobster team & Isaac Turci \
 and licensed as [PolyForm NonCommercial v1.0](https://polyformproject.org/licenses/noncommercial/1.0.0/).
 
 The player assets are from Penzilla, https://penzilla.itch.io/protagonist-character.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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 ## Licensing
 
-In the future we aim to separate the engine code from the game code, making the former licensed under MIT and the latter under PolyForm NonCommercial v1.0.
+In the future we aim to separate the engine code from the game code, making the former licensed under Apache v2.0 and the latter under PolyForm NonCommercial v1.0.
 
-#
+### Contributor License Compromise
+
+Independent contributions (i.e. individual pull requests) from anyone other than 'Isaac Turci @Zac8668' are dual-licensed as [Polyform NonCommercial](https://polyformproject.org/licenses/noncommercial/1.0.0/) (granted to Spicy Lobster & Isaac Turci as the _licensor_) and [Apache 2.0](https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0), meaning all independent contributors retain ownership of their own contributions, albeit non-exclusively.
+
+More specifics soon to come in [CONTRIBUTING.md](/CONTRIBUTING.md).
+
+### Assets
 
 The player assets are from Penzilla, https://penzilla.itch.io/protagonist-character.