diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
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+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+MIT License
+
+Copyright (c) 2026 Niko1221 and the Strata contributors
+
+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
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+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
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+SOFTWARE.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0e13f9ebf..6021f2249 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -180,3 +180,10 @@ The full story is in the [paper](docs/paper/Strata-Paper.pdf) and the [details](
 - Built with parts of [llama.cpp / ggml](https://github.com/ggml-org/llama.cpp) (MIT). Ideas from
   [Splash](https://github.com/incoai/splash), [ninfer](https://github.com/Neroued/ninfer) and
   [HyperQwen](https://github.com/syv-ai/HyperQwen). More in the [details](docs/DETAILS.md#credits-and-licenses).
+
+## License
+
+Strata is open source under the [MIT License](LICENSE). A few parts carry their own licenses: `third_party/ggml`
+(MIT, llama.cpp / ggml), the web app's font (SIL Open Font License 1.1) and the experimental speed projection's
+vector in `data/experimental-speed-projection` (Qwen Community License 1.0, from the model's activations). The
+models are not part of this repository; each model's own license applies to its files.
diff --git a/docs/DETAILS.md b/docs/DETAILS.md
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--- a/docs/DETAILS.md
+++ b/docs/DETAILS.md
@@ -466,8 +466,12 @@ The full story, with measurements, bottlenecks and what comes next: **[docs/pape
 
 ## Credits and licenses
 
+Strata itself: [MIT](../LICENSE). The model files are not part of it; their licenses apply to them (below).
+
 - Model: [Qwen/Qwen3.8-Flash-Next](https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen3.8-Flash-Next) by the Qwen team; quantizations:
   [ISTA-DASLab/Qwen3.8-Flash-Next-GSQ-RCO-GGUF](https://huggingface.co/ISTA-DASLab/Qwen3.8-Flash-Next-GSQ-RCO-GGUF).
+  The Coder: [ISTA-DASLab/Qwen3.8-Flash-Next-GSQ-RCO-Coder-GGUF](https://huggingface.co/ISTA-DASLab/Qwen3.8-Flash-Next-GSQ-RCO-Coder-GGUF)
+  (Apache-2.0 per its card); its support in Strata came from @pjgmobile's PR #54.
   Swift 1.5: [ukisai/Swift-1.5-Qwen3.8-Flash-Next-GSQ-RCO-GGUF](https://huggingface.co/ukisai/Swift-1.5-Qwen3.8-Flash-Next-GSQ-RCO-GGUF)
   by UkisAI. Their licenses apply to the weights.
 - [llama.cpp / ggml](https://github.com/ggml-org/llama.cpp) (MIT): the i-quant formats, the GPU dot products and
@@ -478,3 +482,5 @@ The full story, with measurements, bottlenecks and what comes next: **[docs/pape
   [HyperQwen](https://github.com/syv-ai/HyperQwen); references in the paper.
 - The web app's font: [Outfit](https://github.com/Outfitio/Outfit-Fonts) (SIL Open Font License 1.1, see
   `serve/web/fonts/OFL.txt`). Its Monitor tab started from @code-martin's dashboard idea (PR #22).
+- The experimental speed projection's vector (`data/experimental-speed-projection/`): Qwen Community License 1.0,
+  made from the model's activations (see its README).