docs: Add LICENSE.md (MIT)

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ one per merged pull request.
 - **docs: Shorter README, with a Steam Machine section**
   - How it works moved to `TECHNICAL.md`, problems to `TROUBLESHOOTING.md`;
     the README links to them and to the files it mentions.
+- **docs: LICENSE.md** with the MIT license the README already named.
 - **chore: No more `setup-gamescope-boot.sh` release asset**
   - Only `steamify.sh` is published; the old name from before 0.9.0 is gone.
 

LICENSE.md

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+# MIT License
+
+Copyright (c) 2026 Rick Peters
+
+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.
+
+The kernel packages in the `kernel-7.1.6-1` release are unmodified CachyOS
+packages under their own license (GPL-2.0); see that release for the source.

README.md

@@ -113,4 +113,4 @@ Contributing (or an AI agent)? Read [AGENTS.md](AGENTS.md).
 
 ## License
 
-MIT - do whatever you want with it.
+MIT - do whatever you want with it. See [LICENSE.md](LICENSE.md).