diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
index 94a9ed02..9cd4f9e0 100644
--- a/LICENSE
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
+<<<<<<< HEAD
                     GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
+=======
+GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
+>>>>>>> 02e66e323f58f34faafc43710f9d60e90f16c0fe
                        Version 3, 29 June 2007
 
  Copyright (C) 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc. <http://fsf.org/>
@@ -631,8 +635,13 @@ to attach them to the start of each source file to most effectively
 state the exclusion of warranty; and each file should have at least
 the "copyright" line and a pointer to where the full notice is found.
 
+<<<<<<< HEAD
     <one line to give the program's name and a brief idea of what it does.>
     Copyright (C) <year>  <name of author>
+=======
+    {one line to give the program's name and a brief idea of what it does.}
+    Copyright (C) {year}  {name of author}
+>>>>>>> 02e66e323f58f34faafc43710f9d60e90f16c0fe
 
     This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
     it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -652,7 +661,11 @@ Also add information on how to contact you by electronic and paper mail.
   If the program does terminal interaction, make it output a short
 notice like this when it starts in an interactive mode:
 
+<<<<<<< HEAD
     <program>  Copyright (C) <year>  <name of author>
+=======
+    {project}  Copyright (C) {year}  {fullname}
+>>>>>>> 02e66e323f58f34faafc43710f9d60e90f16c0fe
     This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details type `show w'.
     This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it
     under certain conditions; type `show c' for details.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f56fdf70
--- /dev/null
+++ b/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+lynis
+=====
+
+Lynis - Security auditing and hardening tool for Unix/Linux based systems