diff --git a/LICENSE_STDLIB b/LICENSE_STDLIB
index e01d69c8e..2eb71a7c3 100644
--- a/LICENSE_STDLIB
+++ b/LICENSE_STDLIB
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Copyright (c) 2022 Christoffer Lernö and contributors
+Copyright (c) 2022-2025 Christoffer Lernö and contributors
 
 Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
 a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 068b7c096..711041988 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -462,8 +462,13 @@ this functionality is non-essential and it is perfectly fine to user the compile
 
 #### Licensing
 
-The C3 compiler is licensed under LGPL 3.0, the standard library itself is
-MIT licensed.
+Unless specified otherwise, the code in this repository is MIT licensed.
+The exception is the compiler source code (the source code under `src`),
+which is licensed under LGPL 3.0. 
+
+This means you are free to use all parts of standard library, 
+tests, benchmarks, grammar, examples and so on under the MIT license, including 
+using those libraries and tests if your build your own C3 compiler.
 
 #### Editor plugins
 
diff --git a/resources/LICENSE_RESOURCES b/resources/LICENSE_RESOURCES
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2eb71a7c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/LICENSE_RESOURCES
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+Copyright (c) 2022-2025 Christoffer Lernö and 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 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.
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diff --git a/test/LICENSE_TEST b/test/LICENSE_TEST
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2eb71a7c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/LICENSE_TEST
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+Copyright (c) 2022-2025 Christoffer Lernö and 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 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.
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