Skorinn · Sep 4, 2026 · Sep 3, 2026 · Sep 3, 2026 · Sep 4, 2026
diff --git a/CODING_GUIDELINES.md b/CODING_GUIDELINES.md
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ All source files must include a standardized header:
 // File Name:      [FileName].cs
 // Description:    [Brief description of the file's purpose]
 //
-// Copyright (C) 2025 Mike Pullen. All Rights Reserved.
-// Confidential and Proprietary
+// Copyright (c) 2025 Mike Pullen
+// Licensed under the MIT License. See LICENSE in the repository root.
 //
 // Revision History: 
 //====================================================================================================================

diff --git a/DeviceUpdateThread.cs b/DeviceUpdateThread.cs
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 // File Name:      DeviceUpdateThread.cs
 // Description:    Thread for asynchronously updating the device list
 //
-// Copyright (C) 2023 Mike Pullen. All Rights Reserved.
-// Confidential and Proprietary
+// Copyright (c) 2023 Mike Pullen
+// Licensed under the MIT License. See LICENSE in the repository root.
 //
 // Revision History: 
 //====================================================================================================================

diff --git a/GeneratorForm.Designer.cs b/GeneratorForm.Designer.cs
diff --git a/GeneratorForm.cs b/GeneratorForm.cs
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 // File Name:      GeneratorForm.cs
 // Description:    Implementation of the Random Number Generator GUI
 //
-// Copyright (C) 2022-2024 Mike Pullen. All Rights Reserved.
-// Confidential and Proprietary
+// Copyright (c) 2022-2024 Mike Pullen
+// Licensed under the MIT License. See LICENSE in the repository root.
 //
 // Revision History: 
 //====================================================================================================================

diff --git a/HistogramChart.cs b/HistogramChart.cs
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 // File Name:      HistogramChart.cs
 // Description:    Histogram chart component for displaying random number generator data distribution
 //
-// Copyright (C) 2025 Mike Pullen. All Rights Reserved.
-// Confidential and Proprietary
+// Copyright (c) 2025 Mike Pullen
+// Licensed under the MIT License. See LICENSE in the repository root.
 //
 // Revision History: 
 //====================================================================================================================

diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+MIT License
+
+Copyright (c) 2022-2026 Mike Pullen
+
+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.
diff --git a/Program.cs b/Program.cs
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 // File Name:      Program.cs
 // Description:    Primary class for the Random Number Generator program
 //
-// Copyright (C) 2022 Mike Pullen. All Rights Reserved.
-// Confidential and Proprietary
+// Copyright (c) 2022 Mike Pullen
+// Licensed under the MIT License. See LICENSE in the repository root.
 //
 // Revision History: 
 //====================================================================================================================

diff --git a/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs b/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 [assembly: AssemblyConfiguration("")]
 [assembly: AssemblyCompany("")]
 [assembly: AssemblyProduct("Random Number Generator")]
-[assembly: AssemblyCopyright("Copyright ©  2022")]
+[assembly: AssemblyCopyright("Copyright (c) 2022-2026 Mike Pullen. MIT License.")]
 [assembly: AssemblyTrademark("")]
 [assembly: AssemblyCulture("")]
 

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
@@ -144,9 +144,15 @@ The coding standards are written down and are followed throughout:
 - [Moq](https://github.com/devlooped/moq) and MSTest, for the tests
 - `Externals/CommonControls.dll` and `Externals/DeviceInterfaces.dll`, committed binaries with no source
   in this repository
-- `TruRNGpro/rng.h`, a third-party header that wraps the serial port setup and reads for the device. Its
-  licensing has not been established, which is worth settling before the code is distributed.
+- `TruRNGpro/rng.h`, a third-party header that wraps the serial port setup and reads for the device. It is
+  not covered by this project's licence. Its author states in the file that it carries "No copyright, no
+  warranties", which is a disclaimer rather than a formal grant such as CC0, so no particular legal status
+  is claimed for it here. That is worth settling with the author if the licensing of the whole ever has to
+  be stated precisely.
 
-## Copyright
+## Licence
 
-Copyright (C) Mike Pullen. All rights reserved. The source files are marked confidential and proprietary.
+[MIT](LICENSE). Copyright (c) 2022-2026 Mike Pullen.
+
+You may use, modify and redistribute this, including commercially, provided the copyright notice and the
+permission notice are kept. It comes with no warranty.
diff --git a/RNGChart.cs b/RNGChart.cs
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 // File Name:      RNGChart.cs
 // Description:    Random Number Generator result chart class
 //
-// Copyright (C) 2024 Mike Pullen. All Rights Reserved.
-// Confidential and Proprietary
+// Copyright (c) 2024 Mike Pullen
+// Licensed under the MIT License. See LICENSE in the repository root.
 //
 // Revision History: 
 //====================================================================================================================

diff --git a/RNGDevice.cs b/RNGDevice.cs
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 // File Name:      RNGDevice.cs
 // Description:    Implementation of the RNG device class
 //
-// Copyright (C) 2023-2024 Mike Pullen. All Rights Reserved.
-// Confidential and Proprietary
+// Copyright (c) 2023-2024 Mike Pullen
+// Licensed under the MIT License. See LICENSE in the repository root.
 //
 // Revision History: 
 //====================================================================================================================

diff --git a/RNGDeviceTimer.cs b/RNGDeviceTimer.cs
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 // File Name:      RNGDeviceTimer.cs
 // Description:    Implementation of the timer for reading from the device
 //
-// Copyright (C) 2024 Mike Pullen. All Rights Reserved.
-// Confidential and Proprietary
+// Copyright (c) 2024 Mike Pullen
+// Licensed under the MIT License. See LICENSE in the repository root.
 //
 // Revision History: 
 //====================================================================================================================

diff --git a/RNGSessionData.cs b/RNGSessionData.cs
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 // File Name:      RNGSessionData.cs
 // Description:    Representation of the data from a Random Number Generator session
 //
-// Copyright (C) 2023-2024 Mike Pullen. All Rights Reserved.
-// Confidential and Proprietary
+// Copyright (c) 2023-2024 Mike Pullen
+// Licensed under the MIT License. See LICENSE in the repository root.
 //
 // Revision History: 
 //====================================================================================================================

diff --git a/RNGSessionDataFile.cs b/RNGSessionDataFile.cs
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 // File Name:      RNGSessionDataFile.cs
 // Description:    Interface to a Random Number Generator file
 //
-// Copyright (C) 2023-2024 Mike Pullen. All Rights Reserved.
-// Confidential and Proprietary
+// Copyright (c) 2023-2024 Mike Pullen
+// Licensed under the MIT License. See LICENSE in the repository root.
 //
 // Revision History: 
 //====================================================================================================================

diff --git a/RNGSessionTimer.cs b/RNGSessionTimer.cs
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 // File Name:      RNGSessionTimer.cs
 // Description:    Timer for tracking the elapsed time of a Random Number Generator session
 //
-// Copyright (C) 2024 Mike Pullen. All Rights Reserved.
-// Confidential and Proprietary
+// Copyright (c) 2024 Mike Pullen
+// Licensed under the MIT License. See LICENSE in the repository root.
 //
 // Revision History:
 //====================================================================================================================

diff --git a/RNGXMLReader.cs b/RNGXMLReader.cs
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 // File Name:      RNGXMLReader.cs
 // Description:    Handles reading RNG data from an XML file
 //
-// Copyright (C) 2023-2024 Mike Pullen. All Rights Reserved.
-// Confidential and Proprietary
+// Copyright (c) 2023-2024 Mike Pullen
+// Licensed under the MIT License. See LICENSE in the repository root.
 //
 // Revision History: 
 //====================================================================================================================

diff --git a/RNGXMLWriter.cs b/RNGXMLWriter.cs
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 // File Name:      RNGXMLWriter.cs
 // Description:    Handles writing the RNG data to an XML file
 //
-// Copyright (C) 2023-2024 Mike Pullen. All Rights Reserved.
-// Confidential and Proprietary
+// Copyright (c) 2023-2024 Mike Pullen
+// Licensed under the MIT License. See LICENSE in the repository root.
 //
 // Revision History: 
 //====================================================================================================================

diff --git a/RandomNumberGenerator.Test/CODING_GUIDELINES_TESTS.md b/RandomNumberGenerator.Test/CODING_GUIDELINES_TESTS.md
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ All test files must include the standardized header:
 // File Name:      [ClassName].Test.cs
 // Description:    Unit tests for the [ClassName] class
 //
-// Copyright (C) 2025 Mike Pullen. All Rights Reserved.
-// Confidential and Proprietary
+// Copyright (c) 2025 Mike Pullen
+// Licensed under the MIT License. See LICENSE in the repository root.
 //
 // Revision History: 
 //====================================================================================================================

diff --git a/RandomNumberGenerator.Test/DeviceUpdateThread.Test.cs b/RandomNumberGenerator.Test/DeviceUpdateThread.Test.cs
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 // File Name:      DeviceUpdateThread.Test.cs
 // Description:    Unit tests for the DeviceUpdateThread class
 //
-// Copyright (C) 2025 Mike Pullen. All Rights Reserved.
-// Confidential and Proprietary
+// Copyright (c) 2025 Mike Pullen
+// Licensed under the MIT License. See LICENSE in the repository root.
 //
 // Revision History: 
 //====================================================================================================================

diff --git a/RandomNumberGenerator.Test/GeneratorForm.Test.cs b/RandomNumberGenerator.Test/GeneratorForm.Test.cs
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 // File Name:      GeneratorForm.Test.cs
 // Description:    Unit tests for the GeneratorForm class
 //
-// Copyright (C) 2024 Mike Pullen. All Rights Reserved.
-// Confidential and Proprietary
+// Copyright (c) 2024 Mike Pullen
+// Licensed under the MIT License. See LICENSE in the repository root.
 //
 // Revision History: 
 //====================================================================================================================

diff --git a/RandomNumberGenerator.Test/HistogramChart.Test.cs b/RandomNumberGenerator.Test/HistogramChart.Test.cs
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 // File Name:      HistogramChart.Test.cs
 // Description:    Unit tests for the HistogramChart class
 //
-// Copyright (C) 2025 Mike Pullen. All Rights Reserved.
-// Confidential and Proprietary
+// Copyright (c) 2025 Mike Pullen
+// Licensed under the MIT License. See LICENSE in the repository root.
 //
 // Revision History: 
 //====================================================================================================================

diff --git a/RandomNumberGenerator.Test/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs b/RandomNumberGenerator.Test/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 [assembly: AssemblyConfiguration("")]
 [assembly: AssemblyCompany("")]
 [assembly: AssemblyProduct("Random Number Generator.Test")]
-[assembly: AssemblyCopyright("Copyright ©  2024")]
+[assembly: AssemblyCopyright("Copyright (c) 2022-2026 Mike Pullen. MIT License.")]
 [assembly: AssemblyTrademark("")]
 [assembly: AssemblyCulture("")]
 

diff --git a/RandomNumberGenerator.Test/RNGChart.Test.cs b/RandomNumberGenerator.Test/RNGChart.Test.cs
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 // File Name:      RNGChart.Test.cs
 // Description:    Unit tests for the RNGChart class
 //
-// Copyright (C) 2026 Mike Pullen. All Rights Reserved.
-// Confidential and Proprietary
+// Copyright (c) 2026 Mike Pullen
+// Licensed under the MIT License. See LICENSE in the repository root.
 //
 // Revision History: 
 //====================================================================================================================

diff --git a/RandomNumberGenerator.Test/RNGDevice.Test.cs b/RandomNumberGenerator.Test/RNGDevice.Test.cs
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 // File Name:      RNGDevice.Test.cs
 // Description:    Unit tests for the RNGDevice class
 //
-// Copyright (C) 2024 Mike Pullen. All Rights Reserved.
-// Confidential and Proprietary
+// Copyright (c) 2024 Mike Pullen
+// Licensed under the MIT License. See LICENSE in the repository root.
 //
 // Revision History: 
 //====================================================================================================================

diff --git a/RandomNumberGenerator.Test/RNGDeviceTimer.Test.cs b/RandomNumberGenerator.Test/RNGDeviceTimer.Test.cs
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 // File Name:      RNGDeviceTimer.Test.cs
 // Description:    Unit tests for the RNGDeviceTimer class
 //
-// Copyright (C) 2024 Mike Pullen. All Rights Reserved.
-// Confidential and Proprietary
+// Copyright (c) 2024 Mike Pullen
+// Licensed under the MIT License. See LICENSE in the repository root.
 //
 // Revision History: 
 //====================================================================================================================

diff --git a/RandomNumberGenerator.Test/RNGSessionData.Test.cs b/RandomNumberGenerator.Test/RNGSessionData.Test.cs
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 // File Name:      RNGSessionData.Test.cs
 // Description:    Unit tests for the RNGSessionData class
 //
-// Copyright (C) 2024 Mike Pullen. All Rights Reserved.
-// Confidential and Proprietary
+// Copyright (c) 2024 Mike Pullen
+// Licensed under the MIT License. See LICENSE in the repository root.
 //
 // Revision History: 
 //====================================================================================================================

diff --git a/RandomNumberGenerator.Test/RNGSessionDataFile.Test.cs b/RandomNumberGenerator.Test/RNGSessionDataFile.Test.cs
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 // File Name:      RNGSessionDataFile.Test.cs
 // Description:    Unit tests for the RNGSessionDataFile class
 //
-// Copyright (C) 2025 Mike Pullen. All Rights Reserved.
-// Confidential and Proprietary
+// Copyright (c) 2025 Mike Pullen
+// Licensed under the MIT License. See LICENSE in the repository root.
 //
 // Revision History: 
 //====================================================================================================================

diff --git a/RandomNumberGenerator.Test/RNGSessionTimer.Test.cs b/RandomNumberGenerator.Test/RNGSessionTimer.Test.cs
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 // File Name:      RNGSessionTimer.Test.cs
 // Description:    Unit tests for the RNGSessionTimer class
 //
-// Copyright (C) 2024 Mike Pullen. All Rights Reserved.
-// Confidential and Proprietary
+// Copyright (c) 2024 Mike Pullen
+// Licensed under the MIT License. See LICENSE in the repository root.
 //
 // Revision History: 
 //====================================================================================================================

diff --git a/RandomNumberGenerator.Test/RNGXMLReader.Test.cs b/RandomNumberGenerator.Test/RNGXMLReader.Test.cs
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 // File Name:      RNGXMLReader.Test.cs
 // Description:    Unit tests for the RNGXMLReader class
 //
-// Copyright (C) 2025 Mike Pullen. All Rights Reserved.
-// Confidential and Proprietary
+// Copyright (c) 2025 Mike Pullen
+// Licensed under the MIT License. See LICENSE in the repository root.
 //
 // Revision History: 
 //====================================================================================================================

diff --git a/RandomNumberGenerator.Test/RNGXMLWriter.Test.cs b/RandomNumberGenerator.Test/RNGXMLWriter.Test.cs
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 //*********************************************************************************************************************
-// File Name:      RNGSessionDataFile.Test.cs
+// File Name:      RNGXMLWriter.Test.cs
 // Description:    Unit tests for the RNGXMLWriter class
 //
-// Copyright (C) 2024 Mike Pullen. All Rights Reserved.
-// Confidential and Proprietary
+// Copyright (c) 2024 Mike Pullen
+// Licensed under the MIT License. See LICENSE in the repository root.
 //
 // Revision History: 
 //====================================================================================================================

diff --git a/RandomNumberGenerator.Test/StatisticalAnalysis.Test.cs b/RandomNumberGenerator.Test/StatisticalAnalysis.Test.cs
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 // File Name:      StatisticalAnalysis.Test.cs
 // Description:    Unit tests for the StatisticalAnalysis class
 //
-// Copyright (C) 2025 Mike Pullen. All Rights Reserved.
-// Confidential and Proprietary
+// Copyright (c) 2025 Mike Pullen
+// Licensed under the MIT License. See LICENSE in the repository root.
 //
 // Revision History: 
 //====================================================================================================================

diff --git a/RandomNumberGenerator.Test/TargetValues.Test.cs b/RandomNumberGenerator.Test/TargetValues.Test.cs
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 // File Name:      TargetValues.Test.cs
 // Description:    Unit tests for the TargetValues class
 //
-// Copyright (C) 2024 Mike Pullen. All Rights Reserved.
-// Confidential and Proprietary
+// Copyright (c) 2024 Mike Pullen
+// Licensed under the MIT License. See LICENSE in the repository root.
 //
 // Revision History: 
 //====================================================================================================================

diff --git a/RandomNumberGenerator.Test/XMLDataPoint.Test.cs b/RandomNumberGenerator.Test/XMLDataPoint.Test.cs
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 // File Name:      XMLDataPoint.Test.cs
 // Description:    Unit tests for the XMLDataPoint class
 //
-// Copyright (C) 2024 Mike Pullen. All Rights Reserved.
-// Confidential and Proprietary
+// Copyright (c) 2024 Mike Pullen
+// Licensed under the MIT License. See LICENSE in the repository root.
 //
 // Revision History: 
 //====================================================================================================================

diff --git a/StatisticalAnalysis.cs b/StatisticalAnalysis.cs
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 // File Name:      StatisticalAnalysis.cs
 // Description:    Provides the statistical analysis for the results
 //
-// Copyright (C) 2025 Mike Pullen. All Rights Reserved.
-// Confidential and Proprietary
+// Copyright (c) 2025 Mike Pullen
+// Licensed under the MIT License. See LICENSE in the repository root.
 //
 // Revision History: 
 //====================================================================================================================