diff --git a/lib/snippets/copyright/index.ts b/lib/snippets/copyright/index.ts
index d902ac5..4e19a68 100644
--- a/lib/snippets/copyright/index.ts
+++ b/lib/snippets/copyright/index.ts
@@ -10,9 +10,10 @@ import path from 'path';
 import fs from 'fs-extra';
 import { Confirm, Input, AutoComplete } from 'enquirer';
 // eslint-disable-next-line id-match
-import { findLicense } from 'license';
+import { findLicense, getLicense } from 'license';
 import { Snippet } from '../../Snippet';
 import { DialogHandler } from '../../dialog';
+import { modify_json } from '../../Helper';
 import { CopyrightGenerator } from './copyright_generator';
 import { FileMapper } from './file_mapper';
 import { CopyrightOptions } from './copyright_options';
@@ -33,6 +34,24 @@ export default class Copyright implements Snippet {
       this.fix_file_license.bind (this)
     );
 
+    modify_json ((json) => {
+      json.author = `${this.options.author} <${this.options.email}>`;
+      json.license = this.options.has_license
+        ? this.options.license
+        : 'UNLICENSED';
+    });
+
+    if (this.options.has_license) {
+      await fs.writeFile (
+        path.join (cwd, 'LICENSE'),
+        getLicense (this.options.license, {
+          name:    this.options.author,
+          email:   this.options.email,
+          project: this.options.software
+        })
+      );
+    }
+
     if (!this.loaded_from_config && await new Confirm (
       { message: 'should those settings be saved for the next run?' }
     )