diff --git a/README b/README
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0a1103a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/README
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+This is foremost an implementation of the curve Ed25519 that satisfies Go's
+elliptic.Curve interface. It targets amd64 systems, and is eventually intended
+to be a legible general-purpose library along the lines of curve25519-dalek.
+
+It is also an implementation of GF(2^255-19) field operations in a 64-bit
+representation, in both pure Go and plan9 assembly for amd64. This code is
+currently package-internal.
+
+The library is a WORK IN PROGRESS. Everything will change dramatically as
+development continues. There are no guarantees of stability, functionality,
+correctness, or safety. We aren't open yet, come back later!
diff --git a/ed25519.go b/ed25519.go
index 0b06b4c..52bc9cc 100644
--- a/ed25519.go
+++ b/ed25519.go
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ func (curve ed25519Curve) Double(x1, y1 *big.Int) (x, y *big.Int) {
 
 // ScalarMult returns k*(Bx,By) where k is a number in big-endian form.
 func (curve ed25519Curve) ScalarMult(x1, y1 *big.Int, k []byte) (x, y *big.Int) {
-	// if either coordinate is nil, return the point at infinity
+	// if either coordinate is nil, return the identity point
 	if x1 == nil || y1 == nil {
 		x = new(big.Int).Set(bigZero)
 		y = new(big.Int).Set(bigOne)
@@ -144,13 +144,10 @@ func (curve ed25519Curve) scalarFromBytes(out *[32]byte, in []byte) {
 	}
 }
 
-// // ScalarBaseMult returns k*G, where G is the base point of the group and k is
-// // an integer in big-endian form.
-// func (curve ed25519Curve) ScalarBaseMult(k []byte) (x, y *big.Int) {
-// 	var p edwards25519.ExtendedGroupElement
-// 	var scBytes [32]byte
-
-// 	curve.scalarFromBytes(&scBytes, k)
-// 	edwards25519.GeScalarMultBase(&p, &scBytes)
-// 	return extendedToAffine(&p)
-// }
+// ScalarBaseMult returns k*G, where G is the base point of the curve and k is
+// an integer in big-endian form. The difference between this and
+// arbitrary-point ScalarMult is the availability of precomputed multiples of
+// the base point.
+func (curve ed25519Curve) ScalarBaseMult(k []byte) (x, y *big.Int) {
+	panic("not yet implemented")
+}
diff --git a/ed25519_test.go b/ed25519_test.go
index 3808847..c8a28b3 100644
--- a/ed25519_test.go
+++ b/ed25519_test.go
@@ -369,24 +369,7 @@ func BenchmarkScalarMult(b *testing.B) {
 // 	}
 // }
 
-// // BENCHMARKS
-
-// func BenchmarkScalarBaseMult(b *testing.B) {
-// 	ed := Ed25519()
-
-// 	var k [32]byte
-// 	_, err := io.ReadFull(rand.Reader, k[:])
-// 	if err != nil {
-// 		b.Fatal(err)
-// 	}
-// 	k[0] &= 248
-// 	k[31] &= 127
-// 	k[31] |= 64
-
-// 	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
-// 		_, _ = ed.ScalarBaseMult(k[:])
-// 	}
-// }
+// COMPARATIVE FIELD BENCHMARKS
 
 var radix51A = field.FieldElement{
 	486662, 0, 0, 0, 0,
@@ -418,7 +401,6 @@ func BenchmarkFeFromBig(b *testing.B) {
 
 var feOnes field.FieldElement = [5]uint64{1, 1, 1, 1, 1}
 
-//func FeToBig(h *FieldElement) *big.Int {
 func BenchmarkFeToBig(b *testing.B) {
 	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
 		_ = field.FeToBig(&feOnes)
diff --git a/internal/radix51/const.go b/internal/radix51/const.go
index 51b6190..b650ff8 100644
--- a/internal/radix51/const.go
+++ b/internal/radix51/const.go
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-// Copyright 2017 George Tankersley. All rights reserved.
+// Copyright (c) 2017 George Tankersley. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
 
 // Constants used in the implementation of GF(2^255-19) field arithmetic.
 package radix51
diff --git a/internal/radix51/fe.go b/internal/radix51/fe.go
index d78922f..66a7093 100644
--- a/internal/radix51/fe.go
+++ b/internal/radix51/fe.go
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-// Copyright 2017 George Tankersley. All rights reserved.
+// Copyright (c) 2017 George Tankersley. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
 
 // Field arithmetic in radix 2^51 representation. This code is a port of the
 // public domain amd64-51-30k version of ed25519 from SUPERCOP.
diff --git a/internal/radix51/fe_mul.go b/internal/radix51/fe_mul.go
index 68b6849..edc7bd2 100644
--- a/internal/radix51/fe_mul.go
+++ b/internal/radix51/fe_mul.go
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2017 George Tankersley. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
 // +build !amd64 noasm
 
 package radix51
diff --git a/internal/radix51/fe_mul_amd64.go b/internal/radix51/fe_mul_amd64.go
index c76b4db..b0d38be 100644
--- a/internal/radix51/fe_mul_amd64.go
+++ b/internal/radix51/fe_mul_amd64.go
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2017 George Tankersley. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
 // +build amd64,!noasm
 
 package radix51
diff --git a/internal/radix51/fe_mul_amd64.s b/internal/radix51/fe_mul_amd64.s
index 07ebb0c..e246262 100644
--- a/internal/radix51/fe_mul_amd64.s
+++ b/internal/radix51/fe_mul_amd64.s
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2017 George Tankersley. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
 // Based on assembly generated by PeachPy. Equivalent to the Go in fe_mul.go,
 // which was originally based on the amd64-51-30k assembly in SUPERCOP.
 
diff --git a/internal/radix51/fe_square.go b/internal/radix51/fe_square.go
index fa738eb..ec5bd62 100644
--- a/internal/radix51/fe_square.go
+++ b/internal/radix51/fe_square.go
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2017 George Tankersley. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
 // +build !amd64 noasm
 
 package radix51
diff --git a/internal/radix51/fe_square_amd64.go b/internal/radix51/fe_square_amd64.go
index c089146..8c38356 100644
--- a/internal/radix51/fe_square_amd64.go
+++ b/internal/radix51/fe_square_amd64.go
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2017 George Tankersley. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
 // +build amd64,!noasm
 
 package radix51
diff --git a/internal/radix51/fe_square_amd64.s b/internal/radix51/fe_square_amd64.s
index f9af5c8..fa01331 100644
--- a/internal/radix51/fe_square_amd64.s
+++ b/internal/radix51/fe_square_amd64.s
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2017 George Tankersley. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
 // +build amd64,!noasm
 
 // func FeSquare(outp *uint64, xp *uint64)
diff --git a/internal/radix51/fe_test.go b/internal/radix51/fe_test.go
index 15a5a06..3450871 100644
--- a/internal/radix51/fe_test.go
+++ b/internal/radix51/fe_test.go
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2017 George Tankersley. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
 package radix51
 
 import (
diff --git a/internal/radix51/mul.go b/internal/radix51/mul.go
index dbea36c..c196d9d 100644
--- a/internal/radix51/mul.go
+++ b/internal/radix51/mul.go
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2017 George Tankersley. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
 package radix51
 
 import "unsafe"