diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
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+MIT License
+
+Copyright (c) 2021 Emil Lerch
+
+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
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+OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+SOFTWARE.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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diff --git a/xclipget.c b/xclipget.c
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+// gcc -o xclipget xclipget.c -lX11
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <limits.h>
+#include <X11/Xlib.h>
+
+Bool PrintSelection(Display *display, Window window, const char *bufname, const char *fmtname)
+{
+  char *result;
+  unsigned long ressize, restail;
+  int resbits;
+  Atom bufid = XInternAtom(display, bufname, False),
+       fmtid = XInternAtom(display, fmtname, False),
+       propid = XInternAtom(display, "XSEL_DATA", False),
+       incrid = XInternAtom(display, "INCR", False);
+  XEvent event;
+
+  XConvertSelection(display, bufid, fmtid, propid, window, CurrentTime);
+  do {
+    XNextEvent(display, &event);
+  } while (event.type != SelectionNotify || event.xselection.selection != bufid);
+
+  if (event.xselection.property)
+  {
+    XGetWindowProperty(display, window, propid, 0, LONG_MAX/4, False, AnyPropertyType,
+      &fmtid, &resbits, &ressize, &restail, (unsigned char**)&result);
+
+    if (fmtid == incrid)
+      printf("Buffer is too large and INCR reading is not implemented yet.\n");
+    else
+      printf("%.*s", (int)ressize, result);
+
+    XFree(result);
+    return True;
+  }
+  else // request failed, e.g. owner can't convert to the target format
+    return False;
+}
+
+int main()
+{
+  Display *display = XOpenDisplay(NULL);
+  unsigned long color = BlackPixel(display, DefaultScreen(display));
+  Window window = XCreateSimpleWindow(display, DefaultRootWindow(display), 0,0, 1,1, 0, color, color);
+  Bool result = PrintSelection(display, window, "CLIPBOARD", "UTF8_STRING") ||
+                PrintSelection(display, window, "CLIPBOARD", "STRING");
+  XDestroyWindow(display, window);
+  XCloseDisplay(display);
+  return !result;
+}