diff --git a/assets/licenses.md b/assets/licenses.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b4c705632b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/assets/licenses.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+TWSTS
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/crates/workspace/src/workspace.rs b/crates/workspace/src/workspace.rs
index 8735f33fbe..e8af0d62fc 100644
--- a/crates/workspace/src/workspace.rs
+++ b/crates/workspace/src/workspace.rs
@@ -233,6 +233,7 @@ pub fn init(app_state: Arc<AppState>, cx: &mut MutableAppContext) {
         workspace.toggle_sidebar(SidebarSide::Right, cx);
     });
     cx.add_action(Workspace::activate_pane_at_index);
+
     cx.add_action(Workspace::split_pane_with_item);
     cx.add_action(Workspace::split_pane_with_project_entry);
 
diff --git a/crates/zed/src/zed.rs b/crates/zed/src/zed.rs
index b6b00e7869..30f5bef53b 100644
--- a/crates/zed/src/zed.rs
+++ b/crates/zed/src/zed.rs
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ actions!(
         DebugElements,
         OpenSettings,
         OpenLog,
+        OpenLicenses,
         OpenTelemetryLog,
         OpenKeymap,
         OpenDefaultSettings,
@@ -184,6 +185,19 @@ pub fn init(app_state: &Arc<AppState>, cx: &mut gpui::MutableAppContext) {
             open_log_file(workspace, app_state.clone(), cx);
         }
     });
+    cx.add_action({
+        let app_state = app_state.clone();
+        move |workspace: &mut Workspace, _: &OpenLicenses, cx: &mut ViewContext<Workspace>| {
+            open_bundled_file(
+                workspace,
+                app_state.clone(),
+                "licenses.md",
+                "Open Source License Attribution",
+                "Markdown",
+                cx,
+            );
+        }
+    });
     cx.add_action({
         let app_state = app_state.clone();
         move |workspace: &mut Workspace, _: &OpenTelemetryLog, cx: &mut ViewContext<Workspace>| {
@@ -199,11 +213,12 @@ pub fn init(app_state: &Arc<AppState>, cx: &mut gpui::MutableAppContext) {
     cx.add_action({
         let app_state = app_state.clone();
         move |workspace: &mut Workspace, _: &OpenDefaultKeymap, cx: &mut ViewContext<Workspace>| {
-            open_bundled_config_file(
+            open_bundled_file(
                 workspace,
                 app_state.clone(),
                 "keymaps/default.json",
                 "Default Key Bindings",
+                "JSON",
                 cx,
             );
         }
@@ -213,11 +228,12 @@ pub fn init(app_state: &Arc<AppState>, cx: &mut gpui::MutableAppContext) {
         move |workspace: &mut Workspace,
               _: &OpenDefaultSettings,
               cx: &mut ViewContext<Workspace>| {
-            open_bundled_config_file(
+            open_bundled_file(
                 workspace,
                 app_state.clone(),
                 "settings/default.json",
                 "Default Settings",
+                "JSON",
                 cx,
             );
         }
@@ -656,11 +672,12 @@ fn open_telemetry_log_file(
     }).detach();
 }
 
-fn open_bundled_config_file(
+fn open_bundled_file(
     workspace: &mut Workspace,
     app_state: Arc<AppState>,
     asset_path: &'static str,
     title: &'static str,
+    language: &'static str,
     cx: &mut ViewContext<Workspace>,
 ) {
     workspace
@@ -670,7 +687,7 @@ fn open_bundled_config_file(
                 let text = Assets::get(asset_path).unwrap().data;
                 let text = str::from_utf8(text.as_ref()).unwrap();
                 project
-                    .create_buffer(text, project.languages().get_language("JSON"), cx)
+                    .create_buffer(text, project.languages().get_language(language), cx)
                     .expect("creating buffers on a local workspace always succeeds")
             });
             let buffer =
diff --git a/licenses/test.tx b/licenses/test.tx
deleted file mode 100644
index 9f27c62f59..0000000000
--- a/licenses/test.tx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-DATA DATA DATA
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/licenses/test.txt b/licenses/test.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index b18c75c886..0000000000
--- a/licenses/test.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Test test
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/script/collect-licenses.js b/script/collect-licenses.js
deleted file mode 100755
index a0193a4899..0000000000
--- a/script/collect-licenses.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env node
-
-const fs = require('fs');
-
-const file_name = (path) => "./licenses/".concat(path);
-
-const writeFile = (path, data) => {
-  fs.writeFile(file_name(path), data, (err) => {
-    if (err) throw err;
-    console.log("Saved file")
-  });
-}
-
-main();
-
-async function main() {
-  console.log("Here!");
-
-  writeFile("test.tx", "DATA DATA DATA")
-
-  // Next steps:
-  // 1a. Add wiring in Zed to check for a licenses markdown file
-  // 1b. Add wiring in Zed.dev for builds to publish licenses alongside releases as well as licenses for Zed.dev itself
-  // 2. Figure out how to run those commands and get the license text for each MIT and Apache licensed software
-  // 3. Add in the configuration file:
-  //      a. and refactor this script to have types of licenses
-  //      b. add callback handlers for each type,
-  //      c. check if the handler succeeds
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/script/collect-licenses.rs b/script/collect-licenses.rs
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..2814feaa08
--- /dev/null
+++ b/script/collect-licenses.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+//usr/bin/env rustc $0 -o a.out && ./a.out ; rm -f ./a.out ; exit
+
+fn main() {
+    println!("Hello world");
+
+    
+}
+
+// Next steps:
+// 1a. Add wiring in Zed to check for a licenses markdown file
+// 1b. Add wiring in Zed.dev for builds to publish licenses alongside releases as well as licenses for Zed.dev itself
+//     (e.g. https://github.com/zed-industries/zed.dev/tree/main/content/licenses)
+// 2. Figure out how to run those commands and get the license text for each MIT and Apache licensed software
+// 3. Add in the configuration file:
+//      a. and refactor this script to have types of licenses
+//      b. add callback handlers for each type,
+//      c. check if the handler succeeds