diff --git a/LICENSE.txt b/LICENSE.txt
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index 0000000..ead1953
--- /dev/null
+++ b/LICENSE.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+# This is the MIT license
+
+Copyright (c) 2013-2015 Amar Suhail <amar.suhail@gmail.com>.
+
+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/package.json b/package.json
index 4dcda6f..eff29c4 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -24,5 +24,6 @@
   "scripts": {
     "test": "make test",
     "travis-cov": { "threshold": 70 }
-  }
+  },
+  "license": "MIT"
 }
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