diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
index dc49ca978..eff138cad 100644
--- a/LICENSE
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -1,3 +1,24 @@
+This software is released under the MIT license:
+
+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.
+
+---
+
 Some pieces from builtins/ taken from node core under this license:
 
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diff --git a/readme.markdown b/readme.markdown
index 3e0db7d02..a9c79f9d7 100644
--- a/readme.markdown
+++ b/readme.markdown
@@ -816,6 +816,6 @@ Releases are documented in
 
 # license
 
-MIT
+[MIT](./LICENSE)
 
 ![browserify!](./assets/browserify.png)