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+The MIT License (MIT)
+
+Copyright (c) 2012-2015 Clay Gregory
+
+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.
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@@ -59,6 +59,10 @@ This project is built against Apache HttpClient 4.3.x. Since the HttpClient pack
 compatibility is an issue. This project can be used on Android, however, using the [HttpClient for Android project](https://hc.apache.org/httpcomponents-client-4.3.x/android-port.html) 
 in place of the above Apache HttpClient dependency.
 
+##License
+
+See the [LICENSE](LICENSE.md) file for rights and limitations under the terms of the MIT license.
+
 ##Downloads
 
 Source is hosted at the [jFitbit GitHub repository](https://github.com/claygregory/jfitbit).
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