diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 96152932684a48..bc151d02603d62 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -208,5 +208,5 @@ However, there are still some styles that the linter cannot pick up.
 
 ## License
 
-By contributing to React Native, you agree that your contributions will be licensed under its BSD license.
+By contributing to React Native, you agree that your contributions will be licensed under its MIT license.
 <!-- generated_contributing_end -->
diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
index 8085fec497caf6..9e051010d82dc6 100644
--- a/LICENSE
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -1,30 +1,21 @@
-BSD License
+MIT License
 
-For React Native software
+Copyright (c) 2015-present, Facebook, Inc.
 
-Copyright (c) 2015-present, Facebook, Inc. All rights reserved.
+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:
 
-Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification,
-are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+copies or substantial portions of the Software.
 
- * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this
-   list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
-
- * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice,
-   this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation
-   and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
-
- * Neither the name Facebook nor the names of its contributors may be used to
-   endorse or promote products derived from this software without specific
-   prior written permission.
-
-THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" AND
-ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED
-WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE
-DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR
-ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES
-(INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES;
-LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON
-ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
-(INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS
-SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+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/Libraries/Animated/release/gulpfile.js b/Libraries/Animated/release/gulpfile.js
index 5787276888a516..b454ea790c2731 100644
--- a/Libraries/Animated/release/gulpfile.js
+++ b/Libraries/Animated/release/gulpfile.js
@@ -30,13 +30,10 @@ var PRODUCTION_HEADER = [
   '/**',
   ' * Animated v<%= version %>',
   ' *',
-  ' * Copyright 2013-2015, Facebook, Inc.',
-  ' * All rights reserved.',
-  ' *',
-  ' * This source code is licensed under the BSD-style license found in the',
-  ' * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree. An additional grant',
-  ' * of patent rights can be found in the PATENTS file in the same directory.',
+  ' * Copyright (c) 2013-present, Facebook, Inc.',
   ' *',
+  ' * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the',
+  ' * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.',
   ' */'
 ].join('\n') + '\n';
 
diff --git a/Libraries/Animated/release/package.json b/Libraries/Animated/release/package.json
index 33654f7eae10e2..74f457a4dcd33c 100644
--- a/Libraries/Animated/release/package.json
+++ b/Libraries/Animated/release/package.json
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     "animated",
     "animation"
   ],
-  "license": "BSD-3-Clause",
+  "license": "MIT",
   "main": "Animated.js",
   "dependencies": {
     "fbjs": "^0.2.1"
diff --git a/PATENTS b/PATENTS
deleted file mode 100644
index f26186660aa7b0..00000000000000
--- a/PATENTS
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-Additional Grant of Patent Rights Version 2
-
-"Software" means the React Native software distributed by Facebook, Inc.
-
-Facebook, Inc. (“Facebook”) hereby grants to each recipient of the Software
-(“you”) a perpetual, worldwide, royalty-free, non-exclusive, irrevocable
-(subject to the termination provision below) license under any Necessary
-Claims, to make, have made, use, sell, offer to sell, import, and otherwise
-transfer the Software. For avoidance of doubt, no license is granted under
-Facebook's rights in any patent claims that are infringed by (i) modifications
-to the Software made by you or any third party or (ii) the Software in
-combination with any software or other technology.
-
-The license granted hereunder will terminate, automatically and without notice,
-if you (or any of your subsidiaries, corporate affiliates or agents) initiate
-directly or indirectly, or take a direct financial interest in, any Patent
-Assertion: (i) against Facebook or any of its subsidiaries or corporate
-affiliates, (ii) against any party if such Patent Assertion arises in whole or
-in part from any software, technology, product or service of Facebook or any of
-its subsidiaries or corporate affiliates, or (iii) against any party relating
-to the Software. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if Facebook or any of its
-subsidiaries or corporate affiliates files a lawsuit alleging patent
-infringement against you in the first instance, and you respond by filing a
-patent infringement counterclaim in that lawsuit against that party that is
-unrelated to the Software, the license granted hereunder will not terminate
-under section (i) of this paragraph due to such counterclaim.
-
-A "Necessary Claim" is a claim of a patent owned by Facebook that is
-necessarily infringed by the Software standing alone.
-
-A "Patent Assertion" is any lawsuit or other action alleging direct, indirect,
-or contributory infringement or inducement to infringe any patent, including a
-cross-claim or counterclaim.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 05aafba3ca7806..a9c12562f1a698 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ We have a list of [beginner friendly issues](https://github.com/facebook/react-n
 
 ## License
 
-React Native is [BSD licensed](./LICENSE). We also provide an additional [patent grant](./PATENTS).
+React Native is [MIT licensed](./LICENSE).
 
 React Native documentation is [Creative Commons licensed](./LICENSE-docs).
 
diff --git a/React.podspec b/React.podspec
index eb9b0c979a9ddb..9d222499f38414 100644
--- a/React.podspec
+++ b/React.podspec
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ Pod::Spec.new do |s|
   s.requires_arc            = true
   s.platforms               = { :ios => "8.0", :tvos => "9.2" }
   s.pod_target_xcconfig     = { "CLANG_CXX_LANGUAGE_STANDARD" => "c++14" }
-  s.preserve_paths          = "package.json", "LICENSE", "LICENSE-docs", "PATENTS"
+  s.preserve_paths          = "package.json", "LICENSE", "LICENSE-docs"
   s.cocoapods_version       = ">= 1.2.0"
 
   s.subspec "Core" do |ss|
diff --git a/ReactAndroid/release.gradle b/ReactAndroid/release.gradle
index 51e431a98e9a22..13cfbaf826ad3f 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/release.gradle
+++ b/ReactAndroid/release.gradle
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ def configureReactNativePom(def pom) {
 
         licenses {
             license {
-                name 'BSD License'
+                name 'MIT License'
                 url 'https://github.com/facebook/react-native/blob/master/LICENSE'
                 distribution 'repo'
             }
diff --git a/ReactCommon/yoga/yoga.podspec b/ReactCommon/yoga/yoga.podspec
index 4d0577e80dbec5..c38f4c09796cb6 100644
--- a/ReactCommon/yoga/yoga.podspec
+++ b/ReactCommon/yoga/yoga.podspec
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ end
 Pod::Spec.new do |spec|
   spec.name = 'yoga'
   spec.version = "#{version}.React"
-  spec.license =  { :type => 'BSD' }
+  spec.license =  { :type => 'MIT' }
   spec.homepage = 'https://facebook.github.io/yoga/'
   spec.documentation_url = 'https://facebook.github.io/yoga/docs/api/c/'
 
diff --git a/babel-preset/package.json b/babel-preset/package.json
index 77e1090ed1754a..3181ee146f24a4 100644
--- a/babel-preset/package.json
+++ b/babel-preset/package.json
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     "preset",
     "react-native"
   ],
-  "license": "BSD-3-Clause",
+  "license": "MIT",
   "bugs": {
     "url": "https://github.com/facebook/react-native/issues"
   },
diff --git a/local-cli/runIOS/findMatchingSimulator.js b/local-cli/runIOS/findMatchingSimulator.js
index eb14e4b843685f..ceef5c669ee337 100644
--- a/local-cli/runIOS/findMatchingSimulator.js
+++ b/local-cli/runIOS/findMatchingSimulator.js
@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
 /**
  * Copyright (c) 2015-present, Facebook, Inc.
- * All rights reserved.
  *
- * This source code is licensed under the BSD-style license found in the
- * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree. An additional grant
- * of patent rights can be found in the PATENTS file in the same directory.*
+ * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
  */
 'use strict';
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 631a0394dcdac7..f57e73a70e80b0 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "name": "react-native",
   "version": "1000.0.0",
   "description": "A framework for building native apps using React",
-  "license": "BSD-3-Clause",
+  "license": "MIT",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
     "url": "git@github.com:facebook/react-native.git"
@@ -112,7 +112,6 @@
     "LICENSE",
     "local-cli",
     "packager",
-    "PATENTS",
     "react.gradle",
     "React.podspec",
     "React",
diff --git a/react-native-cli/package.json b/react-native-cli/package.json
index 1d7498c49a6757..fb966fa17c4b34 100644
--- a/react-native-cli/package.json
+++ b/react-native-cli/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "react-native-cli",
   "version": "2.0.1",
-  "license": "BSD-3-Clause",
+  "license": "MIT",
   "description": "The React Native CLI tools",
   "main": "index.js",
   "engines": {
diff --git a/react-native-git-upgrade/package.json b/react-native-git-upgrade/package.json
index 9556cc277a082a..21cfa896188626 100644
--- a/react-native-git-upgrade/package.json
+++ b/react-native-git-upgrade/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "react-native-git-upgrade",
   "version": "0.2.7",
-  "license": "BSD-3-Clause",
+  "license": "MIT",
   "description": "The React Native upgrade tool",
   "main": "cli.js",
   "bin": {
diff --git a/scripts/sync-css-layout.sh b/scripts/sync-css-layout.sh
index fcd5bb525a0090..6c2f2f3c01f2a4 100755
--- a/scripts/sync-css-layout.sh
+++ b/scripts/sync-css-layout.sh
@@ -8,10 +8,9 @@ function patchfile {
   # Add React Native copyright
   printf "/**\n"  > /tmp/yogasync.tmp
   printf " * Copyright (c) 2014-present, Facebook, Inc.\n"  >> /tmp/yogasync.tmp
-  printf " * All rights reserved.\n" >> /tmp/yogasync.tmp
-  printf " * This source code is licensed under the BSD-style license found in the\n"  >> /tmp/yogasync.tmp
-  printf " * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree. An additional grant\n"  >> /tmp/yogasync.tmp
-  printf " * of patent rights can be found in the PATENTS file in the same directory.\n"  >> /tmp/yogasync.tmp
+  printf " *\n" >> /tmp/yogasync.tmp
+  printf " * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the\n"  >> /tmp/yogasync.tmp
+  printf " * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.\n"  >> /tmp/yogasync.tmp
   printf " */\n\n"  >> /tmp/yogasync.tmp
   printf "// NOTE: this file is auto-copied from https://github.com/facebook/css-layout\n" >> /tmp/yogasync.tmp
   # The following is split over four lines so Phabricator doesn't think this file is generated
diff --git a/third-party-podspecs/DoubleConversion.podspec b/third-party-podspecs/DoubleConversion.podspec
index 514194ed61040a..52f7ec1279f9c8 100644
--- a/third-party-podspecs/DoubleConversion.podspec
+++ b/third-party-podspecs/DoubleConversion.podspec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Pod::Spec.new do |spec|
   spec.name = 'DoubleConversion'
   spec.version = '1.1.5'
-  spec.license = { :type => 'BSD' }
+  spec.license = { :type => 'MIT' }
   spec.homepage = 'https://github.com/google/double-conversion'
   spec.summary = 'Efficient binary-decimal and decimal-binary conversion routines for IEEE doubles'
   spec.authors = 'Google'