diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
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@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+The MIT License (MIT)
+
+Copyright (c) 2014 Mathias Buus
+
+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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@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ or as a [component](https://github.com/component/component) for the browser
 
 json-markup will take a JSON document and add markup to it so it can be styled in a browser.
 
+## Usage
+
 ``` js
 var jsonMarkup = require('json-markup');
 
@@ -30,3 +32,7 @@ The above example will print the following HTML
 
 Afterwards you can use css to style your output to your liking.
 A stylesheet similar to [JSON view](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/jsonview/chklaanhfefbnpoihckbnefhakgolnmc) is included in [style.css](https://github.com/mafintosh/json-markup/blob/master/style.css)
+
+## License
+
+MIT
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@@ -4,5 +4,6 @@
  "repository": "git://github.com/mafintosh/json-markup",
  "description":"a json to html syntax highlighter",
  "keywords": ["json", "html", "syntax", "highlight"],
- "author": "Mathias Buus Madsen <mathiasbuus@gmail.com>"
+ "author": "Mathias Buus Madsen <mathiasbuus@gmail.com>",
+ "license": "MIT"
 }