diff --git a/LICENSE.md b/LICENSE.md
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+++ b/LICENSE.md
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+The MIT License (MIT)
+
+Copyright (c) 2017 Relaxed Communications GmbH
+
+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/composer.json b/composer.json
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+++ b/composer.json
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
     "description": "A PHP class for EAN and ISBN name lookup and validation using the API on ean-search.org",
 	"keywords": ["EAN","barcode","webservice","REST","UPC","ISBN13","ISBN"],
 	"homepage": "https://www.ean-search.org/ean-database-api.html",
+	"license": "MIT",
     "require": {
         "php": ">=5.3.0"
     }