diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..519b9c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+MIT License
+
+Copyright (c) Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada as represented by Employment and Social Development Canada, 2020
+
+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/README.md b/README.md
index 94c9ab4..c24c1bc 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
 Flask application that shows deltas between Active Directory and Odoo. 
 
-
 # Build and Run 
 
 ```sh
@@ -11,4 +10,8 @@ $ docker build . --build-arg APP_ENV=production -t whatevertagyoulike:latest
 $ docker run -p 8080:80 whatevertagyoulike
 ```
 
-Then navigate to localhost:8080 on your machine 
+Then navigate to localhost:8080 on your machine
+
+## License
+
+Unless otherwise noted, the source code of this project is covered under Crown Copyright, Government of Canada, and is distributed under the [MIT License](LICENSE).