diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
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+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+Copyright 2022 NASA
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -25,3 +25,7 @@ To add append to a table:
 We use this action to create tags https://github.com/mathieudutour/github-tag-action
 
 This uses [conventional commit methodology](https://www.conventionalcommits.org/en/v1.0.0/) to create tags using the logic detailed [here](https://github.com/mathieudutour/github-tag-action#bumping)
+
+# License
+This project is licensed under **Apache 2**, see the [LICENSE](LICENSE) file for more details.
+