diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 0acae3c..de71111 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-# Part of the synth tool -- Copyright (c) Christian Neumüller 2015
-# This file is subject to the terms of the BSD 2-Clause License.
-# See LICENSE.txt or http://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-2-Clause
+# Part of the synth tool -- Copyright (c) Christian Neumüller 2016
+# This file is subject to the terms of the MIT License.
+# See LICENSE.txt or http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT
 
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8)
 project(synth)
diff --git a/LICENSE.txt b/LICENSE.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4613eab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/LICENSE.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+Copyright (c) 2016 Christian Neumüller
+
+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 9fa964b..54a6357 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -91,5 +91,9 @@ where only declarations and definitions are bold.
    synth.sln``. If you have a not too ancient CMake you can just use
    ``cmake --build .``.
 
+## License
+
+This project is licensed under the MIT license. See [LICENSE.txt](LICENSE.txt)
+
 
 [libclang]: http://clang.llvm.org/doxygen/group__CINDEX.html
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 07acd12..9021904 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-# Part of the synth tool -- Copyright (c) Christian Neumüller 2015
-# This file is subject to the terms of the BSD 2-Clause License.
-# See LICENSE.txt or http://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-2-Clause
+# Part of the synth tool -- Copyright (c) Christian Neumüller 2016
+# This file is subject to the terms of the MIT License.
+# See LICENSE.txt or http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT
 
 set(synth_HDRS
     "CgStr.hpp"