diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 82ca00a..1bdb34e 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Description: React based declarative usage of vtk.js for Dash
 Depends: R (>= 3.0.2)
 Imports: 
 Suggests: 
-License: BSD + file LICENSE
+License: MIT + file LICENSE
 URL: https://github.com/plotly/dash-vtk
 BugReports: https://github.com/plotly/dash-vtk/issues
 Encoding: UTF-8
diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
index e69de29..c5213a7 100644
--- a/LICENSE
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+The MIT License (MIT)
+
+Copyright (c) 2021 Plotly, Inc
+
+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.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/dash_vtk/package-info.json b/dash_vtk/package-info.json
index 9d58709..a68b4d6 100644
--- a/dash_vtk/package-info.json
+++ b/dash_vtk/package-info.json
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     "build:activated": "npm run build:js && npm run build:py_and_r-activated"
   },
   "author": "Kitware Inc <sebastien.jourdain@kitware.com>",
-  "license": "BSD",
+  "license": "MIT",
   "dependencies": {
     "ramda": "^0.26.1",
     "react-vtk-js": "1.0.4"
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 9d58709..a68b4d6 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     "build:activated": "npm run build:js && npm run build:py_and_r-activated"
   },
   "author": "Kitware Inc <sebastien.jourdain@kitware.com>",
-  "license": "BSD",
+  "license": "MIT",
   "dependencies": {
     "ramda": "^0.26.1",
     "react-vtk-js": "1.0.4"