diff --git a/LICENSE.md b/LICENSE.md
index ef24da9..a099125 100644
--- a/LICENSE.md
+++ b/LICENSE.md
@@ -1,29 +1,21 @@
-Modified BSD License (BSD-3-Clause)
-====================
+MIT License
 
-_Copyright © `2016`, `California Institute of Technology`
-_All rights reserved._
+Copyright (c) 2017 Andrew Jewett
 
-Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
-modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
+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:
 
-1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
-   notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
-2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
-   notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
-   documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
-3. Neither the name of the copyright holders nor the names of its
-   contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from 
-   this software without specific prior written permission.
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+copies or substantial portions of the Software.
 
-THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS “AS IS”
-AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
-IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
-ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE
-LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR
-CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF
-SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS
-INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN
-CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE)
-ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF
-THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+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 404b111..dd55eea 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-[![License](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-BSD%203--Clause-blue.svg)]
+[![License](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-MIT-green.svg)]
 
 ndmansfield
 ===========
@@ -106,6 +106,5 @@ columns in your file accordingly.)
 
 ## License
 
-ndmansfield is available under the terms of the open-source 3-clause BSD 
-license.  (See `LICENSE.md`.)
+ndmansfield is available under the terms of the [MIT license](LICENSE.md).