diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..08e2673
--- /dev/null
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+MIT License
+
+Copyright (c) 2019 Ivan Zlatanov
+
+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
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+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
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--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -35,3 +35,21 @@ Supported features:
 8. Ignoring nulls when serializing
 9. Custom property names and order.
 10. Required properties.
+
+### Benchmarks
+BenchmarkDotNet=v0.11.3, OS=Windows 10.0.17134.523 (1803/April2018Update/Redstone4)
+Intel Core i7-3770 CPU 3.40GHz (Ivy Bridge), 1 CPU, 8 logical and 4 physical cores
+Frequency=3320316 Hz, Resolution=301.1762 ns, Timer=TSC
+.NET Core SDK=2.2.101
+  [Host]    : .NET Core 2.2.0 (CoreCLR 4.6.27110.04, CoreFX 4.6.27110.04), 64bit RyuJIT
+  RyuJitX64 : .NET Core 2.2.0 (CoreCLR 4.6.27110.04, CoreFX 4.6.27110.04), 64bit RyuJIT
+
+Job=RyuJitX64  Jit=RyuJit  Platform=X64  
+Categories=Write  
+
+Writing 100,000 items to Stream.Null. Newtosoft.Json has been setup to use array pooling.
+```
+|          Method |     Mean |    Error |   StdDev | Ratio | RatioSD | Gen 0/1k Op | Allocated Memory/Op |
+|---------------- |---------:|---------:|---------:|------:|--------:|------------:|--------------------:|
+| WriteNewtonsoft | 530.5 ms | 6.346 ms | 5.626 ms |  1.00 |    0.00 |  18000.0000 |         77221.88 KB |
+|   WriteMaverick | 416.8 ms | 6.007 ms | 5.619 ms |  0.79 |    0.02 |           - |            37.17 KB |