diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
index 08124a8..7a96394 100644
--- a/LICENSE
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -1,21 +1,29 @@
-The MIT License (MIT)
+BSD 3-Clause License
 
-Copyright (c) [2016-2017] Vladimir Bauer and contributors
+Copyright (C) 2016-2017 Vladimir Bauer
+All rights reserved.
 
-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:
+Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
 
-The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
-copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+* Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this
+  list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
 
-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.
+* 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.
+
+* Neither the name of the copyright holder nor the names of its
+  contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from
+  this software without specific prior written permission.
+
+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
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+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.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4e19b2b..19a7d53 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -136,6 +136,6 @@
 
 ## License
 
-[MIT](https://github.com/vbauerster/mpb/blob/master/LICENSE)
+[BSD 3-Clause](https://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause)
 
 The typeface used in screen shots: [Iosevka](https://be5invis.github.io/Iosevka)
diff --git a/bar.go b/bar.go
index ab4386c..d7a2db9 100644
--- a/bar.go
+++ b/bar.go
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+// Copyright (C) 2016-2017 Vladimir Bauer
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
 package mpb
 
 import (
diff --git a/decorators.go b/decorators.go
index 5f006f5..9bb06fb 100644
--- a/decorators.go
+++ b/decorators.go
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+// Copyright (C) 2016-2017 Vladimir Bauer
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
 package mpb
 
 import (
diff --git a/doc.go b/doc.go
index 5ada717..70d69d8 100644
--- a/doc.go
+++ b/doc.go
@@ -1,2 +1,5 @@
 // Package mpb is a library for rendering progress bars in terminal applications.
+// Copyright (C) 2016-2017 Vladimir Bauer
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
 package mpb
diff --git a/progress.go b/progress.go
index b5374b6..738d46a 100644
--- a/progress.go
+++ b/progress.go
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+// Copyright (C) 2016-2017 Vladimir Bauer
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
 package mpb
 
 import (
diff --git a/progress_go1.7.go b/progress_go1.7.go
index 158e548..cc2690f 100644
--- a/progress_go1.7.go
+++ b/progress_go1.7.go
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 //+build go1.7
+
+// Copyright (C) 2016-2017 Vladimir Bauer
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
 
 package mpb
 
diff --git a/proxyreader.go b/proxyreader.go
index b710ec8..b0d6eef 100644
--- a/proxyreader.go
+++ b/proxyreader.go
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+// Copyright (C) 2016-2017 Vladimir Bauer
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
 package mpb
 
 import "io"