diff --git a/.Rbuildignore b/.Rbuildignore
index 7380398..dfb67f4 100644
--- a/.Rbuildignore
+++ b/.Rbuildignore
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@
 ^paper\.md$
 ^paper\.bib$
 ^\.travis\.yml$
+^LICENSE$
diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..43b09fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+COPYRIGHT 2012: Thanawin Rakthanmanon, Bilson Campana, Abdullah Mueen, Gustavo Batista and Eamonn Keogh. (UCR Suite source code)
+
+COPYRIGHT 2016: Philipp Boersch-Supan (R bindings)
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.