diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ac9f0e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+MIT License
+
+Copyright (c) 2026 OpenBox AI
+
+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.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2ce3c36..1f91a71 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -53,3 +53,7 @@ uv sync --all-extras
 uv run pytest
 uv run ruff check .
 ```
+
+## License
+
+MIT — see [`LICENSE`](LICENSE).
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index eb42fb0..ceb3177 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -8,11 +8,11 @@ authors = [
 requires-python = ">=3.11"
 readme = "README.md"
 license = "MIT"
+license-files = ["LICENSE"]
 keywords = ["governance", "observability", "opentelemetry", "sdk", "openbox"]
 classifiers = [
     "Development Status :: 3 - Alpha",
     "Intended Audience :: Developers",
-    "License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",