diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..859b594
--- /dev/null
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+Copyright (c) Tim Pope
+
+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.markdown b/README.markdown
index bf7feaa..66f2c85 100644
--- a/README.markdown
+++ b/README.markdown
@@ -62,8 +62,3 @@ Like rhubarb.vim? Follow the repository on
 you're feeling especially charitable, follow [tpope](http://tpo.pe/) on
 [Twitter](http://twitter.com/tpope) and
 [GitHub](https://github.com/tpope).
-
-## License
-
-Copyright (c) Tim Pope.  Distributed under the same terms as Vim itself.
-See `:help license`.
diff --git a/doc/rhubarb.txt b/doc/rhubarb.txt
index 0152aef..0a1d4d0 100644
--- a/doc/rhubarb.txt
+++ b/doc/rhubarb.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 *rhubarb.txt*  fugitive.vim extension for GitHub
 
 Author:  Tim Pope <http://tpo.pe/>
-License: Same terms as Vim itself (see |license|)
+License: MIT
 
 Use |i_CTRL-X_CTRL-O| to omni-complete GitHub issues or project collaborator
 usernames when editing a commit message.