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 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
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-*Note*:
-Individual files contain the following tag instead of the full license text.
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-    SPDX-License-Identifier:    BSD-3-Clause
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+++ b/README.md
@@ -146,6 +146,19 @@ The tests assume a Linux environment and can be started with make:
 make test
 ```
 
+## License
+
+The littlefs is provided under the [BSD-3-Clause](https://spdx.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause.html)
+license. See [LICENSE.md](LICENSE.md) for more information. Contributions to
+this project are accepted under the same license.
+
+Individual files contain the following tag instead of the full license text.
+
+    SPDX-License-Identifier:    BSD-3-Clause
+
+This enables machine processing of license information based on the SPDX
+License Identifiers that are here available: http://spdx.org/licenses/
+
 ## Related projects
 
 [Mbed OS](https://github.com/ARMmbed/mbed-os/tree/master/features/filesystem/littlefs) -