diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
index 9a9cc50d3..28a50fa22 100644
--- a/LICENSE
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 MIT License
 
-Copyright (c) 2025 GitHub
+Copyright GitHub, Inc.
 
 Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
 of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 66b2c7a81..fa48a86de 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -369,3 +369,7 @@ For support, please open a [GitHub issue](https://github.com/github/spec-kit/iss
 ## Acknowledgements
 
 This project is heavily influenced by and based on the work and research of [John Lam](https://github.com/jflam).
+
+## License
+
+This project is licensed under the terms of the MIT open source license. Please refer to the [LICENSE](./LICENSE) file for the full terms.