diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
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+The MIT License (MIT)
+
+Copyright (c) 2013 ueditor
+
+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.
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@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ UEditor
 
 **UEditor富文本编辑器**
 
-UEditor是由百度web前端研发部开发所见即所得富文本web编辑器，具有轻量，可定制，注重用户体验等特点，开源基于BSD协议，允许自由使用和修改代码。
+UEditor是由百度web前端研发部开发所见即所得富文本web编辑器，具有轻量，可定制，注重用户体验等特点，开源基于MIT协议，允许自由使用和修改代码。
 
 ## 入门部署和体验 ##