diff --git a/.Rbuildignore b/.Rbuildignore
index 3e6b2c3..83a24a0 100644
--- a/.Rbuildignore
+++ b/.Rbuildignore
@@ -15,3 +15,4 @@ docs
 ^docs$
 ^pkgdown$
 ^[.]?air[.]toml$
+^LICENSE\.md$
diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 3c53326..3cecc67 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 Type: Package
 Package: audit.workbench
 Title: RStudio/Workbench User Acceptance Tests
-Version: 0.6.26
+Version: 0.6.27
 Authors@R:
     person("Jumping", "Rivers", , "info@jumpingrivers.com", role = c("aut", "cre"))
 Description: Testing whether data scientists can do what they expect in
     Posit Workbench.
-License: file LICENSE
+License: MIT + file LICENSE
 URL: https://jumpingrivers.github.io/audit.workbench/
 Imports:
     audit.base (>= 0.7.8),
diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
index 1e8657a..d1f7f43 100644
--- a/LICENSE
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
-Proprietary
-
-Do not distribute outside of Jumping Rivers Ltd.
+YEAR: 2026
+COPYRIGHT HOLDER: Jumping Rivers Ltd
diff --git a/LICENSE.md b/LICENSE.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..eeccbd9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/LICENSE.md
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+# MIT License
+
+Copyright (c) 2026 Jumping Rivers Ltd
+
+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/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index a936121..a969d73 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+# audit.workbench 0.6.27
+
+## Bug fixes and minor improvements
+
+* The package is MIT licensed (jumpingrivers/audit.base#63).
+
 # audit.workbench 0.6.26
 
 ## Bug fixes and minor improvements