diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index b26c8a3..0db7708 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Title: PEcAn Status Board
 Version: 1.0.0
 Authors@R: person('Akhil', 'Jha', email = 'Akhilkumarjha9@gmail.com', role = c('cre', 'aut'))
 Description: Displays the status of integration testing
-License: NCSA
+License: BSD_3_clause + file LICENSE
 Imports: 
     config (>= 0.3.1),
     dplyr,
diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
index b59e497..f019813 100644
--- a/LICENSE
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -1,30 +1,3 @@
-University of Illinois/NCSA Open Source License
-
-Copyright (c) 2012, University of Illinois, NCSA.  All rights reserved.
-
-PEcAn Status Board
-
-Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
-a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the 
-"Software"), to deal with 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:
-
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-  notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimers.
-- Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
-  notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimers in the
-  documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
-- Neither the names of University of Illinois, NCSA, nor the names
-  of its contributors may be used to endorse or promote products
-  derived from this Software without specific prior written permission.
-
-THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
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-CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION
-WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS WITH THE SOFTWARE.
\ No newline at end of file
+YEAR: 2025
+COPYRIGHT HOLDER: PEcAn Project
+ORGANIZATION: PEcAn Project, authors affiliations
diff --git a/LICENSE.md b/LICENSE.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ef7e01e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/LICENSE.md
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+BSD 3-Clause License
+
+Copyright (c) 2025, Contributors
+
+Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
+
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