diff --git a/LICENSE.md b/LICENSE.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c15c920
--- /dev/null
+++ b/LICENSE.md
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+Copyright 2016 Woon Tien Jing
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -11,10 +11,6 @@ exposing a JavaScript interface for scanning barcodes (QR, 2D, etc).
 
     cordova plugins add org.cloudsky.cordovaplugins.zbar
 
-## License
-
-This plugin is released under the Apache 2.0 license, but the ZBar library on which it depends (and which is distribute with this plugin) is under the LGPL license (2.1).
-
 ## API
 
 ### Scan barcode
@@ -56,6 +52,11 @@ Quirks:
   instead of making it stay on...
 
 
+## LICENSE [Apache 2.0](LICENSE.md)
+
+This plugin is released under the Apache 2.0 license, but the ZBar library on which it depends (and which is distribute with this plugin) is under the LGPL license (2.1).
+
+
 ## Thanks
 
 Thank you to @PaoloMessina and @nickgerman for code contributions.