diff --git a/.Rbuildignore b/.Rbuildignore
index 32074b5..a85365b 100644
--- a/.Rbuildignore
+++ b/.Rbuildignore
@@ -24,3 +24,4 @@
 inst/reveal.js-[^/]+/package-lock.json
 inst/reveal.js-[^/]+/package.json
 inst/reveal.js-[^/]+/test
+^LICENSE\.md$
diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
index 82d6089..2f19039 100644
--- a/LICENSE
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-YEAR: 2015-2016
-COPYRIGHT HOLDER: Hakim El Hattab and RStudio, Inc.
+YEAR: 2023
+COPYRIGHT HOLDER: revealjs R package authors
diff --git a/LICENSE.md b/LICENSE.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a7e5710
--- /dev/null
+++ b/LICENSE.md
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+# MIT License
+
+Copyright (c) 2023 revealjs authors
+
+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.