diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 90ec5ec..be6a483 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ Thank you for your interest in contributing to TaskBounty — a decentralized ta
 - Provide constructive, actionable feedback
 - Communicate early if you're blocked — create a draft PR rather than going silent
 - Maximum ETA for claimed issues: **48 hours**. After 24 hours, a draft PR or progress update is expected
+- Contributions to this repository are accepted under the project's [MIT License](./LICENSE)
 
 ---
 
diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..129d2cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+MIT License
+
+Copyright (c) 2026 Core-Foundry
+
+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/contract/contracts/hello-world/Cargo.toml b/contract/contracts/hello-world/Cargo.toml
index c3e84a9..44a9e14 100644
--- a/contract/contracts/hello-world/Cargo.toml
+++ b/contract/contracts/hello-world/Cargo.toml
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 name = "hello-world"
 version = "0.0.0"
 edition = "2021"
+license = "MIT"
 publish = false
 
 [lib]
diff --git a/frontend/package.json b/frontend/package.json
index e32e0b4..00d53be 100644
--- a/frontend/package.json
+++ b/frontend/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "frontend",
   "version": "0.1.0",
+  "license": "MIT",
   "private": true,
   "scripts": {
     "dev": "next dev",