diff --git a/.checkpatch.conf b/.checkpatch.conf
index 34372c01f..272d57553 100644
--- a/.checkpatch.conf
+++ b/.checkpatch.conf
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 --exclude doc
 --exclude tests
 --exclude .pep8speaks.yml
---exclude LICENSE
+--exclude LICENSE.md
 --exclude Makefile
 --exclude README.md
 --exclude codecov.yml
diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE.md
similarity index 90%
rename from LICENSE
rename to LICENSE.md
index 87bf4f50e..0f196f1a5 100644
--- a/LICENSE
+++ b/LICENSE.md
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
-Copyright(c) 2019-2021 Intel Corporation
+# BSD 3-Clause License
+
+Copyright(c) 2019-2022 Intel Corporation  
+Copyright(c) 2013-2025 Huawei Technologies  
+Copyright(c)      2026 Unvertical
 
 Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index dd7b6709c..7ce04aa06 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 [![Tests Status](https://github.com/Open-CAS/ocf/actions/workflows/tests-master.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/Open-CAS/ocf/actions/workflows/tests-master.yml)
 [![Coverity status](https://scan.coverity.com/projects/19083/badge.svg)](https://scan.coverity.com/projects/open-cas-ocf)
 [![codecov](https://codecov.io/gh/Open-CAS/ocf/branch/master/graph/badge.svg)](https://codecov.io/gh/Open-CAS/ocf)
-[![License](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-BSD_3--Clause-blue.svg)](LICENSE)
+[![License](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-BSD_3--Clause-blue.svg)](LICENSE.md)
 [![Maintained by Unvertical](https://img.shields.io/badge/maintained%20by-Unvertical-0b5fff)](https://unvertical.com/)
 
 Open CAS Framework (OCF) is high performance block storage caching meta-library