diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 9c5ee861f..e68502d0f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ dump*
 *ipynb_checkpoints
 **/.DS_Store
 !version.txt
+!LICENSE.txt
 !requirements.txt
 !pyproject.toml
 **/_skbuild
diff --git a/LICENSE.txt b/LICENSE.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..965bb4c26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/LICENSE.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+Copyright 2023 - David Minton 
+The Swiftest development team: David Minton, Carlisle Wishard, Jennifer Pouplin, Jake Elliott, Dana Singh, & Kaustub Anand
+
+This file is part of Swiftest.
+Swiftest is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License 
+as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+Swiftest is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty 
+of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with Swiftest. 
+If not, see: https://www.gnu.org/licenses. 
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