diff --git a/BeckmanComms.Api.DataTransferObjects.sln b/BeckmanComms.Api.DataTransferObjects.sln
index 81d8bbdc7166db5b2d4ecdcc6cdf3303f3153006..bd4a54b41ec2bc4b862bad9222073b0c7a098f9c 100644
--- a/BeckmanComms.Api.DataTransferObjects.sln
+++ b/BeckmanComms.Api.DataTransferObjects.sln
@@ -3,7 +3,12 @@ Microsoft Visual Studio Solution File, Format Version 12.00
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+Project("{9A19103F-16F7-4668-BE54-9A1E7A4F7556}") = "BeckmanComms.Api.DataTransferObjects", "BeckmanComms.Api.DataTransferObjects\BeckmanComms.Api.DataTransferObjects.csproj", "{81DCF81E-9A73-4731-8623-EF75FAE263A7}"
+EndProject
+Project("{2150E333-8FDC-42A3-9474-1A3956D46DE8}") = "Solution Items", "Solution Items", "{9E02F2F7-271E-4FBB-AAE0-CCDAE69C2E87}"
+	ProjectSection(SolutionItems) = preProject
+		License.md = License.md
+	EndProjectSection
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diff --git a/License.md b/License.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..df90fabf65ad5dab5836ce2994e978883ad5a41e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/License.md
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+University of Illinois/NCSA  
+Open Source License
+
+Copyright © 2018, The Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology,
+University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. All rights reserved.
+
+Developed by:  
+Beckman Communications Office  
+The Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology  
+University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign  
+<https://beckman.illinois.edu>
+
+```
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the “Software”), to deal with 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:
+Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimers.
+Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimers in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
+Neither the names of The Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, nor the names of its contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this Software without specific prior written permission.
+```
+
+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 CONTRIBUTORS 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 WITH THE SOFTWARE.
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