Merge pull request #1 from lizhineng/license

Specify MIT license

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diff --git a/LICENSE.md b/LICENSE.md
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+MIT License
+
+Copyright (c) 2025 Zhineng Li
+
+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/README.md b/README.md
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 # China region library for PHP
 
+![MIT License](https://img.shields.io/github/license/lizhineng/region-china)
+
 This library helps you manage regional data for mainland China, updated
 annually based on information from the _Ministry of Civil Affairs of
 the People's Republic of China_. The latest update was applied on
@@ -53,3 +55,7 @@ $regions->getNodes($guangdong = 440000);
 // Retrieve district codes for the Guangzhou city
 $regions->getNodes($guangzhou = 440100);
 ```
+
+## License
+
+The library is released under the [MIT License](LICENSE.md).