diff --git a/src/FilterLists.Api/Migrations/20171101011709_add License.Designer.cs b/src/FilterLists.Api/Migrations/20171101011709_add License.Designer.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7e1e89be6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/FilterLists.Api/Migrations/20171101011709_add License.Designer.cs	
@@ -0,0 +1,340 @@
+// <auto-generated />
+using FilterLists.Data;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Infrastructure;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Metadata;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Migrations;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Storage;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Storage.Internal;
+using System;
+
+namespace FilterLists.Api.Migrations
+{
+    [DbContext(typeof(FilterListsDbContext))]
+    [Migration("20171101011709_add License")]
+    partial class addLicense
+    {
+        protected override void BuildTargetModel(ModelBuilder modelBuilder)
+        {
+#pragma warning disable 612, 618
+            modelBuilder
+                .HasAnnotation("MySql:ValueGenerationStrategy", MySqlValueGenerationStrategy.IdentityColumn)
+                .HasAnnotation("ProductVersion", "2.0.0-rtm-26452");
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("FilterLists.Data.Entities.FilterList", b =>
+                {
+                    b.Property<int>("Id")
+                        .ValueGeneratedOnAdd();
+
+                    b.Property<DateTime>("CreatedDateUtc")
+                        .ValueGeneratedOnAdd()
+                        .HasColumnType("TIMESTAMP");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Description")
+                        .HasMaxLength(4096);
+
+                    b.Property<string>("DescriptionSourceUrl")
+                        .HasMaxLength(2083);
+
+                    b.Property<string>("DonateUrl")
+                        .HasMaxLength(2083);
+
+                    b.Property<string>("EmailAddress")
+                        .HasMaxLength(126);
+
+                    b.Property<string>("ForumUrl")
+                        .HasMaxLength(2083);
+
+                    b.Property<string>("HomeUrl")
+                        .HasMaxLength(2083);
+
+                    b.Property<string>("IssuesUrl")
+                        .HasMaxLength(2083);
+
+                    b.Property<int?>("LicenseId");
+
+                    b.Property<int?>("MaintainerId");
+
+                    b.Property<DateTime>("ModifiedDateUtc")
+                        .ValueGeneratedOnAddOrUpdate()
+                        .HasColumnType("TIMESTAMP");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Name")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasMaxLength(126);
+
+                    b.Property<string>("ViewUrl")
+                        .HasMaxLength(2083);
+
+                    b.HasKey("Id");
+
+                    b.HasIndex("LicenseId");
+
+                    b.HasIndex("MaintainerId");
+
+                    b.ToTable("filterlists");
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("FilterLists.Data.Entities.FilterListLanguage", b =>
+                {
+                    b.Property<int>("FilterListId");
+
+                    b.Property<int>("LanguageId");
+
+                    b.Property<DateTime>("CreatedDateUtc")
+                        .ValueGeneratedOnAdd()
+                        .HasColumnType("TIMESTAMP");
+
+                    b.Property<DateTime>("ModifiedDateUtc")
+                        .ValueGeneratedOnAddOrUpdate()
+                        .HasColumnType("TIMESTAMP");
+
+                    b.HasKey("FilterListId", "LanguageId");
+
+                    b.HasIndex("LanguageId");
+
+                    b.ToTable("filterlists_languages");
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("FilterLists.Data.Entities.FilterListRule", b =>
+                {
+                    b.Property<int>("FilterListId");
+
+                    b.Property<int>("RuleId");
+
+                    b.Property<DateTime>("CreatedDateUtc")
+                        .ValueGeneratedOnAdd()
+                        .HasColumnType("TIMESTAMP");
+
+                    b.Property<DateTime>("ModifiedDateUtc")
+                        .ValueGeneratedOnAddOrUpdate()
+                        .HasColumnType("TIMESTAMP");
+
+                    b.HasKey("FilterListId", "RuleId");
+
+                    b.HasIndex("RuleId");
+
+                    b.ToTable("filterlists_rules");
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("FilterLists.Data.Entities.FilterListSoftware", b =>
+                {
+                    b.Property<int>("FilterListId");
+
+                    b.Property<int>("SoftwareId");
+
+                    b.Property<DateTime>("CreatedDateUtc")
+                        .ValueGeneratedOnAdd()
+                        .HasColumnType("TIMESTAMP");
+
+                    b.Property<DateTime>("ModifiedDateUtc")
+                        .ValueGeneratedOnAddOrUpdate()
+                        .HasColumnType("TIMESTAMP");
+
+                    b.HasKey("FilterListId", "SoftwareId");
+
+                    b.HasIndex("SoftwareId");
+
+                    b.ToTable("filterlists_software");
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("FilterLists.Data.Entities.Language", b =>
+                {
+                    b.Property<int>("Id")
+                        .ValueGeneratedOnAdd();
+
+                    b.Property<DateTime>("CreatedDateUtc")
+                        .ValueGeneratedOnAdd()
+                        .HasColumnType("TIMESTAMP");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Iso6391")
+                        .HasMaxLength(2);
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Iso6392")
+                        .HasMaxLength(3);
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Iso6392B")
+                        .HasMaxLength(3);
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Iso6392T")
+                        .HasMaxLength(3);
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Iso6393")
+                        .HasMaxLength(3);
+
+                    b.Property<string>("LocalName")
+                        .HasMaxLength(126);
+
+                    b.Property<DateTime>("ModifiedDateUtc")
+                        .ValueGeneratedOnAddOrUpdate()
+                        .HasColumnType("TIMESTAMP");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Name")
+                        .HasMaxLength(126);
+
+                    b.HasKey("Id");
+
+                    b.ToTable("languages");
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("FilterLists.Data.Entities.License", b =>
+                {
+                    b.Property<int>("Id")
+                        .ValueGeneratedOnAdd();
+
+                    b.Property<DateTime>("CreatedDateUtc")
+                        .ValueGeneratedOnAdd()
+                        .HasColumnType("TIMESTAMP");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("DescriptionUrl")
+                        .HasMaxLength(2083);
+
+                    b.Property<DateTime>("ModifiedDateUtc")
+                        .ValueGeneratedOnAddOrUpdate()
+                        .HasColumnType("TIMESTAMP");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Name")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasMaxLength(126);
+
+                    b.Property<bool>("PermissiveRedistribution");
+
+                    b.Property<bool>("PermissiveUsage");
+
+                    b.HasKey("Id");
+
+                    b.ToTable("licenses");
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("FilterLists.Data.Entities.Maintainer", b =>
+                {
+                    b.Property<int>("Id")
+                        .ValueGeneratedOnAdd();
+
+                    b.Property<DateTime>("CreatedDateUtc")
+                        .ValueGeneratedOnAdd()
+                        .HasColumnType("TIMESTAMP");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("EmailAddress")
+                        .HasMaxLength(126);
+
+                    b.Property<string>("HomeUrl")
+                        .HasMaxLength(2083);
+
+                    b.Property<DateTime>("ModifiedDateUtc")
+                        .ValueGeneratedOnAddOrUpdate()
+                        .HasColumnType("TIMESTAMP");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Name")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasMaxLength(126);
+
+                    b.Property<string>("TwitterHandle")
+                        .HasMaxLength(126);
+
+                    b.HasKey("Id");
+
+                    b.ToTable("maintainers");
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("FilterLists.Data.Entities.Rule", b =>
+                {
+                    b.Property<int>("Id")
+                        .ValueGeneratedOnAdd();
+
+                    b.Property<DateTime>("CreatedDateUtc")
+                        .ValueGeneratedOnAdd()
+                        .HasColumnType("TIMESTAMP");
+
+                    b.Property<DateTime>("ModifiedDateUtc")
+                        .ValueGeneratedOnAddOrUpdate()
+                        .HasColumnType("TIMESTAMP");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Raw")
+                        .HasMaxLength(2083);
+
+                    b.HasKey("Id");
+
+                    b.ToTable("rules");
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("FilterLists.Data.Entities.Software", b =>
+                {
+                    b.Property<int>("Id")
+                        .ValueGeneratedOnAdd();
+
+                    b.Property<DateTime>("CreatedDateUtc")
+                        .ValueGeneratedOnAdd()
+                        .HasColumnType("TIMESTAMP");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("DownloadUrl")
+                        .HasMaxLength(2083);
+
+                    b.Property<string>("HomeUrl")
+                        .HasMaxLength(2083);
+
+                    b.Property<DateTime>("ModifiedDateUtc")
+                        .ValueGeneratedOnAddOrUpdate()
+                        .HasColumnType("TIMESTAMP");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Name")
+                        .HasMaxLength(126);
+
+                    b.HasKey("Id");
+
+                    b.ToTable("software");
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("FilterLists.Data.Entities.FilterList", b =>
+                {
+                    b.HasOne("FilterLists.Data.Entities.License")
+                        .WithMany("FilterLists")
+                        .HasForeignKey("LicenseId");
+
+                    b.HasOne("FilterLists.Data.Entities.Maintainer")
+                        .WithMany("FilterLists")
+                        .HasForeignKey("MaintainerId");
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("FilterLists.Data.Entities.FilterListLanguage", b =>
+                {
+                    b.HasOne("FilterLists.Data.Entities.FilterList", "FilterList")
+                        .WithMany("FilterListLanguages")
+                        .HasForeignKey("FilterListId")
+                        .OnDelete(DeleteBehavior.Cascade);
+
+                    b.HasOne("FilterLists.Data.Entities.Language", "Language")
+                        .WithMany("FilterListLanguages")
+                        .HasForeignKey("LanguageId")
+                        .OnDelete(DeleteBehavior.Cascade);
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("FilterLists.Data.Entities.FilterListRule", b =>
+                {
+                    b.HasOne("FilterLists.Data.Entities.FilterList", "FilterList")
+                        .WithMany("FilterListRules")
+                        .HasForeignKey("FilterListId")
+                        .OnDelete(DeleteBehavior.Cascade);
+
+                    b.HasOne("FilterLists.Data.Entities.Rule", "Rule")
+                        .WithMany("FilterListRules")
+                        .HasForeignKey("RuleId")
+                        .OnDelete(DeleteBehavior.Cascade);
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("FilterLists.Data.Entities.FilterListSoftware", b =>
+                {
+                    b.HasOne("FilterLists.Data.Entities.FilterList", "FilterList")
+                        .WithMany("FilterListSoftware")
+                        .HasForeignKey("FilterListId")
+                        .OnDelete(DeleteBehavior.Cascade);
+
+                    b.HasOne("FilterLists.Data.Entities.Software", "Software")
+                        .WithMany("FilterListSoftware")
+                        .HasForeignKey("SoftwareId")
+                        .OnDelete(DeleteBehavior.Cascade);
+                });
+#pragma warning restore 612, 618
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/FilterLists.Api/Migrations/20171101011709_add License.cs b/src/FilterLists.Api/Migrations/20171101011709_add License.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..72e002fec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/FilterLists.Api/Migrations/20171101011709_add License.cs	
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Metadata;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Migrations;
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+
+namespace FilterLists.Api.Migrations
+{
+    public partial class addLicense : Migration
+    {
+        protected override void Up(MigrationBuilder migrationBuilder)
+        {
+            migrationBuilder.AddColumn<int>(
+                name: "LicenseId",
+                table: "filterlists",
+                type: "int",
+                nullable: true);
+
+            migrationBuilder.CreateTable(
+                name: "licenses",
+                columns: table => new
+                {
+                    Id = table.Column<int>(type: "int", nullable: false)
+                        .Annotation("MySql:ValueGenerationStrategy", MySqlValueGenerationStrategy.IdentityColumn),
+                    CreatedDateUtc = table.Column<DateTime>(type: "TIMESTAMP", nullable: false)
+                        .Annotation("MySql:ValueGenerationStrategy", MySqlValueGenerationStrategy.IdentityColumn),
+                    DescriptionUrl = table.Column<string>(type: "varchar(2083)", maxLength: 2083, nullable: true),
+                    ModifiedDateUtc = table.Column<DateTime>(type: "TIMESTAMP", nullable: false),
+                    Name = table.Column<string>(type: "varchar(126)", maxLength: 126, nullable: false),
+                    PermissiveRedistribution = table.Column<bool>(type: "bit", nullable: false),
+                    PermissiveUsage = table.Column<bool>(type: "bit", nullable: false)
+                },
+                constraints: table =>
+                {
+                    table.PrimaryKey("PK_licenses", x => x.Id);
+                });
+
+            migrationBuilder.CreateIndex(
+                name: "IX_filterlists_LicenseId",
+                table: "filterlists",
+                column: "LicenseId");
+
+            migrationBuilder.AddForeignKey(
+                name: "FK_filterlists_licenses_LicenseId",
+                table: "filterlists",
+                column: "LicenseId",
+                principalTable: "licenses",
+                principalColumn: "Id",
+                onDelete: ReferentialAction.Restrict);
+        }
+
+        protected override void Down(MigrationBuilder migrationBuilder)
+        {
+            migrationBuilder.DropForeignKey(
+                name: "FK_filterlists_licenses_LicenseId",
+                table: "filterlists");
+
+            migrationBuilder.DropTable(
+                name: "licenses");
+
+            migrationBuilder.DropIndex(
+                name: "IX_filterlists_LicenseId",
+                table: "filterlists");
+
+            migrationBuilder.DropColumn(
+                name: "LicenseId",
+                table: "filterlists");
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/FilterLists.Api/Migrations/FilterListsDbContextModelSnapshot.cs b/src/FilterLists.Api/Migrations/FilterListsDbContextModelSnapshot.cs
index 47db678d7..cda38db41 100644
--- a/src/FilterLists.Api/Migrations/FilterListsDbContextModelSnapshot.cs
+++ b/src/FilterLists.Api/Migrations/FilterListsDbContextModelSnapshot.cs
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ protected override void BuildModel(ModelBuilder modelBuilder)
                     b.Property<string>("IssuesUrl")
                         .HasMaxLength(2083);
 
+                    b.Property<int?>("LicenseId");
+
                     b.Property<int?>("MaintainerId");
 
                     b.Property<DateTime>("ModifiedDateUtc")
@@ -65,6 +67,8 @@ protected override void BuildModel(ModelBuilder modelBuilder)
 
                     b.HasKey("Id");
 
+                    b.HasIndex("LicenseId");
+
                     b.HasIndex("MaintainerId");
 
                     b.ToTable("filterlists");
@@ -172,6 +176,35 @@ protected override void BuildModel(ModelBuilder modelBuilder)
                     b.ToTable("languages");
                 });
 
+            modelBuilder.Entity("FilterLists.Data.Entities.License", b =>
+                {
+                    b.Property<int>("Id")
+                        .ValueGeneratedOnAdd();
+
+                    b.Property<DateTime>("CreatedDateUtc")
+                        .ValueGeneratedOnAdd()
+                        .HasColumnType("TIMESTAMP");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("DescriptionUrl")
+                        .HasMaxLength(2083);
+
+                    b.Property<DateTime>("ModifiedDateUtc")
+                        .ValueGeneratedOnAddOrUpdate()
+                        .HasColumnType("TIMESTAMP");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Name")
+                        .IsRequired()
+                        .HasMaxLength(126);
+
+                    b.Property<bool>("PermissiveRedistribution");
+
+                    b.Property<bool>("PermissiveUsage");
+
+                    b.HasKey("Id");
+
+                    b.ToTable("licenses");
+                });
+
             modelBuilder.Entity("FilterLists.Data.Entities.Maintainer", b =>
                 {
                     b.Property<int>("Id")
@@ -253,6 +286,10 @@ protected override void BuildModel(ModelBuilder modelBuilder)
 
             modelBuilder.Entity("FilterLists.Data.Entities.FilterList", b =>
                 {
+                    b.HasOne("FilterLists.Data.Entities.License")
+                        .WithMany("FilterLists")
+                        .HasForeignKey("LicenseId");
+
                     b.HasOne("FilterLists.Data.Entities.Maintainer")
                         .WithMany("FilterLists")
                         .HasForeignKey("MaintainerId");
diff --git a/src/FilterLists.Data/Entities/FilterList.cs b/src/FilterLists.Data/Entities/FilterList.cs
index f24ef70d7..7664dc43b 100644
--- a/src/FilterLists.Data/Entities/FilterList.cs
+++ b/src/FilterLists.Data/Entities/FilterList.cs
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ public class FilterList : BaseEntity
         public ICollection<FilterListLanguage> FilterListLanguages { get; set; }
         public ICollection<FilterListRule> FilterListRules { get; set; }
         public ICollection<FilterListSoftware> FilterListSoftware { get; set; }
+        public int? LicenseId { get; set; }
         public int? MaintainerId { get; set; }
         public string Name { get; set; }
         public string ViewUrl { get; set; }
diff --git a/src/FilterLists.Data/Entities/License.cs b/src/FilterLists.Data/Entities/License.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..95ae9e8b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/FilterLists.Data/Entities/License.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+
+namespace FilterLists.Data.Entities
+{
+    public class License : BaseEntity
+    {
+        public string DescriptionUrl { get; set; }
+        public ICollection<FilterList> FilterLists { get; set; }
+        public string Name { get; set; }
+        public bool PermissiveRedistribution { get; set; }
+        public bool PermissiveUsage { get; set; }
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/FilterLists.Data/EntityTypeConfigurations/LicenseTypeConfiguration.cs b/src/FilterLists.Data/EntityTypeConfigurations/LicenseTypeConfiguration.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b089bdd1d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/FilterLists.Data/EntityTypeConfigurations/LicenseTypeConfiguration.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+using FilterLists.Data.Entities;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Metadata.Builders;
+
+namespace FilterLists.Data.EntityTypeConfigurations
+{
+    public class LicenseTypeConfiguration : BaseEntityTypeConfiguration<License>
+    {
+        public override void Configure(EntityTypeBuilder<License> entityTypeBuilder)
+        {
+            entityTypeBuilder.ToTable("licenses");
+            entityTypeBuilder.Property(b => b.DescriptionUrl)
+                .HasMaxLength(2083);
+            entityTypeBuilder.Property(b => b.Name)
+                .IsRequired()
+                .HasMaxLength(126);
+            base.Configure(entityTypeBuilder);
+        }
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/FilterLists.Data/FilterListsDbContext.cs b/src/FilterLists.Data/FilterListsDbContext.cs
index c19da8322..988cf2de7 100644
--- a/src/FilterLists.Data/FilterListsDbContext.cs
+++ b/src/FilterLists.Data/FilterListsDbContext.cs
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ public FilterListsDbContext(DbContextOptions options)
 
         public DbSet<FilterList> FilterLists { get; set; }
         public DbSet<Language> Languages { get; set; }
+        public DbSet<License> Licenses { get; set; }
         public DbSet<Maintainer> Maintainers { get; set; }
         public DbSet<Rule> Rules { get; set; }
         public DbSet<Software> Software { get; set; }
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@ protected override void OnModelCreating(ModelBuilder modelBuilder)
         {
             modelBuilder.ApplyConfiguration(new FilterListTypeConfiguration());
             modelBuilder.ApplyConfiguration(new LanguageTypeConfiguration());
+            modelBuilder.ApplyConfiguration(new LicenseTypeConfiguration());
             modelBuilder.ApplyConfiguration(new MaintainerTypeConfiguration());
             modelBuilder.ApplyConfiguration(new RuleTypeConfiguration());
             modelBuilder.ApplyConfiguration(new SoftwareTypeConfiguration());