diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b85a743..dbe95be 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 
 ## Ruby implementation
 
+**2015.2.28**
+* License changed from GNU GPLv2 to 3-clause BSD.
+
 **2014.12.2**
 * New API using modules, global variables are still suported for now.
 
diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..239aea9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+EasyOptions is distributed under the terms of the New BSD License (3-clause):
+
+Copyright (c) 2013, 2014 Renato Silva <br.renatosilva@gmail.com>
+All rights reserved.
+
+Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
+
+    * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+      notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+
+    * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
+      notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
+      documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
+
+    * Neither the names of the copyright holders nor the names of the project
+      contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this
+      software without specific prior written permission.
+
+THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" AND
+ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED
+WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE
+DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
+FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
+DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR
+SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER
+CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR
+TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF
+THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 914d7b1..c21b0a4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -100,4 +100,4 @@ The principle behind EasyOptions can be applied in other scripting languages and
 ## License and copyright
 
 Copyright (c) 2013, 2014 Renato Silva.
-Licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL version 2.
+Licensed under the terms of the [3-clause BSD](LICENSE).
diff --git a/bash/easyoptions.sh b/bash/easyoptions.sh
index 134ab8b..772c0a6 100644
--- a/bash/easyoptions.sh
+++ b/bash/easyoptions.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 ##
 ##     EasyOptions 2015.2.28
 ##     Copyright (c) 2013, 2014 Renato Silva
-##     GNU GPLv2 licensed
+##     BSD licensed
 ##
 ## This script is supposed to parse command line arguments in a way that,
 ## even though its implementation is not trivial, it should be easy and
diff --git a/easyoptions b/easyoptions
index 5d646af..ce91e76 100644
--- a/easyoptions
+++ b/easyoptions
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 ##
-##     EasyOptions Bash Front End 2014.12.4
+##     EasyOptions Bash Front End 2015.2.28
 ##     Copyright (c) 2014 Renato Silva
-##     GNU GPLv2 licensed
+##     BSD licensed
 ##
 ## This is the Bash front end for EasyOptions. It is just a wrapper to the
 ## default implementation for Bash scripts, which is currently Ruby. The pure
diff --git a/ruby/easyoptions.gemspec b/ruby/easyoptions.gemspec
index 4da7f55..0040b05 100644
--- a/ruby/easyoptions.gemspec
+++ b/ruby/easyoptions.gemspec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
     spec.name               = 'easyoptions'
-    spec.version            = '2014.12.2'
-    spec.license            = 'GPLv2'
+    spec.version            = '2015.2.28'
+    spec.license            = 'BSD'
     spec.author             = 'Renato Silva'
     spec.email              = 'br.renatosilva@gmail.com'
     spec.summary            = 'Easy option parsing'
diff --git a/ruby/easyoptions.rb b/ruby/easyoptions.rb
index 9066901..4fbde35 100644
--- a/ruby/easyoptions.rb
+++ b/ruby/easyoptions.rb
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
 # Encoding: UTF-8
 
 ##
-##     EasyOptions 2014.12.2
+##     EasyOptions 2015.2.28
 ##     Copyright (c) 2013, 2014 Renato Silva
-##     GNU GPLv2 licensed
+##     BSD licensed
 ##
 ## This script is supposed to parse command line arguments in a way that,
 ## even though its implementation is not trivial, it should be easy and