diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
index a9850e12a12..ec4ac650dda 100644
--- a/LICENSE
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ SOURCE/WEB-CONSOLE
 
 SOURCE/JAVA-CORE
     This product contains Porter stemmer adapted from a Javascript Porter Stemmer (https://github.com/kristopolous/Porter-Stemmer)
-     which is available under a BSD-3-Clause License.
+     which is available under a BSD-3-Clause License. For details, see licenses/src/porter-stemmer.BSD3.
       * processing/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/query/extraction/JavaScriptExtractionFnTest.java
 
 Public Domain
diff --git a/licenses/src/porter-stemmer.BSD3 b/licenses/src/porter-stemmer.BSD3
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f0c34d4f35c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/licenses/src/porter-stemmer.BSD3
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+Note: This is chosen as it is the most permissive and widely 
+  accepted free license according to 
+  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_free_software_licences
+
+------------------
+
+Copyright (c) 2012, various,
+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 name of the <organization> nor the
+      names of its 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 <COPYRIGHT HOLDER> 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.