diff --git a/COPYING b/LICENSE
similarity index 100%
rename from COPYING
rename to LICENSE
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index bf26355348d..dba14d24c17 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1162,7 +1162,7 @@ See [CONTRIBUTING][contributing] for more information on how to get started.
 
 ## License
 
-Apache 2.0 - See [COPYING][copying] for more information.
+Apache 2.0 - See [LICENSE][license] for more information.
 
 
 [gcloud-homepage]: https://googlecloudplatform.github.io/google-cloud-node/
@@ -1250,4 +1250,4 @@ Apache 2.0 - See [COPYING][copying] for more information.
 
 [contributing]: .github/CONTRIBUTING.md
 
-[copying]: COPYING
+[license]: LICENSE
diff --git a/packages/bigquery/package.json b/packages/bigquery/package.json
index fa982df1124..4de39a606ec 100644
--- a/packages/bigquery/package.json
+++ b/packages/bigquery/package.json
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
     "src",
     "AUTHORS",
     "CONTRIBUTORS",
-    "COPYING"
+    "LICENSE"
   ],
   "repository": "googlecloudplatform/google-cloud-node",
   "keywords": [
diff --git a/packages/bigtable/package.json b/packages/bigtable/package.json
index 8d2c18356b6..5a188d86ea2 100644
--- a/packages/bigtable/package.json
+++ b/packages/bigtable/package.json
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
     "src",
     "AUTHORS",
     "CONTRIBUTORS",
-    "COPYING"
+    "LICENSE"
   ],
   "repository": "googlecloudplatform/google-cloud-node",
   "keywords": [
diff --git a/packages/common-grpc/package.json b/packages/common-grpc/package.json
index e3a7c612a3e..a6cc3dba30b 100644
--- a/packages/common-grpc/package.json
+++ b/packages/common-grpc/package.json
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
     "src",
     "AUTHORS",
     "CONTRIBUTORS",
-    "COPYING"
+    "LICENSE"
   ],
   "repository": "googlecloudplatform/google-cloud-node",
   "dependencies": {
diff --git a/packages/common/package.json b/packages/common/package.json
index 3cbeb5c6d20..8ef69cad491 100644
--- a/packages/common/package.json
+++ b/packages/common/package.json
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
     "src",
     "AUTHORS",
     "CONTRIBUTORS",
-    "COPYING"
+    "LICENSE"
   ],
   "repository": "googlecloudplatform/google-cloud-node",
   "dependencies": {
diff --git a/packages/compute/package.json b/packages/compute/package.json
index a51e6a30df2..b48f7107c04 100644
--- a/packages/compute/package.json
+++ b/packages/compute/package.json
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
     "src",
     "AUTHORS",
     "CONTRIBUTORS",
-    "COPYING"
+    "LICENSE"
   ],
   "repository": "googlecloudplatform/google-cloud-node",
   "keywords": [
diff --git a/packages/datastore/package.json b/packages/datastore/package.json
index dc48fcc09b8..362b6ad07cb 100644
--- a/packages/datastore/package.json
+++ b/packages/datastore/package.json
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
     "src",
     "AUTHORS",
     "CONTRIBUTORS",
-    "COPYING"
+    "LICENSE"
   ],
   "repository": "googlecloudplatform/google-cloud-node",
   "keywords": [
diff --git a/packages/dlp/package.json b/packages/dlp/package.json
index d530f4125de..9ba0974eaa4 100644
--- a/packages/dlp/package.json
+++ b/packages/dlp/package.json
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   "files": [
     "src",
     "AUTHORS",
-    "COPYING"
+    "LICENSE"
   ],
   "keywords": [
     "google apis client",
diff --git a/packages/dns/package.json b/packages/dns/package.json
index 44d48845d51..efe913caa00 100644
--- a/packages/dns/package.json
+++ b/packages/dns/package.json
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
     "src",
     "AUTHORS",
     "CONTRIBUTORS",
-    "COPYING"
+    "LICENSE"
   ],
   "repository": "googlecloudplatform/google-cloud-node",
   "keywords": [
diff --git a/packages/google-cloud/package.json b/packages/google-cloud/package.json
index 20b1c44e563..ebb26b904fc 100644
--- a/packages/google-cloud/package.json
+++ b/packages/google-cloud/package.json
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
     "src",
     "AUTHORS",
     "CONTRIBUTORS",
-    "COPYING"
+    "LICENSE"
   ],
   "repository": "googlecloudplatform/google-cloud-node",
   "keywords": [
diff --git a/packages/language/package.json b/packages/language/package.json
index 3cc4aafd448..1914e3fa009 100644
--- a/packages/language/package.json
+++ b/packages/language/package.json
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
   "files": [
     "src",
     "AUTHORS",
-    "COPYING"
+    "LICENSE"
   ],
   "keywords": [
     "google apis client",
diff --git a/packages/logging-bunyan/package.json b/packages/logging-bunyan/package.json
index ce3d98ea9bd..6e9f17cf6ca 100644
--- a/packages/logging-bunyan/package.json
+++ b/packages/logging-bunyan/package.json
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     "src",
     "AUTHORS",
     "CONTRIBUTORS",
-    "COPYING"
+    "LICENSE"
   ],
   "repository": "googlecloudplatform/google-cloud-node",
   "keywords": [
diff --git a/packages/logging-winston/package.json b/packages/logging-winston/package.json
index 069daec6d62..64eee386f26 100644
--- a/packages/logging-winston/package.json
+++ b/packages/logging-winston/package.json
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     "src",
     "AUTHORS",
     "CONTRIBUTORS",
-    "COPYING"
+    "LICENSE"
   ],
   "repository": "googlecloudplatform/google-cloud-node",
   "keywords": [
diff --git a/packages/logging/package.json b/packages/logging/package.json
index 75359948722..9bea1e25ba3 100644
--- a/packages/logging/package.json
+++ b/packages/logging/package.json
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
     "src",
     "AUTHORS",
     "CONTRIBUTORS",
-    "COPYING"
+    "LICENSE"
   ],
   "repository": "googlecloudplatform/google-cloud-node",
   "keywords": [
diff --git a/packages/monitoring/package.json b/packages/monitoring/package.json
index a243c9f1a08..e965ff1ac4e 100644
--- a/packages/monitoring/package.json
+++ b/packages/monitoring/package.json
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   "files": [
     "src",
     "AUTHORS",
-    "COPYING"
+    "LICENSE"
   ],
   "keywords": [
     "google apis client",
diff --git a/packages/prediction/package.json b/packages/prediction/package.json
index 0672dd6dbcf..ee424159914 100644
--- a/packages/prediction/package.json
+++ b/packages/prediction/package.json
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
     "src",
     "AUTHORS",
     "CONTRIBUTORS",
-    "COPYING"
+    "LICENSE"
   ],
   "repository": "googlecloudplatform/google-cloud-node",
   "keywords": [
diff --git a/packages/pubsub/package.json b/packages/pubsub/package.json
index 6b96ac08c5a..6f2a1b67c83 100644
--- a/packages/pubsub/package.json
+++ b/packages/pubsub/package.json
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
     "src",
     "AUTHORS",
     "CONTRIBUTORS",
-    "COPYING"
+    "LICENSE"
   ],
   "repository": "googlecloudplatform/google-cloud-node",
   "keywords": [
diff --git a/packages/resource/package.json b/packages/resource/package.json
index 64e694ca4d6..861b3051ce6 100644
--- a/packages/resource/package.json
+++ b/packages/resource/package.json
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
     "src",
     "AUTHORS",
     "CONTRIBUTORS",
-    "COPYING"
+    "LICENSE"
   ],
   "repository": "googlecloudplatform/google-cloud-node",
   "keywords": [
diff --git a/packages/spanner/package.json b/packages/spanner/package.json
index 1f8ff30651f..36480242e09 100644
--- a/packages/spanner/package.json
+++ b/packages/spanner/package.json
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
     "src",
     "AUTHORS",
     "CONTRIBUTORS",
-    "COPYING"
+    "LICENSE"
   ],
   "repository": "googlecloudplatform/google-cloud-node",
   "keywords": [
diff --git a/packages/speech/package.json b/packages/speech/package.json
index 406e2c6ac1c..d3ab078d8e9 100644
--- a/packages/speech/package.json
+++ b/packages/speech/package.json
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
     "protos",
     "src",
     "AUTHORS",
-    "COPYING"
+    "LICENSE"
   ],
   "keywords": [
     "google apis client",
diff --git a/packages/storage/package.json b/packages/storage/package.json
index 1d9d8a499d9..3ad4520e295 100644
--- a/packages/storage/package.json
+++ b/packages/storage/package.json
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
     "src",
     "AUTHORS",
     "CONTRIBUTORS",
-    "COPYING"
+    "LICENSE"
   ],
   "repository": "googlecloudplatform/google-cloud-node",
   "keywords": [
diff --git a/packages/translate/package.json b/packages/translate/package.json
index be3fd652c13..dd297c48bfd 100644
--- a/packages/translate/package.json
+++ b/packages/translate/package.json
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
     "src",
     "AUTHORS",
     "CONTRIBUTORS",
-    "COPYING"
+    "LICENSE"
   ],
   "repository": "googlecloudplatform/google-cloud-node",
   "keywords": [
diff --git a/packages/video-intelligence/package.json b/packages/video-intelligence/package.json
index 95481fd281f..f9e2664585a 100644
--- a/packages/video-intelligence/package.json
+++ b/packages/video-intelligence/package.json
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   "files": [
     "src",
     "AUTHORS",
-    "COPYING"
+    "LICENSE"
   ],
   "keywords": [
     "google apis client",
diff --git a/packages/vision/package.json b/packages/vision/package.json
index 4def5676d8b..280a3d8212d 100644
--- a/packages/vision/package.json
+++ b/packages/vision/package.json
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
   "files": [
     "src",
     "AUTHORS",
-    "COPYING"
+    "LICENSE"
   ],
   "keywords": [
     "google apis client",
diff --git a/scripts/publish.js b/scripts/publish.js
index d95c1575a32..b5df2d1b064 100755
--- a/scripts/publish.js
+++ b/scripts/publish.js
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ var newVersion = args[2].replace(/^v*/, '');
 // release
 cp(path.join(__dirname, '../AUTHORS'), cwd);
 cp(path.join(__dirname, '../CONTRIBUTORS'), cwd);
-cp(path.join(__dirname, '../COPYING'), cwd);
+cp(path.join(__dirname, '../LICENSE'), cwd);
 
 var npmModuleName = moduleName === 'google-cloud' ? '' : '@google-cloud/';
 npmModuleName += moduleName;
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ setTimeout(function() {
   rm([
     path.join(cwd, 'AUTHORS'),
     path.join(cwd, 'CONTRIBUTORS'),
-    path.join(cwd, 'COPYING')
+    path.join(cwd, 'LICENSE')
   ]);
 
   exec('git commit -am "' + moduleName + ' @ ' + newVersion + ' tagged."');