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+++ b/README.md
@@ -97,19 +97,9 @@ Authors
 + http://github.com/fat
 
 
-Copyright and license
+License
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 Copyright 2011 Twitter, Inc.
 
-Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-you may not use this work except in compliance with the License.
-You may obtain a copy of the License in the LICENSE file, or at:
-
-   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-limitations under the License.
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0: http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
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