diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
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--- a/AUTHORS
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-Brian Behlendorf <behlendorf1@llnl.gov>,
-Herb Wartens <wartens2@llnl.gov>,
-Jim Garlick <garlick@llnl.gov>,
-Ricardo M. Correia <Ricardo.M.Correia@sun.com>
diff --git a/COPYING b/COPYING
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--- a/COPYING
+++ b/COPYING
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-The library is distributed under the terms of the CDDL.
-See the file OPENSOLARIS.LICENSE for more information.
+Please see COPYRIGHT and OPENSOLARIS.LICENSE for the copyright
+and license details.