diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
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-Copyright (c) 2013-2015, The go-ethereum Authors. All rights reserved.
-
-This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
-modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
-License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
-version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
-
-This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
-Lesser General Public License for more details.
-
-You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
-License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
-Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston,
-MA 02110-1301  USA
diff --git a/cmd/LICENSE b/cmd/LICENSE
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-Copyright (c) 2013-2015, The go-ethereum Authors. All rights reserved.
-
-This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
-modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public
-License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
-version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
-
-This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
-General Public License for more details.
-
-You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
-Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston,
-MA 02110-1301  USA