diff --git a/COPYING b/COPYING
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-This is public domain, I think.
+Author: Jens Kleineheismann <heinzel@heinzelwelt.de>
+Permission to use, copy, modify, and/or distribute this software
+for any purpose with or without fee is hereby granted.