diff --git a/COPYRIGHT b/COPYRIGHT
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-ETSI FORGE COPYRIGHT STATEMENT 
-
-Copyright (c) ETSI 2017. 
-
-This software is subject to copyrights owned by ETSI. Non-exclusive permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to copy, reproduce and amend this file under the following conditions: It is provided "as is", without warranty of any kind, expressed or implied. 
-
-ETSI shall never be liable for any claim, damages, or other liability arising from its use or inability of use. This permission does not apply to any documentation associated with this file for which ETSI keeps all rights reserved. The present copyright notice shall be included in all copies of whole or part of this software and shall not imply any sub-license right.
diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
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+Copyright 2019 ETSI
+
+Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 
+modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
+1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, 
+   this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, 
+   this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation 
+   and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
+3. Neither the name of the copyright holder nor the names of its contributors 
+   may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without 
+   specific prior written permission.
+
+THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" AND 
+ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED 
+WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. 
+IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, 
+INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, 
+BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, 
+DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF 
+LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE 
+OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED 
+OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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 * [Navigate the API in the browser](https://forge.etsi.org/swagger/editor/?url=https://forge.etsi.org/gitlab/mec/gs014-ue-identity-api/raw/master/UEidentityAPI.yaml).
 * [Edit the API online](https://forge.etsi.org/swagger/editor/?url=https://forge.etsi.org/gitlab/mec/gs014-ue-identity-api/raw/master/UEidentityAPI.yaml).
 
-## ETSI Forge Copyright statement
+## License
 
-Copyright (c) ETSI 2019.
-
-This software is subject to copyrights owned by ETSI. Non-exclusive permission 
-is hereby granted, free of charge, to copy, reproduce and amend this file 
-under the following conditions: It is provided "as is", without warranty of any 
-kind, expressed or implied. 
-
-ETSI shall never be liable for any claim, damages, or other liability arising 
-from its use or inability of use.This permission does not apply to any documentation 
-associated with this file for which ETSI keeps all rights reserved. The present 
-copyright notice shall be included in all copies of whole or part of this 
-software and shall not imply any sub-license right.
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+Unless specified otherwise, the content of this repository and the files contained 
+are released under the BSD-3-Clause license.
+See the attached LICENSE file or visit https://forge.etsi.org/legal-matters.
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