diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
index bb5f61a..175a0d0 100644
--- a/LICENSE
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -1,11 +1,6 @@
-THIS DOCUMENT APPLIES TO ALL SOURCE FILES IN THE PROJECT:
-"the flat framework" AS FOUND IN https://github.com/katmore/flat
-UNLESS SOURCE FILE CONTAINS TEXT EXPLICITLY STATING OTHERWISE.
-
 The MIT License (MIT)
 
-The flat framework. Copyright (c) 2012-2017, Doug Bird.
-All rights reserved.
+Copyright (c) 2012-2017 Doug Bird
 
 Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
 of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5e1d4f9..0d0f841 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-# flat: an experimental framework for php
+# Flat
+**The Flat Framework**
+
 *Flat* is an experimental framework for php.
 
 The purpose in creating *flat* is to have a framework which conceptualizes the organization of an application project as set of hierarchical resources.
@@ -128,7 +130,8 @@ if (class_exists($check_class)) {
 
 ## Legal
 ### Copyright
-The Flat Framework. https://github.com/katmore/flat
+The Flat Framework - https://github.com/katmore/flat
+
 Copyright (c) 2012-2016 Doug Bird. All Rights Reserved.
 
 ### License