diff --git a/COPYING b/LICENSE
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-# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 (c) 2017 - Inria - Thierry Parmentelat
-This software is made available through a Creative Common Licence Licence CC BY-SA 4.0
 
-https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
+This software is made available through a Creative Common Licence CC BY-SA 4.0
 
-https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode
+BY-SA stands for Attribution - Share alike
 
+See details here:
 
+https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
+
+https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode