- remove emacs layout block as suggested by Robert P.J. Day
- use shorter boilerplate while at it
diff --git a/libbb/bb_do_delay.c b/libbb/bb_do_delay.c
index 1fbdc9a..e14b67a 100644
--- a/libbb/bb_do_delay.c
+++ b/libbb/bb_do_delay.c
@@ -22,11 +22,3 @@
 		time(&now);
 	}
 }
-
-/*
-Local Variables:
-c-file-style: "linux"
-c-basic-offset: 4
-tab-width: 4
-End:
-*/
diff --git a/libbb/bb_pwd.c b/libbb/bb_pwd.c
index 68721dd..07876f0 100644
--- a/libbb/bb_pwd.c
+++ b/libbb/bb_pwd.c
@@ -168,13 +168,3 @@
 	return r;
 }
 #endif /* L_get_ug_id */
-
-/* END CODE */
-/*
-Local Variables:
-c-file-style: "linux"
-c-basic-offset: 4
-tab-width: 4
-End:
-*/
-
diff --git a/libbb/chomp.c b/libbb/chomp.c
index 774e533..6165b83 100644
--- a/libbb/chomp.c
+++ b/libbb/chomp.c
@@ -5,20 +5,7 @@
  * Copyright (C) many different people.
  * If you wrote this, please acknowledge your work.
  *
- * This program 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 of the License, or
- * (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * This program 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 program; if not, write to the Free Software
- * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307
- * USA
+ * Licensed under GPLv2 or later, see file LICENSE in this tarball for details.
  */
 
 #include <stdio.h>
@@ -33,13 +20,3 @@
 	if(lc)
 		*lc = 0;
 }
-
-
-/* END CODE */
-/*
-Local Variables:
-c-file-style: "linux"
-c-basic-offset: 4
-tab-width: 4
-End:
-*/
diff --git a/libbb/device_open.c b/libbb/device_open.c
index df5eae9..d34557b 100644
--- a/libbb/device_open.c
+++ b/libbb/device_open.c
@@ -4,19 +4,7 @@
  *
  * Copyright (C) 1999-2004 by Erik Andersen <andersen@codepoet.org>
  *
- * This program 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 of the License, or
- * (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * This program 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 program; if not, write to the Free Software
- * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
+ * Licensed under GPLv2 or later, see file LICENSE in this tarball for details.
  */
 
 #include <stdio.h>
@@ -42,12 +30,3 @@
 		fcntl(fd, F_SETFL, mode);
 	return fd;
 }
-
-/* END CODE */
-/*
-Local Variables:
-c-file-style: "linux"
-c-basic-offset: 4
-tab-width: 4
-End:
-*/
diff --git a/libbb/error_msg.c b/libbb/error_msg.c
index 2a90ba4..a8ed4bf 100644
--- a/libbb/error_msg.c
+++ b/libbb/error_msg.c
@@ -4,19 +4,7 @@
  *
  * Copyright (C) 1999-2004 by Erik Andersen <andersen@codepoet.org>
  *
- * This program 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 of the License, or
- * (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * This program 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 program; if not, write to the Free Software
- * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
+ * Licensed under GPLv2 or later, see file LICENSE in this tarball for details.
  */
 
 #include <stdio.h>
@@ -34,13 +22,3 @@
 	va_end(p);
 	putc('\n', stderr);
 }
-
-
-/* END CODE */
-/*
-Local Variables:
-c-file-style: "linux"
-c-basic-offset: 4
-tab-width: 4
-End:
-*/
diff --git a/libbb/error_msg_and_die.c b/libbb/error_msg_and_die.c
index 92043a5..842260b 100644
--- a/libbb/error_msg_and_die.c
+++ b/libbb/error_msg_and_die.c
@@ -4,19 +4,7 @@
  *
  * Copyright (C) 1999-2004 by Erik Andersen <andersen@codepoet.org>
  *
- * This program 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 of the License, or
- * (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * This program 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 program; if not, write to the Free Software
- * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
+ * Licensed under GPLv2 or later, see file LICENSE in this tarball for details.
  */
 
 #include <stdio.h>
@@ -35,13 +23,3 @@
 	putc('\n', stderr);
 	exit(bb_default_error_retval);
 }
-
-
-/* END CODE */
-/*
-Local Variables:
-c-file-style: "linux"
-c-basic-offset: 4
-tab-width: 4
-End:
-*/
diff --git a/libbb/find_mount_point.c b/libbb/find_mount_point.c
index 83527a8..8341612 100644
--- a/libbb/find_mount_point.c
+++ b/libbb/find_mount_point.c
@@ -4,19 +4,7 @@
  *
  * Copyright (C) 1999-2004 by Erik Andersen <andersen@codepoet.org>
  *
- * This program 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 of the License, or
- * (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * This program 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 program; if not, write to the Free Software
- * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
+ * Licensed under GPLv2 or later, see file LICENSE in this tarball for details.
  */
 
 #include <stdio.h>
@@ -64,13 +52,3 @@
 	endmntent(mountTable);
 	return mountEntry;
 }
-
-
-/* END CODE */
-/*
-Local Variables:
-c-file-style: "linux"
-c-basic-offset: 4
-tab-width: 4
-End:
-*/
diff --git a/libbb/find_pid_by_name.c b/libbb/find_pid_by_name.c
index 833c96f..7346744 100644
--- a/libbb/find_pid_by_name.c
+++ b/libbb/find_pid_by_name.c
@@ -57,12 +57,3 @@
 	}
 	return pidList;
 }
-
-/* END CODE */
-/*
-Local Variables:
-c-file-style: "linux"
-c-basic-offset: 4
-tab-width: 4
-End:
-*/
diff --git a/libbb/full_read.c b/libbb/full_read.c
index 221fc94..8d64bfb 100644
--- a/libbb/full_read.c
+++ b/libbb/full_read.c
@@ -4,19 +4,7 @@
  *
  * Copyright (C) 1999-2004 by Erik Andersen <andersen@codepoet.org>
  *
- * This program 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 of the License, or
- * (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * This program 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 program; if not, write to the Free Software
- * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
+ * Licensed under GPLv2 or later, see file LICENSE in this tarball for details.
  */
 
 #include <stdio.h>
@@ -52,12 +40,3 @@
 
 	return total;
 }
-
-/* END CODE */
-/*
-Local Variables:
-c-file-style: "linux"
-c-basic-offset: 4
-tab-width: 4
-End:
-*/
diff --git a/libbb/full_write.c b/libbb/full_write.c
index 30de407..3d6d401 100644
--- a/libbb/full_write.c
+++ b/libbb/full_write.c
@@ -4,19 +4,7 @@
  *
  * Copyright (C) 1999-2004 by Erik Andersen <andersen@codepoet.org>
  *
- * This program 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 of the License, or
- * (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * This program 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 program; if not, write to the Free Software
- * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
+ * Licensed under GPLv2 or later, see file LICENSE in this tarball for details.
  */
 
 #include <stdio.h>
@@ -48,13 +36,3 @@
 
 	return total;
 }
-
-
-/* END CODE */
-/*
-Local Variables:
-c-file-style: "linux"
-c-basic-offset: 4
-tab-width: 4
-End:
-*/
diff --git a/libbb/get_console.c b/libbb/get_console.c
index a5903d0..afe60c2 100644
--- a/libbb/get_console.c
+++ b/libbb/get_console.c
@@ -5,19 +5,7 @@
  * Copyright (C) many different people.  If you wrote this, please
  * acknowledge your work.
  *
- * This program 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 of the License, or
- * (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * This program 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 program; if not, write to the Free Software
- * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
+ * Licensed under GPLv2 or later, see file LICENSE in this tarball for details.
  */
 
 #include <stdio.h>
@@ -87,13 +75,3 @@
 	bb_error_msg("Couldn't get a file descriptor referring to the console");
 	return fd;                      /* total failure */
 }
-
-
-/* END CODE */
-/*
-Local Variables:
-c-file-style: "linux"
-c-basic-offset: 4
-tab-width: 4
-End:
-*/
diff --git a/libbb/get_terminal_width_height.c b/libbb/get_terminal_width_height.c
index df5aa90..941f04c 100644
--- a/libbb/get_terminal_width_height.c
+++ b/libbb/get_terminal_width_height.c
@@ -29,13 +29,3 @@
 
 	return ret;
 }
-
-/* END CODE */
-/*
-Local Variables:
-c-file-style: "linux"
-c-basic-offset: 4
-tab-width: 4
-End:
-*/
-
diff --git a/libbb/herror_msg.c b/libbb/herror_msg.c
index d0d0a15..1e6908d 100644
--- a/libbb/herror_msg.c
+++ b/libbb/herror_msg.c
@@ -4,19 +4,7 @@
  *
  * Copyright (C) 1999-2004 by Erik Andersen <andersen@codepoet.org>
  *
- * This program 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 of the License, or
- * (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * This program 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 program; if not, write to the Free Software
- * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
+ * Licensed under GPLv2 or later, see file LICENSE in this tarball for details.
  */
 
 #include <stdarg.h>
@@ -32,13 +20,3 @@
 	bb_vherror_msg(s, p);
 	va_end(p);
 }
-
-
-/* END CODE */
-/*
-Local Variables:
-c-file-style: "linux"
-c-basic-offset: 4
-tab-width: 4
-End:
-*/
diff --git a/libbb/herror_msg_and_die.c b/libbb/herror_msg_and_die.c
index 9a76ef7..285b195 100644
--- a/libbb/herror_msg_and_die.c
+++ b/libbb/herror_msg_and_die.c
@@ -4,19 +4,7 @@
  *
  * Copyright (C) 1999-2004 by Erik Andersen <andersen@codepoet.org>
  *
- * This program 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 of the License, or
- * (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * This program 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 program; if not, write to the Free Software
- * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
+ * Licensed under GPLv2 or later, see file LICENSE in this tarball for details.
  */
 
 #include <stdarg.h>
@@ -33,13 +21,3 @@
 	va_end(p);
 	exit(bb_default_error_retval);
 }
-
-
-/* END CODE */
-/*
-Local Variables:
-c-file-style: "linux"
-c-basic-offset: 4
-tab-width: 4
-End:
-*/
diff --git a/libbb/inode_hash.c b/libbb/inode_hash.c
index fbcd813..2ac1623 100644
--- a/libbb/inode_hash.c
+++ b/libbb/inode_hash.c
@@ -5,20 +5,7 @@
  * Copyright (C) many different people.
  * If you wrote this, please acknowledge your work.
  *
- * This program 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 of the License, or
- * (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * This program 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 program; if not, write to the Free Software
- * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307
- * USA
+ * Licensed under GPLv2 or later, see file LICENSE in this tarball for details.
  */
 
 #include <stdio.h>
@@ -99,13 +86,3 @@
 	}
 }
 #endif
-
-
-/* END CODE */
-/*
-Local Variables:
-c-file-style: "linux"
-c-basic-offset: 4
-tab-width: 4
-End:
-*/
diff --git a/libbb/isdirectory.c b/libbb/isdirectory.c
index 7f8f7e4..b359198 100644
--- a/libbb/isdirectory.c
+++ b/libbb/isdirectory.c
@@ -5,19 +5,7 @@
  * Based in part on code from sash, Copyright (c) 1999 by David I. Bell
  * Permission has been granted to redistribute this code under the GPL.
  *
- * This program 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 of the License, or
- * (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * This program 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 program; if not, write to the Free Software
- * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
+ * Licensed under GPLv2 or later, see file LICENSE in this tarball for details.
  */
 
 #include <sys/stat.h>
@@ -49,12 +37,3 @@
 
 	return status;
 }
-
-/* END CODE */
-/*
-Local Variables:
-c-file-style: "linux"
-c-basic-offset: 4
-tab-width: 4
-End:
-*/
diff --git a/libbb/kernel_version.c b/libbb/kernel_version.c
index 310da2f..e784a04 100644
--- a/libbb/kernel_version.c
+++ b/libbb/kernel_version.c
@@ -4,19 +4,7 @@
  *
  * Copyright (C) 1999-2004 by Erik Andersen <andersen@codepoet.org>
  *
- * This program 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 of the License, or
- * (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * This program 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 program; if not, write to the Free Software
- * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
+ * Licensed under GPLv2 or later, see file LICENSE in this tarball for details.
  */
 
 #include <stdio.h>
@@ -50,12 +38,3 @@
 	}
 	return r;
 }
-
-/* END CODE */
-/*
-Local Variables:
-c-file-style: "linux"
-c-basic-offset: 4
-tab-width: 4
-End:
-*/
diff --git a/libbb/mtab_file.c b/libbb/mtab_file.c
index abb9b93..3821a68 100644
--- a/libbb/mtab_file.c
+++ b/libbb/mtab_file.c
@@ -4,19 +4,7 @@
  *
  * Copyright (C) 1999-2004 by Erik Andersen <andersen@codepoet.org>
  *
- * This program 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 of the License, or
- * (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * This program 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 program; if not, write to the Free Software
- * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
+ * Licensed under GPLv2 or later, see file LICENSE in this tarball for details.
  */
 
 #include <stdio.h>
@@ -30,13 +18,3 @@
 #else
 const char bb_path_mtab_file[] = "/proc/mounts";
 #endif
-
-
-/* END CODE */
-/*
-Local Variables:
-c-file-style: "linux"
-c-basic-offset: 4
-tab-width: 4
-End:
-*/
diff --git a/libbb/perror_msg.c b/libbb/perror_msg.c
index a0fdabc..7fb0830 100644
--- a/libbb/perror_msg.c
+++ b/libbb/perror_msg.c
@@ -4,19 +4,7 @@
  *
  * Copyright (C) 1999-2004 by Erik Andersen <andersen@codepoet.org>
  *
- * This program 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 of the License, or
- * (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * This program 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 program; if not, write to the Free Software
- * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
+ * Licensed under GPLv2 or later, see file LICENSE in this tarball for details.
  */
 
 #include <stdio.h>
@@ -33,13 +21,3 @@
 	bb_vperror_msg(s, p);
 	va_end(p);
 }
-
-
-/* END CODE */
-/*
-Local Variables:
-c-file-style: "linux"
-c-basic-offset: 4
-tab-width: 4
-End:
-*/
diff --git a/libbb/perror_msg_and_die.c b/libbb/perror_msg_and_die.c
index 4a26dcc..5b04640 100644
--- a/libbb/perror_msg_and_die.c
+++ b/libbb/perror_msg_and_die.c
@@ -4,19 +4,7 @@
  *
  * Copyright (C) 1999-2004 by Erik Andersen <andersen@codepoet.org>
  *
- * This program 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 of the License, or
- * (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * This program 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 program; if not, write to the Free Software
- * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
+ * Licensed under GPLv2 or later, see file LICENSE in this tarball for details.
  */
 
 #include <stdio.h>
@@ -34,13 +22,3 @@
 	va_end(p);
 	exit(bb_default_error_retval);
 }
-
-
-/* END CODE */
-/*
-Local Variables:
-c-file-style: "linux"
-c-basic-offset: 4
-tab-width: 4
-End:
-*/
diff --git a/libbb/print_file.c b/libbb/print_file.c
index 26bd0d4..ea5d1d2 100644
--- a/libbb/print_file.c
+++ b/libbb/print_file.c
@@ -4,19 +4,7 @@
  *
  * Copyright (C) 1999-2004 by Erik Andersen <andersen@codepoet.org>
  *
- * This program 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 of the License, or
- * (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * This program 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 program; if not, write to the Free Software
- * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
+ * Licensed under GPLv2 or later, see file LICENSE in this tarball for details.
  */
 
 #include <stdio.h>
@@ -65,12 +53,3 @@
 
 	return -1;
 }
-
-/* END CODE */
-/*
-Local Variables:
-c-file-style: "linux"
-c-basic-offset: 4
-tab-width: 4
-End:
-*/
diff --git a/libbb/process_escape_sequence.c b/libbb/process_escape_sequence.c
index 1b7b6d1..138e751 100644
--- a/libbb/process_escape_sequence.c
+++ b/libbb/process_escape_sequence.c
@@ -5,21 +5,7 @@
  * Copyright (C) Manuel Novoa III <mjn3@codepoet.org>
  * and Vladimir Oleynik <dzo@simtreas.ru>
  *
- * This program 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 of the License, or
- * (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * This program 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 program; if not, write to the Free Software
- * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
- *
- *
+ * Licensed under GPLv2 or later, see file LICENSE in this tarball for details.
  */
 
 #include <stdio.h>
@@ -101,12 +87,3 @@
 
 	return (char) n;
 }
-
-/* END CODE */
-/*
-Local Variables:
-c-file-style: "linux"
-c-basic-offset: 4
-tab-width: 4
-End:
-*/
diff --git a/libbb/procps.c b/libbb/procps.c
index 305a717..436905c 100644
--- a/libbb/procps.c
+++ b/libbb/procps.c
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
  *
  * Copyright 1998 by Albert Cahalan; all rights reserved.
  * Copyright (C) 2002 by Vladimir Oleynik <dzo@simtreas.ru>
- * GNU Library General Public License Version 2, or any later version
  *
+ * Licensed under GPLv2 or later, see file LICENSE in this tarball for details.
  */
 
 #include <dirent.h>
@@ -146,12 +146,3 @@
 		return memcpy(&ret_status, &curstatus, sizeof(procps_status_t));
 	}
 }
-
-/* END CODE */
-/*
-Local Variables:
-c-file-style: "linux"
-c-basic-offset: 4
-tab-width: 4
-End:
-*/
diff --git a/libbb/recursive_action.c b/libbb/recursive_action.c
index 6b005e2..a30addc 100644
--- a/libbb/recursive_action.c
+++ b/libbb/recursive_action.c
@@ -116,13 +116,3 @@
 	}
 	return TRUE;
 }
-
-
-/* END CODE */
-/*
-Local Variables:
-c-file-style: "linux"
-c-basic-offset: 4
-tab-width: 4
-End:
-*/
diff --git a/libbb/safe_read.c b/libbb/safe_read.c
index 92e1d8a..a59934a 100644
--- a/libbb/safe_read.c
+++ b/libbb/safe_read.c
@@ -4,19 +4,7 @@
  *
  * Copyright (C) 1999-2004 by Erik Andersen <andersen@codepoet.org>
  *
- * This program 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 of the License, or
- * (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * This program 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 program; if not, write to the Free Software
- * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
+ * Licensed under GPLv2 or later, see file LICENSE in this tarball for details.
  */
 
 #include <stdio.h>
@@ -36,13 +24,3 @@
 
 	return n;
 }
-
-
-/* END CODE */
-/*
-Local Variables:
-c-file-style: "linux"
-c-basic-offset: 4
-tab-width: 4
-End:
-*/
diff --git a/libbb/safe_strncpy.c b/libbb/safe_strncpy.c
index d427569..add92ac 100644
--- a/libbb/safe_strncpy.c
+++ b/libbb/safe_strncpy.c
@@ -4,19 +4,7 @@
  *
  * Copyright (C) 1999-2004 by Erik Andersen <andersen@codepoet.org>
  *
- * This program 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 of the License, or
- * (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * This program 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 program; if not, write to the Free Software
- * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
+ * Licensed under GPLv2 or later, see file LICENSE in this tarball for details.
  */
 
 #include <string.h>
@@ -30,13 +18,3 @@
 	dst[size-1] = '\0';
 	return strncpy(dst, src, size-1);
 }
-
-
-/* END CODE */
-/*
-Local Variables:
-c-file-style: "linux"
-c-basic-offset: 4
-tab-width: 4
-End:
-*/
diff --git a/libbb/safe_write.c b/libbb/safe_write.c
index 201ea1c..c81f124 100644
--- a/libbb/safe_write.c
+++ b/libbb/safe_write.c
@@ -4,19 +4,7 @@
  *
  * Copyright (C) 1999-2004 by Erik Andersen <andersen@codepoet.org>
  *
- * This program 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 of the License, or
- * (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * This program 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 program; if not, write to the Free Software
- * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
+ * Licensed under GPLv2 or later, see file LICENSE in this tarball for details.
  */
 
 #include <stdio.h>
@@ -36,13 +24,3 @@
 
 	return n;
 }
-
-
-/* END CODE */
-/*
-Local Variables:
-c-file-style: "linux"
-c-basic-offset: 4
-tab-width: 4
-End:
-*/
diff --git a/libbb/trim.c b/libbb/trim.c
index 0dca667..d363915 100644
--- a/libbb/trim.c
+++ b/libbb/trim.c
@@ -5,20 +5,7 @@
  * Copyright (C) many different people.
  * If you wrote this, please acknowledge your work.
  *
- * This program 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 of the License, or
- * (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * This program 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 program; if not, write to the Free Software
- * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307
- * USA
+ * Licensed under GPLv2 or later, see file LICENSE in this tarball for details.
  */
 
 #include <stdio.h>
@@ -42,12 +29,3 @@
 	}
 	s[len] = 0;
 }
-
-/* END CODE */
-/*
-Local Variables:
-c-file-style: "linux"
-c-basic-offset: 4
-tab-width: 4
-End:
-*/
diff --git a/libbb/vdprintf.c b/libbb/vdprintf.c
index 96c71ea..ffcb7a4 100644
--- a/libbb/vdprintf.c
+++ b/libbb/vdprintf.c
@@ -4,19 +4,7 @@
  *
  * Copyright (C) 1999-2004 by Erik Andersen <andersen@codepoet.org>
  *
- * This program 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 of the License, or
- * (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * This program 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 program; if not, write to the Free Software
- * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
+ * Licensed under GPLv2 or later, see file LICENSE in this tarball for details.
  */
 
 #include <stdio.h>
@@ -35,13 +23,3 @@
 	return write(d, buf, len);
 }
 #endif
-
-
-/* END CODE */
-/*
-Local Variables:
-c-file-style: "linux"
-c-basic-offset: 4
-tab-width: 4
-End:
-*/
diff --git a/libbb/verror_msg.c b/libbb/verror_msg.c
index d0fbb05..d458a7b 100644
--- a/libbb/verror_msg.c
+++ b/libbb/verror_msg.c
@@ -4,19 +4,7 @@
  *
  * Copyright (C) 1999-2004 by Erik Andersen <andersen@codepoet.org>
  *
- * This program 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 of the License, or
- * (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * This program 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 program; if not, write to the Free Software
- * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
+ * Licensed under GPLv2 or later, see file LICENSE in this tarball for details.
  */
 
 #include <stdio.h>
@@ -31,13 +19,3 @@
 	fprintf(stderr, "%s: ", bb_applet_name);
 	vfprintf(stderr, s, p);
 }
-
-
-/* END CODE */
-/*
-Local Variables:
-c-file-style: "linux"
-c-basic-offset: 4
-tab-width: 4
-End:
-*/
diff --git a/libbb/vperror_msg.c b/libbb/vperror_msg.c
index ed4ac83..5a854ec 100644
--- a/libbb/vperror_msg.c
+++ b/libbb/vperror_msg.c
@@ -4,19 +4,7 @@
  *
  * Copyright (C) 1999-2004 by Erik Andersen <andersen@codepoet.org>
  *
- * This program 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 of the License, or
- * (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * This program 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 program; if not, write to the Free Software
- * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
+ * Licensed under GPLv2 or later, see file LICENSE in this tarball for details.
  */
 
 #include <stdio.h>
@@ -33,13 +21,3 @@
 	if (*s) s = ": ";
 	fprintf(stderr, "%s%s\n", s, strerror(err));
 }
-
-
-/* END CODE */
-/*
-Local Variables:
-c-file-style: "linux"
-c-basic-offset: 4
-tab-width: 4
-End:
-*/
diff --git a/libbb/wfopen.c b/libbb/wfopen.c
index ab77cb1..9d66328 100644
--- a/libbb/wfopen.c
+++ b/libbb/wfopen.c
@@ -4,19 +4,7 @@
  *
  * Copyright (C) 1999-2004 by Erik Andersen <andersen@codepoet.org>
  *
- * This program 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 of the License, or
- * (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * This program 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 program; if not, write to the Free Software
- * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
+ * Licensed under GPLv2 or later, see file LICENSE in this tarball for details.
  */
 
 #include <stdio.h>
@@ -32,13 +20,3 @@
 	}
 	return fp;
 }
-
-
-/* END CODE */
-/*
-Local Variables:
-c-file-style: "linux"
-c-basic-offset: 4
-tab-width: 4
-End:
-*/
diff --git a/libbb/xfuncs.c b/libbb/xfuncs.c
index 9b9081e..fa6aa0f 100644
--- a/libbb/xfuncs.c
+++ b/libbb/xfuncs.c
@@ -173,12 +173,3 @@
 	}
 }
 #endif
-
-/* END CODE */
-/*
-Local Variables:
-c-file-style: "linux"
-c-basic-offset: 4
-tab-width: 4
-End:
-*/
diff --git a/libbb/xregcomp.c b/libbb/xregcomp.c
index c28ca65..4bcb9ae 100644
--- a/libbb/xregcomp.c
+++ b/libbb/xregcomp.c
@@ -5,20 +5,7 @@
  * Copyright (C) many different people.
  * If you wrote this, please acknowledge your work.
  *
- * This program 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 of the License, or
- * (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * This program 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 program; if not, write to the Free Software
- * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307
- * USA
+ * Licensed under GPLv2 or later, see file LICENSE in this tarball for details.
  */
 
 #include <stdio.h>
@@ -37,13 +24,3 @@
 		bb_error_msg_and_die("xregcomp: %s", errmsg);
 	}
 }
-
-
-/* END CODE */
-/*
-Local Variables:
-c-file-style: "linux"
-c-basic-offset: 4
-tab-width: 4
-End:
-*/