diff --git a/polkadot/README.md b/polkadot/README.md
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@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ Ensure you replace `ALICE_BOOTNODE_ID_HERE` with the node ID from the output of
 
 ## License
 
-[LICENSE](https://github.com/paritytech/polkadot/blob/master/LICENSE)
+Polkadot is [GPL 3.0 licensed](LICENSE).
 
 ## Important Notice
 
diff --git a/polkadot/license_header.txt b/polkadot/file_header.txt
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rename from polkadot/license_header.txt
rename to polkadot/file_header.txt