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@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 The MIT License (MIT)
 
-Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation
+Copyright (c) .NET Foundation and Contributors
+
+All rights reserved.
 
 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
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--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ The .NET Core platform is part of the [.NET Foundation](http://www.dotnetfoundat
 
 ## Licenses
 
-.NET Core platform projects typically use either the [MIT](LICENSE) or
+.NET Core platform projects typically use either the [MIT](LICENSE.TXT) or
 [Apache 2](http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0) licenses for code.
 Some projects license documentation and other forms of content under
 [Creative Commons Attribution 4.0](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).