- remove emacs layout block as suggested by Robert P.J. Day

- use shorter boilerplate while at it

57 files changed, 46 insertions, 980 deletions

diff --git a/applets/busybox.c b/applets/busybox.c
index 344edc64c..25bb36d9c 100644
--- a/applets/busybox.c
+++ b/applets/busybox.c
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 /* vi: set sw=4 ts=4: */
+/*
+ * Licensed under GPLv2 or later, see file LICENSE in this tarball for details.
+ */
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
@@ -147,11 +150,3 @@ int busybox_main(int argc, char **argv)
 
 	bb_error_msg_and_die("applet not found");
 }
-
-/*
-Local Variables:
-c-file-style: "linux"
-c-basic-offset: 4
-tab-width: 4
-End:
-*/
diff --git a/archival/unzip.c b/archival/unzip.c
index b9dff1985..2cb256c76 100644
--- a/archival/unzip.c
+++ b/archival/unzip.c
@@ -417,12 +417,3 @@ int unzip_main(int argc, char **argv)
 
 	return failed;
 }
-
-/* END CODE */
-/*
-Local Variables:
-c-file-style: "linux"
-c-basic-offset: 4
-tab-width: 4
-End:
-*/
diff --git a/console-tools/chvt.c b/console-tools/chvt.c
index cba5b4014..aff66e007 100644
--- a/console-tools/chvt.c
+++ b/console-tools/chvt.c
@@ -4,23 +4,9 @@
  *
  * 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.
  */
 
-/* no options, no getopt */
-
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
@@ -50,12 +36,3 @@ int chvt_main(int argc, char **argv)
 	}
 	return EXIT_SUCCESS;
 }
-
-
-/*
-Local Variables:
-c-file-style: "linux"
-c-basic-offset: 4
-tab-width: 4
-End:
-*/
diff --git a/console-tools/openvt.c b/console-tools/openvt.c
index de6a19fbc..948dba767 100644
--- a/console-tools/openvt.c
+++ b/console-tools/openvt.c
@@ -5,19 +5,7 @@
  *  busyboxed by Quy Tonthat <quy@signal3.com>
  *  hacked by Tito <farmatito@tiscali.it>
  *
- *  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.
  */
 
 /* getopt not needed */
@@ -63,11 +51,3 @@ int openvt_main(int argc, char **argv)
 	}
 	return EXIT_SUCCESS;
 }
-
-/*
-Local Variables:
-c-file-style: "linux"
-c-basic-offset: 4
-tab-width: 4
-End:
-*/
diff --git a/console-tools/setconsole.c b/console-tools/setconsole.c
index 6b4989d77..bf06cc530 100644
--- a/console-tools/setconsole.c
+++ b/console-tools/setconsole.c
@@ -4,19 +4,7 @@
  *
  *  Copyright (C) 2004,2005  Enrik Berkhan <Enrik.Berkhan@inka.de>
  *
- *  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/ioctl.h>
@@ -60,11 +48,3 @@ int setconsole_main(int argc, char **argv)
 	}
 	return EXIT_SUCCESS;
 }
-
-/*
-Local Variables:
-c-file-style: "linux"
-c-basic-offset: 4
-tab-width: 4
-End:
-*/
diff --git a/coreutils/chgrp.c b/coreutils/chgrp.c
index 70ac672c2..46db4081a 100644
--- a/coreutils/chgrp.c
+++ b/coreutils/chgrp.c
@@ -4,20 +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.
  */
 
 /* BB_AUDIT SUSv3 defects - unsupported options -h, -H, -L, and -P. */
@@ -71,11 +58,3 @@ int chgrp_main(int argc, char **argv)
 
 	return retval;
 }
-
-/*
-Local Variables:
-c-file-style: "linux"
-c-basic-offset: 4
-tab-width: 4
-End:
-*/
diff --git a/coreutils/chmod.c b/coreutils/chmod.c
index b69cccdf1..c871ad10e 100644
--- a/coreutils/chmod.c
+++ b/coreutils/chmod.c
@@ -89,11 +89,3 @@ int chmod_main(int ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED argc, char **argv)
 
 	return retval;
 }
-
-/*
-Local Variables:
-c-file-style: "linux"
-c-basic-offset: 4
-tab-width: 4
-End:
-*/
diff --git a/coreutils/chown.c b/coreutils/chown.c
index 66add48ed..bb379ac20 100644
--- a/coreutils/chown.c
+++ b/coreutils/chown.c
@@ -76,11 +76,3 @@ int chown_main(int argc, char **argv)
 
 	return retval;
 }
-
-/*
-Local Variables:
-c-file-style: "linux"
-c-basic-offset: 4
-tab-width: 4
-End:
-*/
diff --git a/coreutils/df.c b/coreutils/df.c
index bd487ee95..17ce634a7 100644
--- a/coreutils/df.c
+++ b/coreutils/df.c
@@ -5,20 +5,7 @@
  * Copyright (C) 1999-2004 by Erik Andersen <andersen@codepoet.org>
  * based on original code by (I think) Bruce Perens <bruce@pixar.com>.
  *
- * 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.
  */
 
 /* BB_AUDIT SUSv3 _NOT_ compliant -- options -P and -t missing.  Also blocksize. */
@@ -160,11 +147,3 @@ int df_main(int argc, char **argv)
 
 	bb_fflush_stdout_and_exit(status);
 }
-
-/*
-Local Variables:
-c-file-style: "linux"
-c-basic-offset: 4
-tab-width: 4
-End:
-*/
diff --git a/coreutils/id.c b/coreutils/id.c
index 73c3c2e3b..1bedff37a 100644
--- a/coreutils/id.c
+++ b/coreutils/id.c
@@ -4,20 +4,7 @@
  *
  * Copyright (C) 2000 by Randolph Chung <tausq@debian.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.
  */
 
 /* BB_AUDIT SUSv3 _NOT_ compliant -- option -G is not currently supported. */
@@ -123,13 +110,3 @@ int id_main(int argc, char **argv)
 	putchar('\n');
 	bb_fflush_stdout_and_exit(status);
 }
-
-/* END CODE */
-/*
-Local Variables:
-c-file-style: "linux"
-c-basic-offset: 4
-tab-width: 4
-End:
-*/
-
diff --git a/debianutils/which.c b/debianutils/which.c
index f2991c561..03b3c30f9 100644
--- a/debianutils/which.c
+++ b/debianutils/which.c
@@ -99,11 +99,3 @@ int which_main(int argc, char **argv)
 	}
 	bb_fflush_stdout_and_exit(status);
 }
-
-/*
-Local Variables:
-c-file-style: "linux"
-c-basic-offset: 4
-tab-width: 4
-End:
-*/
diff --git a/include/platform.h b/include/platform.h
index 6b3b3f78e..c399b8e16 100644
--- a/include/platform.h
+++ b/include/platform.h
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/* vi: set sw=4 ts=4: */
 /*
    Copyright 2006, Bernhard Fischer
 
@@ -99,9 +100,11 @@
 #endif
 
 /* ---- miscellaneous --------------------------------------- */
+#if ENABLE_DEBUG_KEEP_NLS_CRAP
 /* NLS stuff */
 /* THIS SHOULD BE CLEANED OUT OF THE TREE ENTIRELY */
 #define _(Text) Text
 #define N_(Text) (Text)
+#endif
 
 #endif	/* platform.h	*/
diff --git a/init/init.c b/init/init.c
index 9dbbb7d2d..b0443d095 100644
--- a/init/init.c
+++ b/init/init.c
@@ -1170,11 +1170,3 @@ int init_main(int argc, char **argv)
 		}
 	}
 }
-
-/*
-Local Variables:
-c-file-style: "linux"
-c-basic-offset: 4
-tab-width: 4
-End:
-*/
diff --git a/libbb/bb_do_delay.c b/libbb/bb_do_delay.c
index 1fbdc9ae8..e14b67a19 100644
--- a/libbb/bb_do_delay.c
+++ b/libbb/bb_do_delay.c
@@ -22,11 +22,3 @@ void bb_do_delay(int seconds)
 		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 68721ddf7..07876f0e2 100644
--- a/libbb/bb_pwd.c
+++ b/libbb/bb_pwd.c
@@ -168,13 +168,3 @@ unsigned long get_ug_id(const char *s,
 	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 774e533d4..6165b83bc 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 @@ void chomp(char *s)
 	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 df5eae9e4..d34557b5a 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 @@ int device_open(const char *device, int mode)
 		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 2a90ba438..a8ed4bf8e 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 @@ void bb_error_msg(const char *s, ...)
 	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 92043a535..842260b0f 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 @@ void bb_error_msg_and_die(const char *s, ...)
 	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 83527a8c8..8341612d4 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 @@ struct mntent *find_mount_point(const char *name, const char *table)
 	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 833c96f51..73467446f 100644
--- a/libbb/find_pid_by_name.c
+++ b/libbb/find_pid_by_name.c
@@ -57,12 +57,3 @@ long *pidlist_reverse(long *pidList)
 	}
 	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 221fc947b..8d64bfb90 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 @@ ssize_t bb_full_read(int fd, void *buf, size_t len)
 
 	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 30de4078a..3d6d40184 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 @@ ssize_t bb_full_write(int fd, const void *buf, size_t len)
 
 	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 a5903d0c3..afe60c268 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 @@ int get_console_fd(void)
 	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 df5aa907f..941f04c3a 100644
--- a/libbb/get_terminal_width_height.c
+++ b/libbb/get_terminal_width_height.c
@@ -29,13 +29,3 @@ int get_terminal_width_height(int fd, int *width, int *height)
 
 	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 d0d0a15d2..1e6908d82 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 @@ void bb_herror_msg(const char *s, ...)
 	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 9a76ef7e1..285b195ef 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 @@ void bb_herror_msg_and_die(const char *s, ...)
 	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 fbcd81327..2ac1623f4 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 @@ void reset_ino_dev_hashtable(void)
 	}
 }
 #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 7f8f7e415..b35919869 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 @@ int is_directory(const char *fileName, const int followLinks, struct stat *statB
 
 	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 310da2fa0..e784a049a 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 @@ int get_linux_version_code(void)
 	}
 	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 abb9b9322..3821a6806 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 @@ const char bb_path_mtab_file[] = "/etc/mtab";
 #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 a0fdabc1d..7fb0830be 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 @@ void bb_perror_msg(const char *s, ...)
 	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 4a26dcce8..5b0464077 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 @@ void bb_perror_msg_and_die(const char *s, ...)
 	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 26bd0d458..ea5d1d222 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 @@ int bb_xprint_file_by_name(const char *filename)
 
 	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 1b7b6d190..138e751f5 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 @@ char bb_process_escape_sequence(const char **ptr)
 
 	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 305a71723..436905c46 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 @@ procps_status_t * procps_scan(int save_user_arg0)
 		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 6b005e22d..a30addc4f 100644
--- a/libbb/recursive_action.c
+++ b/libbb/recursive_action.c
@@ -116,13 +116,3 @@ int recursive_action(const char *fileName,
 	}
 	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 92e1d8a4b..a59934a4d 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 @@ ssize_t safe_read(int fd, void *buf, size_t count)
 
 	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 d4275698c..add92ac9f 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 @@ char * safe_strncpy(char *dst, const char *src, size_t size)
 	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 201ea1cd3..c81f1247f 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 @@ ssize_t safe_write(int fd, const void *buf, size_t count)
 
 	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 0dca6678e..d36391540 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 @@ void trim(char *s)
 	}
 	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 96c71ea63..ffcb7a444 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 @@ int vdprintf(int d, const char *format, va_list ap)
 	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 d0fbb05c6..d458a7b2c 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 @@ void bb_verror_msg(const char *s, va_list p)
 	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 ed4ac83cd..5a854ec4a 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 @@ void bb_vperror_msg(const char *s, va_list p)
 	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 ab77cb19e..9d663281e 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 @@ FILE *bb_wfopen(const char *path, const char *mode)
 	}
 	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 9b9081e26..fa6aa0f9f 100644
--- a/libbb/xfuncs.c
+++ b/libbb/xfuncs.c
@@ -173,12 +173,3 @@ void bb_xfflush_stdout(void)
 	}
 }
 #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 c28ca659d..4bcb9aedf 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 @@ void xregcomp(regex_t *preg, const char *regex, int cflags)
 		bb_error_msg_and_die("xregcomp: %s", errmsg);
 	}
 }
-
-
-/* END CODE */
-/*
-Local Variables:
-c-file-style: "linux"
-c-basic-offset: 4
-tab-width: 4
-End:
-*/
diff --git a/loginutils/vlock.c b/loginutils/vlock.c
index 6f391075b..cec1d0ab0 100644
--- a/loginutils/vlock.c
+++ b/loginutils/vlock.c
@@ -5,20 +5,7 @@
  * Copyright (C) 2000 by spoon <spoon@ix.netcom.com>
  * Written by spoon <spon@ix.netcom.com>
  *
- * 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.
  */
 
 /* Shoutz to Michael K. Johnson <johnsonm@redhat.com>, author of the
@@ -141,11 +128,3 @@ int vlock_main(int argc, char **argv)
 	restore_terminal();
 	return 0;
 }
-
-/*
-Local Variables:
-c-file-style: "linux"
-c-basic-offset: 4
-tab-width: 4
-End:
-*/
diff --git a/miscutils/rx.c b/miscutils/rx.c
index 3df461349..ef372d383 100644
--- a/miscutils/rx.c
+++ b/miscutils/rx.c
@@ -317,11 +317,3 @@ int rx_main(int argc, char **argv)
 
 	bb_fflush_stdout_and_exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
 }
-
-/*
-Local Variables:
-c-file-style: "linux"
-c-basic-offset: 4
-tab-width: 4
-End:
-*/
diff --git a/networking/ftpgetput.c b/networking/ftpgetput.c
index f285e8b31..40e1328a9 100644
--- a/networking/ftpgetput.c
+++ b/networking/ftpgetput.c
@@ -350,11 +350,3 @@ int ftpgetput_main(int argc, char **argv)
 
 	return(ftp_action(server, control_stream, argv[optind + 1], argv[optind + 2]));
 }
-
-/*
-Local Variables:
-c-file-style: "linux"
-c-basic-offset: 4
-tab-width: 4
-End:
-*/
diff --git a/networking/ipcalc.c b/networking/ipcalc.c
index c5f2ba121..a24629a9d 100644
--- a/networking/ipcalc.c
+++ b/networking/ipcalc.c
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
  * This is a complete reimplementation of the ipcalc program
  * from Red Hat.  I didn't look at their source code, but there
  * is no denying that this is a loving reimplementation
+ *
+ * Licensed under GPLv2 or later, see file LICENSE in this tarball for details.
  */
 
 #include <stdio.h>
@@ -214,12 +216,3 @@ int ipcalc_main(int argc, char **argv)
 
 	return EXIT_SUCCESS;
 }
-
-/* END CODE */
-/*
-Local Variables:
-c-file-style: "linux"
-c-basic-offset: 4
-tab-width: 4
-End:
-*/
diff --git a/networking/telnet.c b/networking/telnet.c
index 2ad44d429..b3045f878 100644
--- a/networking/telnet.c
+++ b/networking/telnet.c
@@ -734,11 +734,3 @@ int telnet_main(int argc, char** argv)
 		}
 	}
 }
-
-/*
-Local Variables:
-c-file-style: "linux"
-c-basic-offset: 4
-tab-width: 4
-End:
-*/
diff --git a/networking/wget.c b/networking/wget.c
index 6efa3bf21..d55f4b007 100644
--- a/networking/wget.c
+++ b/networking/wget.c
@@ -854,13 +854,3 @@ progressmeter(int flag)
  *
  *	$Id: wget.c,v 1.75 2004/10/08 08:27:40 andersen Exp $
  */
-
-
-
-/*
-Local Variables:
-c-file-style: "linux"
-c-basic-offset: 4
-tab-width: 4
-End:
-*/
diff --git a/sysklogd/klogd.c b/sysklogd/klogd.c
index 6dc5457af..95a35c25e 100644
--- a/sysklogd/klogd.c
+++ b/sysklogd/klogd.c
@@ -128,11 +128,3 @@ int klogd_main(int argc, char **argv)
 
 	return EXIT_SUCCESS;
 }
-
-/*
-Local Variables
-c-file-style: "linux"
-c-basic-offset: 4
-tab-width: 4
-End:
-*/
diff --git a/sysklogd/syslogd.c b/sysklogd/syslogd.c
index 74c407142..deaee49c2 100644
--- a/sysklogd/syslogd.c
+++ b/sysklogd/syslogd.c
@@ -680,11 +680,3 @@ int syslogd_main(int argc, char **argv)
 
 	return EXIT_SUCCESS;
 }
-
-/*
-Local Variables
-c-file-style: "linux"
-c-basic-offset: 4
-tab-width: 4
-End:
-*/
diff --git a/util-linux/getopt.c b/util-linux/getopt.c
index 9e33b79bf..005af8fa8 100644
--- a/util-linux/getopt.c
+++ b/util-linux/getopt.c
@@ -2,19 +2,7 @@
  * getopt.c - Enhanced implementation of BSD getopt(1)
  *   Copyright (c) 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000  Frodo Looijaard <frodol@dds.nl>
  *
- *   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., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
+ * Licensed under GPLv2 or later, see file LICENSE in this tarball for details.
  */
 
 /*
@@ -380,11 +368,3 @@ int getopt_main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		argv[optind-1]=argv[0];
        return (generate_output(argv+optind-1,argc-optind+1,optstr,long_options));
 }
-
-/*
-  Local Variables:
-  c-file-style: "linux"
-  c-basic-offset: 4
-  tab-width: 4
-  End:
-*/
diff --git a/util-linux/pivot_root.c b/util-linux/pivot_root.c
index c86e73cc1..4e67043cd 100644
--- a/util-linux/pivot_root.c
+++ b/util-linux/pivot_root.c
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
  * busyboxed by Evin Robertson
  * pivot_root syscall stubbed by Erik Andersen, so it will compile
  *     regardless of the kernel being used.
+ *
+ * Licensed under GPLv2 or later, see file LICENSE in this tarball for details.
  */
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
@@ -24,12 +26,3 @@ int pivot_root_main(int argc, char **argv)
     return EXIT_SUCCESS;
 
 }
-
-
-/*
-Local Variables:
-c-file-style: "linux"
-c-basic-offset: 4
-tab-width: 4
-End:
-*/