diff --git a/libtorrent/AUTHORS b/libtorrent/AUTHORS
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+
+Written by Arvid Norberg. Copyright (c) 2003-2007
+
+Lots of testing, suggestions and contributions by:
+Massaroddel
+Tianhao Qiu.
+
+Contributions by:
+Shyam
+Magnus Jonsson
+Daniel Wallin
+Cory Nelson
+Stas Khirman
+Ryan Norton
+
+Building and maintainance of the autotools scripts:
+Michael Wojciechowski
+Peter Koeleman
+
+Thanks to Reimond Retz for bugfixes, suggestions and testing
+
+Thanks to University of UmeŚ for providing development and test hardware.
+
+Project is hosted by sourceforge.
+
diff --git a/libtorrent/COPYING b/libtorrent/COPYING
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+Copyright (c) 2003 - 2007, Arvid Norberg
+All rights reserved.
+
+Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
+are met:
+
+    * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+      notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+    * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
+      notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in
+      the documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
+    * Neither the name of Rasterbar Software nor the names of its
+      contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived
+      from this software without specific prior written permission.
+
+THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS"
+AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
+IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
+ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE
+LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR
+CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF
+SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS
+INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN
+CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE)
+ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
+POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+
diff --git a/libtorrent/include/libtorrent/asio/COPYING b/libtorrent/include/libtorrent/asio/COPYING
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+Copyright (c) 2003-2007 Christopher M. Kohlhoff (chris at kohlhoff dot com)
+
+Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying
+file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
diff --git a/libtorrent/include/libtorrent/asio/LICENSE_1_0.txt b/libtorrent/include/libtorrent/asio/LICENSE_1_0.txt
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+Boost Software License - Version 1.0 - August 17th, 2003
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person or organization
+obtaining a copy of the software and accompanying documentation covered by
+this license (the "Software") to use, reproduce, display, distribute,
+execute, and transmit the Software, and to prepare derivative works of the
+Software, and to permit third-parties to whom the Software is furnished to
+do so, all subject to the following:
+
+The copyright notices in the Software and this entire statement, including
+the above license grant, this restriction and the following disclaimer,
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+all derivative works of the Software, unless such copies or derivative
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+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
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+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT
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