shorten all copyright messages for better readability

58 files changed, 58 insertions, 754 deletions

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index f13de38d..c5818ee9 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,17 +1,5 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2009, 2010, 2011  Roman Zimbelmann <romanz@lavabit.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 3 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, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+# This software is distributed under the terms of the GNU GPL version 3.
 
 NAME = ranger
 VERSION = $(shell grep -m 1 -o '[0-9][0-9.]\+' README)
diff --git a/ranger.py b/ranger.py
index c763a8d9..efd81f4d 100755
--- a/ranger.py
+++ b/ranger.py
@@ -1,19 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python -O
 # ranger - a vim-inspired file manager for the console  (coding: utf-8)
 # Copyright (C) 2009, 2010, 2011  Roman Zimbelmann <romanz@lavabit.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 3 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, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+# This software is distributed under the terms of the GNU GPL version 3.
 
 # =====================
 # This embedded bash script can be executed by sourcing this file.
diff --git a/ranger/__init__.py b/ranger/__init__.py
index 1589a745..118809c7 100644
--- a/ranger/__init__.py
+++ b/ranger/__init__.py
@@ -1,17 +1,5 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2009, 2010, 2011  Roman Zimbelmann <romanz@lavabit.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 3 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, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+# This software is distributed under the terms of the GNU GPL version 3.
 
 """
 A console file manager with VI key bindings.
diff --git a/ranger/api/apps.py b/ranger/api/apps.py
index 56f8afd2..8fd5d870 100644
--- a/ranger/api/apps.py
+++ b/ranger/api/apps.py
@@ -1,17 +1,5 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2009, 2010, 2011  Roman Zimbelmann <romanz@lavabit.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 3 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, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+# This software is distributed under the terms of the GNU GPL version 3.
 
 import os, sys, re
 from ranger.api import *
diff --git a/ranger/api/commands.py b/ranger/api/commands.py
index a2501c7f..c3317939 100644
--- a/ranger/api/commands.py
+++ b/ranger/api/commands.py
@@ -1,17 +1,5 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2009, 2010, 2011  Roman Zimbelmann <romanz@lavabit.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 3 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, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+# This software is distributed under the terms of the GNU GPL version 3.
 
 # TODO: Add an optional "!" to all commands and set a flag if it's there
 
diff --git a/ranger/api/options.py b/ranger/api/options.py
index e2558ffb..3691fe94 100644
--- a/ranger/api/options.py
+++ b/ranger/api/options.py
@@ -1,17 +1,5 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2009, 2010, 2011  Roman Zimbelmann <romanz@lavabit.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 3 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, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+# This software is distributed under the terms of the GNU GPL version 3.
 
 import re
 from re import compile as regexp
diff --git a/ranger/colorschemes/default.py b/ranger/colorschemes/default.py
index fb46dd43..fa1d92bc 100644
--- a/ranger/colorschemes/default.py
+++ b/ranger/colorschemes/default.py
@@ -1,17 +1,5 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2009, 2010, 2011  Roman Zimbelmann <romanz@lavabit.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 3 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, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+# This software is distributed under the terms of the GNU GPL version 3.
 
 from ranger.gui.colorscheme import ColorScheme
 from ranger.gui.color import *
diff --git a/ranger/colorschemes/default88.py b/ranger/colorschemes/default88.py
index 8bf33807..2a2d4825 100644
--- a/ranger/colorschemes/default88.py
+++ b/ranger/colorschemes/default88.py
@@ -1,17 +1,5 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2009, 2010, 2011  Roman Zimbelmann <romanz@lavabit.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 3 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, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+# This software is distributed under the terms of the GNU GPL version 3.
 
 """
 The default colorscheme, using 88 colors.
diff --git a/ranger/colorschemes/jungle.py b/ranger/colorschemes/jungle.py
index ea2e0d94..4f2b30ba 100644
--- a/ranger/colorschemes/jungle.py
+++ b/ranger/colorschemes/jungle.py
@@ -1,17 +1,5 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2009, 2010, 2011  Roman Zimbelmann <romanz@lavabit.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 3 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, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+# This software is distributed under the terms of the GNU GPL version 3.
 
 from ranger.gui.color import *
 from ranger.colorschemes.default import Default
diff --git a/ranger/colorschemes/snow.py b/ranger/colorschemes/snow.py
index a8125ee6..c5940cc8 100644
--- a/ranger/colorschemes/snow.py
+++ b/ranger/colorschemes/snow.py
@@ -1,17 +1,5 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2009, 2010, 2011  Roman Zimbelmann <romanz@lavabit.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 3 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, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+# This software is distributed under the terms of the GNU GPL version 3.
 
 from ranger.gui.colorscheme import ColorScheme
 from ranger.gui.color import *
diff --git a/ranger/container/bookmarks.py b/ranger/container/bookmarks.py
index 750515c5..4d692989 100644
--- a/ranger/container/bookmarks.py
+++ b/ranger/container/bookmarks.py
@@ -1,17 +1,5 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2009, 2010, 2011  Roman Zimbelmann <romanz@lavabit.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 3 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, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+# This software is distributed under the terms of the GNU GPL version 3.
 
 import string
 import re
diff --git a/ranger/container/history.py b/ranger/container/history.py
index dd511d0e..1f2c5a4b 100644
--- a/ranger/container/history.py
+++ b/ranger/container/history.py
@@ -1,17 +1,5 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2009, 2010, 2011  Roman Zimbelmann <romanz@lavabit.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 3 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, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+# This software is distributed under the terms of the GNU GPL version 3.
 
 class HistoryEmptyException(Exception):
 	pass
diff --git a/ranger/container/settingobject.py b/ranger/container/settingobject.py
index e7ded15e..cbc56278 100644
--- a/ranger/container/settingobject.py
+++ b/ranger/container/settingobject.py
@@ -1,17 +1,5 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2009, 2010, 2011  Roman Zimbelmann <romanz@lavabit.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 3 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, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+# This software is distributed under the terms of the GNU GPL version 3.
 
 from inspect import isfunction
 from ranger.ext.signals import SignalDispatcher
diff --git a/ranger/container/tags.py b/ranger/container/tags.py
index 9c1c68a0..da8e5244 100644
--- a/ranger/container/tags.py
+++ b/ranger/container/tags.py
@@ -1,17 +1,5 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2009, 2010, 2011  Roman Zimbelmann <romanz@lavabit.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 3 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, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+# This software is distributed under the terms of the GNU GPL version 3.
 
 from os.path import isdir, exists, dirname, abspath, realpath, expanduser
 import string
diff --git a/ranger/core/actions.py b/ranger/core/actions.py
index 4e72de77..91261207 100644
--- a/ranger/core/actions.py
+++ b/ranger/core/actions.py
@@ -1,17 +1,5 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2009, 2010, 2011  Roman Zimbelmann <romanz@lavabit.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 3 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, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+# This software is distributed under the terms of the GNU GPL version 3.
 
 import codecs
 import os
diff --git a/ranger/core/environment.py b/ranger/core/environment.py
index b5ab223d..29ebcdf0 100644
--- a/ranger/core/environment.py
+++ b/ranger/core/environment.py
@@ -1,17 +1,5 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2009, 2010, 2011  Roman Zimbelmann <romanz@lavabit.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 3 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, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+# This software is distributed under the terms of the GNU GPL version 3.
 
 import curses
 import os
diff --git a/ranger/core/fm.py b/ranger/core/fm.py
index 20327a71..83eec582 100644
--- a/ranger/core/fm.py
+++ b/ranger/core/fm.py
@@ -1,17 +1,5 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2009, 2010, 2011  Roman Zimbelmann <romanz@lavabit.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 3 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, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+# This software is distributed under the terms of the GNU GPL version 3.
 
 """
 The File Manager, putting the pieces together
diff --git a/ranger/core/helper.py b/ranger/core/helper.py
index c556b9bd..07c5f0b5 100644
--- a/ranger/core/helper.py
+++ b/ranger/core/helper.py
@@ -1,17 +1,5 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2009, 2010, 2011  Roman Zimbelmann <romanz@lavabit.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 3 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, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+# This software is distributed under the terms of the GNU GPL version 3.
 
 """Helper functions"""
 
diff --git a/ranger/core/loader.py b/ranger/core/loader.py
index 59d3e6c0..fca9b5b8 100644
--- a/ranger/core/loader.py
+++ b/ranger/core/loader.py
@@ -1,17 +1,5 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2009, 2010, 2011  Roman Zimbelmann <romanz@lavabit.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 3 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, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+# This software is distributed under the terms of the GNU GPL version 3.
 
 from collections import deque
 from time import time, sleep
diff --git a/ranger/core/main.py b/ranger/core/main.py
index b4629801..87bf8235 100644
--- a/ranger/core/main.py
+++ b/ranger/core/main.py
@@ -1,17 +1,5 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2009, 2010, 2011  Roman Zimbelmann <romanz@lavabit.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 3 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, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+# This software is distributed under the terms of the GNU GPL version 3.
 
 """
 The main function responsible to initialize the FM object and stuff.
diff --git a/ranger/core/runner.py b/ranger/core/runner.py
index 17cdcca5..7491e49c 100644
--- a/ranger/core/runner.py
+++ b/ranger/core/runner.py
@@ -1,17 +1,5 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2009, 2010, 2011  Roman Zimbelmann <romanz@lavabit.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 3 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, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+# This software is distributed under the terms of the GNU GPL version 3.
 
 """
 This module is an abstract layer over subprocess.Popen
diff --git a/ranger/core/shared.py b/ranger/core/shared.py
index e1aa5e65..12e69e6c 100644
--- a/ranger/core/shared.py
+++ b/ranger/core/shared.py
@@ -1,17 +1,5 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2009, 2010, 2011  Roman Zimbelmann <romanz@lavabit.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 3 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, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+# This software is distributed under the terms of the GNU GPL version 3.
 
 """Shared objects contain singleton variables which can be
 inherited, essentially acting like global variables."""
diff --git a/ranger/ext/accumulator.py b/ranger/ext/accumulator.py
index d68bc656..7665c99f 100644
--- a/ranger/ext/accumulator.py
+++ b/ranger/ext/accumulator.py
@@ -1,17 +1,5 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2009, 2010, 2011  Roman Zimbelmann <romanz@lavabit.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 3 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, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+# This software is distributed under the terms of the GNU GPL version 3.
 
 from ranger.ext.direction import Direction
 
diff --git a/ranger/ext/cached_function.py b/ranger/ext/cached_function.py
index 4d9ded18..ad7c5c11 100644
--- a/ranger/ext/cached_function.py
+++ b/ranger/ext/cached_function.py
@@ -1,17 +1,5 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2012  Roman Zimbelmann <romanz@lavabit.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 3 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, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+# This software is distributed under the terms of the GNU GPL version 3.
 
 def cached_function(fnc):
   cache = {}
diff --git a/ranger/ext/curses_interrupt_handler.py b/ranger/ext/curses_interrupt_handler.py
index 7c5b153e..eb86e0a9 100644
--- a/ranger/ext/curses_interrupt_handler.py
+++ b/ranger/ext/curses_interrupt_handler.py
@@ -1,17 +1,5 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2009, 2010, 2011  Roman Zimbelmann <romanz@lavabit.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 3 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, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+# This software is distributed under the terms of the GNU GPL version 3.
 
 """
 This module can catch interrupt signals which would otherwise
diff --git a/ranger/ext/direction.py b/ranger/ext/direction.py
index 8a37c54a..742f54da 100644
--- a/ranger/ext/direction.py
+++ b/ranger/ext/direction.py
@@ -1,17 +1,5 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2009, 2010, 2011  Roman Zimbelmann <romanz@lavabit.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 3 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, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+# This software is distributed under the terms of the GNU GPL version 3.
 
 """
 Directions provide convenient methods for movement operations.
diff --git a/ranger/ext/get_executables.py b/ranger/ext/get_executables.py
index c19798a6..db74b135 100644
--- a/ranger/ext/get_executables.py
+++ b/ranger/ext/get_executables.py
@@ -1,17 +1,5 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2009, 2010, 2011  Roman Zimbelmann <romanz@lavabit.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 3 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, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+# This software is distributed under the terms of the GNU GPL version 3.
 
 from stat import S_IXOTH, S_IFREG
 from ranger.ext.iter_tools import unique
diff --git a/ranger/ext/human_readable.py b/ranger/ext/human_readable.py
index c5bd2aac..a3aed1bb 100644
--- a/ranger/ext/human_readable.py
+++ b/ranger/ext/human_readable.py
@@ -1,17 +1,5 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2009, 2010, 2011  Roman Zimbelmann <romanz@lavabit.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 3 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, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+# This software is distributed under the terms of the GNU GPL version 3.
 
 def human_readable(byte, separator=' '):
 	"""
diff --git a/ranger/ext/iter_tools.py b/ranger/ext/iter_tools.py
index e515fa07..341230f4 100644
--- a/ranger/ext/iter_tools.py
+++ b/ranger/ext/iter_tools.py
@@ -1,17 +1,5 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2009, 2010, 2011  Roman Zimbelmann <romanz@lavabit.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 3 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, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+# This software is distributed under the terms of the GNU GPL version 3.
 
 from collections import deque
 
diff --git a/ranger/ext/keybinding_parser.py b/ranger/ext/keybinding_parser.py
index 295855fb..eed85a2b 100644
--- a/ranger/ext/keybinding_parser.py
+++ b/ranger/ext/keybinding_parser.py
@@ -1,17 +1,5 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2009, 2010, 2011  Roman Zimbelmann <romanz@lavabit.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 3 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, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+# This software is distributed under the terms of the GNU GPL version 3.
 
 import sys
 import copy
diff --git a/ranger/ext/mount_path.py b/ranger/ext/mount_path.py
index 31d6c602..19747eba 100644
--- a/ranger/ext/mount_path.py
+++ b/ranger/ext/mount_path.py
@@ -1,17 +1,5 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2009, 2010, 2011  Roman Zimbelmann <romanz@lavabit.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 3 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, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+# This software is distributed under the terms of the GNU GPL version 3.
 
 from os.path import realpath, abspath, dirname, ismount
 
diff --git a/ranger/ext/next_available_filename.py b/ranger/ext/next_available_filename.py
index 696063cf..705e1558 100644
--- a/ranger/ext/next_available_filename.py
+++ b/ranger/ext/next_available_filename.py
@@ -1,17 +1,5 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2011  Roman Zimbelmann <romanz@lavabit.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 3 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, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+# This software is distributed under the terms of the GNU GPL version 3.
 
 import os.path
 
diff --git a/ranger/ext/openstruct.py b/ranger/ext/openstruct.py
index b538d384..fa521d34 100644
--- a/ranger/ext/openstruct.py
+++ b/ranger/ext/openstruct.py
@@ -1,17 +1,5 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2009, 2010, 2011  Roman Zimbelmann <romanz@lavabit.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 3 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, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+# This software is distributed under the terms of the GNU GPL version 3.
 
 # prepend __ to arguments because one might use "args"
 # or "keywords" as a keyword argument.
diff --git a/ranger/ext/relative_symlink.py b/ranger/ext/relative_symlink.py
index 420f186c..de1cb908 100644
--- a/ranger/ext/relative_symlink.py
+++ b/ranger/ext/relative_symlink.py
@@ -1,17 +1,5 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2009, 2010, 2011  Roman Zimbelmann <romanz@lavabit.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 3 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, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+# This software is distributed under the terms of the GNU GPL version 3.
 
 from os import symlink, sep
 
diff --git a/ranger/ext/shell_escape.py b/ranger/ext/shell_escape.py
index b68afc33..c9a22074 100644
--- a/ranger/ext/shell_escape.py
+++ b/ranger/ext/shell_escape.py
@@ -1,17 +1,5 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2009, 2010, 2011  Roman Zimbelmann <romanz@lavabit.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 3 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, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+# This software is distributed under the terms of the GNU GPL version 3.
 
 """
 Functions to escape metacharacters of arguments for shell commands.
diff --git a/ranger/ext/signals.py b/ranger/ext/signals.py
index 0df39fe0..c3e546e3 100644
--- a/ranger/ext/signals.py
+++ b/ranger/ext/signals.py
@@ -1,17 +1,5 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2009, 2010, 2011  Roman Zimbelmann <romanz@lavabit.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 3 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, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+# This software is distributed under the terms of the GNU GPL version 3.
 
 """
 An efficient and minimalistic signaling/hook module.
diff --git a/ranger/ext/spawn.py b/ranger/ext/spawn.py
index 5e5d6a95..0f3a629a 100644
--- a/ranger/ext/spawn.py
+++ b/ranger/ext/spawn.py
@@ -1,17 +1,5 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2009, 2010, 2011  Roman Zimbelmann <romanz@lavabit.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 3 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, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+# This software is distributed under the terms of the GNU GPL version 3.
 
 from subprocess import Popen, PIPE
 ENCODING = 'utf-8'
diff --git a/ranger/ext/widestring.py b/ranger/ext/widestring.py
index 525e1bc1..44972c9c 100644
--- a/ranger/ext/widestring.py
+++ b/ranger/ext/widestring.py
@@ -1,18 +1,6 @@
 # -*- encoding: utf8 -*-
 # Copyright (C) 2009, 2010, 2011  Roman Zimbelmann <romanz@lavabit.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 3 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, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+# This software is distributed under the terms of the GNU GPL version 3.
 
 import sys
 from unicodedata import east_asian_width
diff --git a/ranger/fsobject/directory.py b/ranger/fsobject/directory.py
index 81e50ed9..1abd6ddd 100644
--- a/ranger/fsobject/directory.py
+++ b/ranger/fsobject/directory.py
@@ -1,17 +1,5 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2009, 2010, 2011  Roman Zimbelmann <romanz@lavabit.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 3 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, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+# This software is distributed under the terms of the GNU GPL version 3.
 
 import os.path
 from os import stat as os_stat, lstat as os_lstat
diff --git a/ranger/fsobject/file.py b/ranger/fsobject/file.py
index 66bc549b..39146cd5 100644
--- a/ranger/fsobject/file.py
+++ b/ranger/fsobject/file.py
@@ -1,17 +1,5 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2009, 2010, 2011  Roman Zimbelmann <romanz@lavabit.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 3 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, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+# This software is distributed under the terms of the GNU GPL version 3.
 
 import re
 from ranger.fsobject import FileSystemObject
diff --git a/ranger/fsobject/fsobject.py b/ranger/fsobject/fsobject.py
index 943c8aa4..9c20a18f 100644
--- a/ranger/fsobject/fsobject.py
+++ b/ranger/fsobject/fsobject.py
@@ -1,17 +1,5 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2009, 2010, 2011  Roman Zimbelmann <romanz@lavabit.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 3 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, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+# This software is distributed under the terms of the GNU GPL version 3.
 
 CONTAINER_EXTENSIONS = ('7z', 'ace', 'ar', 'arc', 'bz', 'bz2', 'cab', 'cpio',
 	'cpt', 'deb', 'dgc', 'dmg', 'gz', 'iso', 'jar', 'msi', 'pkg', 'rar',
diff --git a/ranger/gui/ansi.py b/ranger/gui/ansi.py
index 65038120..96b95669 100644
--- a/ranger/gui/ansi.py
+++ b/ranger/gui/ansi.py
@@ -1,18 +1,6 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2010 David Barnett <davidbarnett2@gmail.com>
 # Copyright (C) 2010, 2011  Roman Zimbelmann <romanz@lavabit.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 3 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, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+# This software is distributed under the terms of the GNU GPL version 3.
 
 """
 A library to help to convert ANSI codes to curses instructions.
diff --git a/ranger/gui/bar.py b/ranger/gui/bar.py
index 40218fb1..ae07dd35 100644
--- a/ranger/gui/bar.py
+++ b/ranger/gui/bar.py
@@ -1,17 +1,5 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2009, 2010, 2011  Roman Zimbelmann <romanz@lavabit.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 3 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, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+# This software is distributed under the terms of the GNU GPL version 3.
 
 from ranger.ext.widestring import WideString, utf_char_width
 import sys
diff --git a/ranger/gui/color.py b/ranger/gui/color.py
index 889f9e9a..037ff5c1 100644
--- a/ranger/gui/color.py
+++ b/ranger/gui/color.py
@@ -1,17 +1,5 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2009, 2010, 2011  Roman Zimbelmann <romanz@lavabit.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 3 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, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+# This software is distributed under the terms of the GNU GPL version 3.
 
 """
 Contains abbreviations to curses color/attribute constants.
diff --git a/ranger/gui/colorscheme.py b/ranger/gui/colorscheme.py
index cc72d6a8..c77c1500 100644
--- a/ranger/gui/colorscheme.py
+++ b/ranger/gui/colorscheme.py
@@ -1,17 +1,5 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2009, 2010, 2011  Roman Zimbelmann <romanz@lavabit.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 3 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, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+# This software is distributed under the terms of the GNU GPL version 3.
 
 """
 Colorschemes define colors for specific contexts.
diff --git a/ranger/gui/context.py b/ranger/gui/context.py
index 3e7ca505..0227b6bc 100644
--- a/ranger/gui/context.py
+++ b/ranger/gui/context.py
@@ -1,17 +1,5 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2009, 2010, 2011  Roman Zimbelmann <romanz@lavabit.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 3 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, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+# This software is distributed under the terms of the GNU GPL version 3.
 
 CONTEXT_KEYS = ['reset', 'error', 'badinfo',
 		'in_browser', 'in_statusbar', 'in_titlebar', 'in_console',
diff --git a/ranger/gui/curses_shortcuts.py b/ranger/gui/curses_shortcuts.py
index a383ab4c..43b583a6 100644
--- a/ranger/gui/curses_shortcuts.py
+++ b/ranger/gui/curses_shortcuts.py
@@ -1,18 +1,6 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2009, 2010, 2011  Roman Zimbelmann <romanz@lavabit.com>
 # Copyright (C) 2010 David Barnett <davidbarnett2@gmail.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 3 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, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+# This software is distributed under the terms of the GNU GPL version 3.
 
 import curses
 import _curses
diff --git a/ranger/gui/displayable.py b/ranger/gui/displayable.py
index 5e9562a7..8888d8bf 100644
--- a/ranger/gui/displayable.py
+++ b/ranger/gui/displayable.py
@@ -1,17 +1,5 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2009, 2010, 2011  Roman Zimbelmann <romanz@lavabit.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 3 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, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+# This software is distributed under the terms of the GNU GPL version 3.
 
 from ranger.core.shared import FileManagerAware, EnvironmentAware
 from ranger.gui.curses_shortcuts import CursesShortcuts
diff --git a/ranger/gui/mouse_event.py b/ranger/gui/mouse_event.py
index cb697d8d..ed370e54 100644
--- a/ranger/gui/mouse_event.py
+++ b/ranger/gui/mouse_event.py
@@ -1,17 +1,5 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2009, 2010, 2011  Roman Zimbelmann <romanz@lavabit.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 3 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, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+# This software is distributed under the terms of the GNU GPL version 3.
 
 import curses
 
diff --git a/ranger/gui/ui.py b/ranger/gui/ui.py
index 69b8463b..b0d3edc6 100644
--- a/ranger/gui/ui.py
+++ b/ranger/gui/ui.py
@@ -1,17 +1,5 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2009, 2010, 2011  Roman Zimbelmann <romanz@lavabit.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 3 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, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+# This software is distributed under the terms of the GNU GPL version 3.
 
 import os
 import sys
diff --git a/ranger/gui/widgets/browsercolumn.py b/ranger/gui/widgets/browsercolumn.py
index e9c08439..eb02c1f3 100644
--- a/ranger/gui/widgets/browsercolumn.py
+++ b/ranger/gui/widgets/browsercolumn.py
@@ -1,18 +1,6 @@
 # -*- encoding: utf8 -*-
 # Copyright (C) 2009, 2010, 2011  Roman Zimbelmann <romanz@lavabit.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 3 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, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+# This software is distributed under the terms of the GNU GPL version 3.
 
 """The BrowserColumn widget displays the contents of a directory or file."""
 import stat
diff --git a/ranger/gui/widgets/browserview.py b/ranger/gui/widgets/browserview.py
index ea04c1e0..b5e7210c 100644
--- a/ranger/gui/widgets/browserview.py
+++ b/ranger/gui/widgets/browserview.py
@@ -1,17 +1,5 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2009, 2010, 2011  Roman Zimbelmann <romanz@lavabit.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 3 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, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+# This software is distributed under the terms of the GNU GPL version 3.
 
 """The BrowserView manages a set of BrowserColumns."""
 import curses
diff --git a/ranger/gui/widgets/console.py b/ranger/gui/widgets/console.py
index 2376ba5a..c3623c51 100644
--- a/ranger/gui/widgets/console.py
+++ b/ranger/gui/widgets/console.py
@@ -1,17 +1,5 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2009, 2010, 2011  Roman Zimbelmann <romanz@lavabit.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 3 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, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+# This software is distributed under the terms of the GNU GPL version 3.
 
 """
 The Console widget implements a vim-like console for entering
diff --git a/ranger/gui/widgets/pager.py b/ranger/gui/widgets/pager.py
index 38451781..566c5ff1 100644
--- a/ranger/gui/widgets/pager.py
+++ b/ranger/gui/widgets/pager.py
@@ -1,18 +1,6 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2009, 2010, 2011  Roman Zimbelmann <romanz@lavabit.com>
 # Copyright (C) 2010 David Barnett <davidbarnett2@gmail.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 3 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, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+# This software is distributed under the terms of the GNU GPL version 3.
 
 """
 The pager displays text and allows you to scroll inside it.
diff --git a/ranger/gui/widgets/statusbar.py b/ranger/gui/widgets/statusbar.py
index 1ffb9fa3..20bc7c60 100644
--- a/ranger/gui/widgets/statusbar.py
+++ b/ranger/gui/widgets/statusbar.py
@@ -1,17 +1,5 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2009, 2010, 2011  Roman Zimbelmann <romanz@lavabit.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 3 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, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+# This software is distributed under the terms of the GNU GPL version 3.
 
 """
 The statusbar displays information about the current file and directory.
diff --git a/ranger/gui/widgets/taskview.py b/ranger/gui/widgets/taskview.py
index a3f8e314..59e99679 100644
--- a/ranger/gui/widgets/taskview.py
+++ b/ranger/gui/widgets/taskview.py
@@ -1,17 +1,5 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2009, 2010, 2011  Roman Zimbelmann <romanz@lavabit.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 3 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, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+# This software is distributed under the terms of the GNU GPL version 3.
 
 """
 The TaskView allows you to modify what the loader is doing.
diff --git a/ranger/gui/widgets/titlebar.py b/ranger/gui/widgets/titlebar.py
index 2b5e836b..f4f4cb77 100644
--- a/ranger/gui/widgets/titlebar.py
+++ b/ranger/gui/widgets/titlebar.py
@@ -1,17 +1,5 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2009, 2010, 2011  Roman Zimbelmann <romanz@lavabit.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 3 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, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+# This software is distributed under the terms of the GNU GPL version 3.
 
 """
 The titlebar is the widget at the top, giving you broad overview.
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index ec782794..042fb70f 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,18 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 # Copyright (C) 2009, 2010, 2011  Roman Zimbelmann <romanz@lavabit.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 3 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, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+# This software is distributed under the terms of the GNU GPL version 3.
 
 import distutils.core
 import ranger