diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
index 3fdbbd8..f117b3b 100644
--- a/LICENSE
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Copyright (c) 2011 Jim Myhrberg & Global Personals, Ltd.
+Copyright (c) 2011 Global Personals, Ltd.
 
 Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
 a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f9f689f..4b7cc07 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -85,25 +85,8 @@ I would recommend you test the failover functionality in your own infrastructure
 * Send me a pull request. Bonus points for topic branches.
 
 
-## License and Copyright ##
+## Licensing and Attribution ##
 
-Copyright (c) 2011 Jim Myhrberg & Global Personals, Ltd.
+Copyright (c) 2011 Global Personals, Ltd.
 
-Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
-a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
-"Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
-without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
-distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
-permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
-the following conditions:
-
-The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
-included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
-
-THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
-EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
-MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND
-NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE
-LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION
-OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION
-WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+Released under the MIT license as detailed in the [LICENSE](https://github.com/jimeh/amqp-failover/blob/master/LICENSE) file. Developed by [Jim Myhrberg](http://jimeh.me/) during work on [White Label Dating](http://www.whitelabeldating.com/), while employed by [Global Personals Ltd](http://www.globalpersonals.co.uk).  Global Personals Ltd have kindly agreed to the extraction and release of this software under the license terms above.