diff --git a/scsh/db.scm b/scsh/db.scm
index edf8766..5396946 100644
--- a/scsh/db.scm
+++ b/scsh/db.scm
@@ -1,10 +1,7 @@
 ;;; Very vanilla DBM processing code
 
 ;;; Copyright (c) 1995 by David Albertz (dalbertz@clark.lcs.mit.edu).
-
-;;; This code is freely available for use by anyone for any purpose,
-;;; so long as you don't charge money for it, remove this notice, or
-;;; hold us liable for any results of its use.  --enjoy.
+;;; See file COPYING
 
 ;;; This is just a straight translation of the UNIX freebie NDBM code.
 
diff --git a/scsh/dbm.scm b/scsh/dbm.scm
index baf9ec6..c738aec 100644
--- a/scsh/dbm.scm
+++ b/scsh/dbm.scm
@@ -1,10 +1,7 @@
 ;;; DBM processing code
 
 ;;; Copyright (c) 1995 by David Albertz (dalbertz@clark.lcs.mit.edu).
-
-;;; This code is freely available for use by anyone for any purpose,
-;;; so long as you don't charge money for it, remove this notice, or
-;;; hold us liable for any results of its use.  --enjoy.
+;;; See file COPYING
 
 ;;; Usage:	(dbm-open name flags mode . access_method access_info)
 ;;;                 name          := name of database file (no extension)
diff --git a/scsh/filemtch.scm b/scsh/filemtch.scm
index 367c2eb..2988275 100644
--- a/scsh/filemtch.scm
+++ b/scsh/filemtch.scm
@@ -2,10 +2,7 @@
 
 ;;; Copyright (c) 1994 by David Albertz (dalbertz@clark.lcs.mit.edu).
 ;;; Copyright (c) 1994 by Olin Shivers   (shivers@clark.lcs.mit.edu).
-
-;;; This code is freely available for use by anyone for any purpose,
-;;; so long as you don't charge money for it, remove this notice, or
-;;; hold us liable for any results of its use.  --enjoy.
+;;; See file COPYING
 
 ;;; Usage:	(file-match root dots? . pattern-list)
 ;;;                 root      Search starts from here. Usefully "." (cwd)
diff --git a/scsh/fname.scm b/scsh/fname.scm
index fdb5499..3089ffb 100644
--- a/scsh/fname.scm
+++ b/scsh/fname.scm
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 ;;; Code for processing Unix file names.
 ;;; Copyright (c) 1992 by Olin Shivers (shivers@lcs.mit.edu).
-;;; Please imagine a long, tedious, legalistic 5-page gnu-style copyright
-;;; notice appearing here to the effect that you may use this code any
-;;; way you like, as long as you don't charge money for it, remove this
-;;; notice, or hold me liable for its results.
+;;; See file COPYING
 
 ;;; We adhere to Posix file name rules, plus we treat files beginning with
 ;;; ~ as absolute paths.
diff --git a/scsh/ndbm.scm b/scsh/ndbm.scm
index 0b5fb04..d70c8bc 100644
--- a/scsh/ndbm.scm
+++ b/scsh/ndbm.scm
@@ -1,10 +1,7 @@
 ;;; Very vanilla DBM processing code
 
 ;;; Copyright (c) 1995 by David Albertz (dalbertz@clark.lcs.mit.edu).
-
-;;; This code is freely available for use by anyone for any purpose,
-;;; so long as you don't charge money for it, remove this notice, or
-;;; hold us liable for any results of its use.  --enjoy.
+;;; See file COPYING
 
 ;;; This is just a straight translation of the UNIX freebie NDBM code.