diff --git a/Source/Python/Classes/ControlFile.py b/Source/Python/Classes/ControlFile.py
index da0ff93b94474e820c7036ad190e60b18ae259da..c570da7d14ffb090b0e742a91e4e7f107033980d 100644
--- a/Source/Python/Classes/ControlFile.py
+++ b/Source/Python/Classes/ControlFile.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 #        - update default makefile name
 #
 # @License:
-#    (C) Copyright 2014-2019.
+#    (C) Copyright 2014-2020.
 #    Anne Philipp, Leopold Haimberger
 #
 #    SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0
diff --git a/Source/Python/Classes/EcFlexpart.py b/Source/Python/Classes/EcFlexpart.py
index 067806772e1dd6a9d0770439f42da7ea8715084b..09e6f35c68e55a515dc536a5c565264506048e3c 100644
--- a/Source/Python/Classes/EcFlexpart.py
+++ b/Source/Python/Classes/EcFlexpart.py
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 #          duplication, easier testing)
 #
 # @License:
-#    (C) Copyright 2014-2019.
+#    (C) Copyright 2014-2020.
 #    Anne Philipp, Leopold Haimberger
 #
 #    SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0
diff --git a/Source/Python/Classes/GribUtil.py b/Source/Python/Classes/GribUtil.py
index 809544e0397b28a2ea32735421add16746ab0bec..a4c7bbca6166cf6a7c9f4975bef6ca0e222cd77d 100644
--- a/Source/Python/Classes/GribUtil.py
+++ b/Source/Python/Classes/GribUtil.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 #        - changed some naming
 #
 # @License:
-#    (C) Copyright 2014-2019.
+#    (C) Copyright 2014-2020.
 #    Anne Philipp, Leopold Haimberger
 #
 #    SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0
diff --git a/Source/Python/Classes/MarsRetrieval.py b/Source/Python/Classes/MarsRetrieval.py
index 105f9b95b5d9f1f23752b81b946295be038ad8a3..007322155b96fe69b211b9ab3ae7b86280a2824c 100644
--- a/Source/Python/Classes/MarsRetrieval.py
+++ b/Source/Python/Classes/MarsRetrieval.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 #        - added writing of mars request attributes to a csv file
 #
 # @License:
-#    (C) Copyright 2014-2019.
+#    (C) Copyright 2014-2020.
 #    Anne Philipp, Leopold Haimberger
 #
 #    SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0
diff --git a/Source/Python/Classes/UioFiles.py b/Source/Python/Classes/UioFiles.py
index 0fe9448a9b97d4192688f3ba21e14eb9236235dd..f3e5a7ce2e22dea67b5ba241b7ffcee67c825c2f 100644
--- a/Source/Python/Classes/UioFiles.py
+++ b/Source/Python/Classes/UioFiles.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 #        - added delete method
 #
 # @License:
-#    (C) Copyright 2014-2019.
+#    (C) Copyright 2014-2020.
 #    Anne Philipp, Leopold Haimberger
 #
 #    SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0
diff --git a/Source/Python/Classes/__init__.py b/Source/Python/Classes/__init__.py
index c44e32301dd7d73dac05abfef800984e01266407..0d9bde9a1b2920dc905c2aaaa42b6b9bad138354 100644
--- a/Source/Python/Classes/__init__.py
+++ b/Source/Python/Classes/__init__.py
@@ -6,9 +6,14 @@
 # @Date: September 2018
 #
 # @License:
-#    (C) Copyright 2015-2018.
+#    (C) Copyright 2014-2020.
+#    Anne Philipp, Leopold Haimberger
 #
-#    This software is licensed under the terms of the Apache Licence Version 2.0
-#    which can be obtained at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.
+#    SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0
+#
+#    This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
+#    International License. To view a copy of this license, visit
+#    http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ or send a letter to
+#    Creative Commons, PO Box 1866, Mountain View, CA 94042, USA.
 #
 #*******************************************************************************
diff --git a/Source/Python/Mods/__init__.py b/Source/Python/Mods/__init__.py
index c44e32301dd7d73dac05abfef800984e01266407..0d9bde9a1b2920dc905c2aaaa42b6b9bad138354 100644
--- a/Source/Python/Mods/__init__.py
+++ b/Source/Python/Mods/__init__.py
@@ -6,9 +6,14 @@
 # @Date: September 2018
 #
 # @License:
-#    (C) Copyright 2015-2018.
+#    (C) Copyright 2014-2020.
+#    Anne Philipp, Leopold Haimberger
 #
-#    This software is licensed under the terms of the Apache Licence Version 2.0
-#    which can be obtained at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.
+#    SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0
+#
+#    This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
+#    International License. To view a copy of this license, visit
+#    http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ or send a letter to
+#    Creative Commons, PO Box 1866, Mountain View, CA 94042, USA.
 #
 #*******************************************************************************
diff --git a/Source/Python/Mods/checks.py b/Source/Python/Mods/checks.py
index 5e0c65c3d6f13131d390ffbba6f70b49c999fd3c..d6d5b8f9849a59be39c7c2cf4ef324fd6c5ee10b 100644
--- a/Source/Python/Mods/checks.py
+++ b/Source/Python/Mods/checks.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 # @Change History:
 #
 # @License:
-#    (C) Copyright 2014-2019.
+#    (C) Copyright 2014-2020.
 #    Anne Philipp, Leopold Haimberger
 #
 #    SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0
diff --git a/Source/Python/Mods/disaggregation.py b/Source/Python/Mods/disaggregation.py
index 5a3561928bd4a6e5b0c90ab44a1f28a13c3264c7..da272af85d7e01963ac8c766b28bb31b4d188a5c 100644
--- a/Source/Python/Mods/disaggregation.py
+++ b/Source/Python/Mods/disaggregation.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 #        - added the new disaggregation method for precipitation
 #
 # @License:
-#    (C) Copyright 2014-2019.
+#    (C) Copyright 2014-2020.
 #    Anne Philipp, Leopold Haimberger
 #
 #    SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0
diff --git a/Source/Python/Mods/get_mars_data.py b/Source/Python/Mods/get_mars_data.py
index ecdb311f8b4cbf3661fa0be9987e36062d135c22..114cc025393f32a159669a400f2987a99021a2c8 100755
--- a/Source/Python/Mods/get_mars_data.py
+++ b/Source/Python/Mods/get_mars_data.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 #          write_reqheader, mk_server, mk_dates, remove_old, do_retrievment
 #
 # @License:
-#    (C) Copyright 2014-2019.
+#    (C) Copyright 2014-2020.
 #    Anne Philipp, Leopold Haimberger
 #
 #    SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0
diff --git a/Source/Python/Mods/prepare_flexpart.py b/Source/Python/Mods/prepare_flexpart.py
index 57323245dfadc05b833b2090964a39c6b506dafa..d6e99f6215b77516fb79bf370368ecf62523e0a1 100755
--- a/Source/Python/Mods/prepare_flexpart.py
+++ b/Source/Python/Mods/prepare_flexpart.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 #          arguments and prepare_flexpart into it
 #
 # @License:
-#    (C) Copyright 2014-2019.
+#    (C) Copyright 2014-2020.
 #    Anne Philipp, Leopold Haimberger
 #
 #    SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0
diff --git a/Source/Python/Mods/profiling.py b/Source/Python/Mods/profiling.py
index 043937748085da8cbf99d906e21ac106ebab1069..308db40e7d8294c8bc90fed6956ed5e5ce43d3ce 100644
--- a/Source/Python/Mods/profiling.py
+++ b/Source/Python/Mods/profiling.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 # @Date: March 2018
 #
 # @License:
-#    (C) Copyright 2018.
+#    (C) Copyright 2020.
 #
 #    This software is licensed under the terms of the Apache Licence Version 2.0
 #    which can be obtained at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.
diff --git a/Source/Python/Mods/tools.py b/Source/Python/Mods/tools.py
index 7888926bc9b14abe78d494d7dcd9819590b5d5b9..df0af4ec8d483cf19af85a11858892a0bf2d76e0 100644
--- a/Source/Python/Mods/tools.py
+++ b/Source/Python/Mods/tools.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 #          get_dimensions, execute_subprocess, none_or_int, none_or_str
 #
 # @License:
-#    (C) Copyright 2014-2019.
+#    (C) Copyright 2014-2020.
 #    Anne Philipp, Leopold Haimberger
 #
 #    SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0
diff --git a/Source/Python/__init__.py b/Source/Python/__init__.py
index c44e32301dd7d73dac05abfef800984e01266407..0d9bde9a1b2920dc905c2aaaa42b6b9bad138354 100644
--- a/Source/Python/__init__.py
+++ b/Source/Python/__init__.py
@@ -6,9 +6,14 @@
 # @Date: September 2018
 #
 # @License:
-#    (C) Copyright 2015-2018.
+#    (C) Copyright 2014-2020.
+#    Anne Philipp, Leopold Haimberger
 #
-#    This software is licensed under the terms of the Apache Licence Version 2.0
-#    which can be obtained at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.
+#    SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0
+#
+#    This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
+#    International License. To view a copy of this license, visit
+#    http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ or send a letter to
+#    Creative Commons, PO Box 1866, Mountain View, CA 94042, USA.
 #
 #*******************************************************************************
diff --git a/Source/Python/_config.py b/Source/Python/_config.py
index f7907c35329ade8838b8978862b542a8a7179507..02adfacb9051710d4277502614844230c9e46bcb 100644
--- a/Source/Python/_config.py
+++ b/Source/Python/_config.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 # @Change History:
 #
 # @License:
-#    (C) Copyright 2014-2019.
+#    (C) Copyright 2014-2020.
 #    Anne Philipp, Leopold Haimberger
 #
 #    SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0
diff --git a/Source/Python/_config.py~ b/Source/Python/_config.py~
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..82b7bc0883ad7b67e87003258a2deb02c7914dfe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Source/Python/_config.py~
@@ -0,0 +1,120 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+#*******************************************************************************
+# @Author: Anne Philipp (University of Vienna)
+#
+# @Date: August 2018
+#
+# @Change History:
+#
+# @License:
+#    (C) Copyright 2014-2019.
+#    Anne Philipp, Leopold Haimberger
+#
+#    SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0
+#
+#    This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
+#    International License. To view a copy of this license, visit
+#    http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ or send a letter to
+#    Creative Commons, PO Box 1866, Mountain View, CA 94042, USA.
+#*******************************************************************************
+'''Configurations for flex_extract.
+
+Defines a couple of global constant parameters as well as filenames
+and pathes.
+'''
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# MODULES
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+import os
+import sys
+import inspect
+import platform
+
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# PARAMETERS
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+_VERSION_STR = '7.1'
+
+FLAG_ON_ECMWFSERVER = 'ecgb' in platform.node()
+
+QUEUES_LIST = ['ecgate', 'cca', 'ccb']
+
+INSTALL_TARGETS = ['local', 'ecgate', 'cca', 'ccb']
+
+CDS_DATASET = 'reanalysis-era5-complete'
+
+# up-to-date available maximum level numbers at ECMWF, 05.10.2018
+MAX_LEVEL_LIST = [16, 19, 31, 40, 50, 60, 62, 91, 137]
+
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# FILENAMES
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+FILE_MARS_REQUESTS = 'mars_requests.csv'
+FORTRAN_EXECUTABLE = 'calc_etadot'
+TEMPFILE_USER_ENVVARS = 'ECMWF_ENV.template'
+FILE_USER_ENVVARS = 'ECMWF_ENV'
+TEMPFILE_INSTALL_COMPILEJOB = 'compilejob.template'
+FILE_INSTALL_COMPILEJOB = 'compilejob.ksh'
+TEMPFILE_INSTALL_JOB = 'job.template'
+TEMPFILE_JOB = 'job.temp'
+FILE_JOB_OD = 'job.ksh'
+FILE_JOB_OP = 'jopoper.ksh'
+TEMPFILE_NAMELIST = 'convert.nl'
+FILE_NAMELIST = 'fort.4'
+FILE_GRIB_INDEX = 'date_time_stepRange.idx'
+FILE_GRIBTABLE = 'ecmwf_grib1_table_128'
+
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# DIRECTORY NAMES
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+FLEXEXTRACT_DIRNAME = 'flex_extract_v' + _VERSION_STR
+INPUT_DIRNAME_DEFAULT = 'Workspace'
+
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+#  PATHES
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+# path to the local python source files
+# first thing to get because the submitted python script starts in here
+PATH_LOCAL_PYTHON = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(
+    inspect.getfile(inspect.currentframe())))
+# add path to pythonpath
+if PATH_LOCAL_PYTHON not in sys.path:
+    sys.path.append(PATH_LOCAL_PYTHON)
+PATH_FLEXEXTRACT_DIR = os.path.normpath(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(
+    inspect.getfile(inspect.currentframe()))) + '/../../')
+PATH_RUN_DIR = os.path.join(PATH_FLEXEXTRACT_DIR, 'Run')
+PATH_SOURCES = os.path.join(PATH_FLEXEXTRACT_DIR, 'Source')
+PATH_TEMPLATES = os.path.join(PATH_FLEXEXTRACT_DIR, 'Templates')
+PATH_ECMWF_ENV = os.path.join(PATH_RUN_DIR, FILE_USER_ENVVARS)
+PATH_GRIBTABLE = os.path.join(PATH_TEMPLATES, FILE_GRIBTABLE)
+PATH_JOBSCRIPTS = os.path.join(PATH_RUN_DIR, 'Jobscripts')
+PATH_FORTRAN_SRC = os.path.join(PATH_SOURCES, 'Fortran')
+PATH_PYTHONTEST_SRC = os.path.join(PATH_SOURCES, 'Pythontest')
+PATH_INPUT_DIR = os.path.join(PATH_RUN_DIR, INPUT_DIRNAME_DEFAULT)
+PATH_TEST = os.path.join(PATH_FLEXEXTRACT_DIR, 'Testing')
+if os.getenv('CONTROL'):
+    # this is only needed if (gateway) version with job script is used!
+    # because job is directly submitted from SCRATCH and because the
+    # CONTROL file is stored there, the normal path is not valid.
+    PATH_CONTROLFILES = '.'
+else:
+    PATH_CONTROLFILES = os.path.join(PATH_RUN_DIR, 'Control')
+#
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# RELATIVE PATHES FOR INSTALLATION TAR-BALL
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+PATH_REL_PYTHON_SRC = os.path.relpath(PATH_LOCAL_PYTHON, PATH_FLEXEXTRACT_DIR)
+PATH_REL_PYTHONTEST_SRC = os.path.relpath(PATH_PYTHONTEST_SRC, PATH_FLEXEXTRACT_DIR)
+PATH_REL_CONTROLFILES = os.path.relpath(PATH_CONTROLFILES, PATH_FLEXEXTRACT_DIR)
+PATH_REL_TEMPLATES = os.path.relpath(PATH_TEMPLATES, PATH_FLEXEXTRACT_DIR)
+PATH_REL_ECMWF_ENV = os.path.relpath(PATH_ECMWF_ENV, PATH_FLEXEXTRACT_DIR)
+PATH_REL_RUN_DIR = os.path.relpath(PATH_RUN_DIR, PATH_FLEXEXTRACT_DIR)
+PATH_REL_JOBSCRIPTS = os.path.relpath(PATH_JOBSCRIPTS, PATH_FLEXEXTRACT_DIR)
+PATH_REL_FORTRAN_SRC = os.path.relpath(PATH_FORTRAN_SRC, PATH_FLEXEXTRACT_DIR)
+PATH_REL_TEST = os.path.relpath(PATH_TEST, PATH_FLEXEXTRACT_DIR)
diff --git a/Source/Python/install.py b/Source/Python/install.py
index 2ed782b2636344fb930ebdc98ca9d4fa8c3c79ca..d96e45de233ee9a7c85929d4b0747a85c34dd2d1 100755
--- a/Source/Python/install.py
+++ b/Source/Python/install.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 #        - use of tarfile package in python
 #
 # @License:
-#    (C) Copyright 2014-2019.
+#    (C) Copyright 2014-2020.
 #    Anne Philipp, Leopold Haimberger
 #
 #    SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0
diff --git a/Source/Python/submit.py b/Source/Python/submit.py
index 885c030f601eb1112d85026ec5bd667bbf9dd7d5..3f3a6591c5c30f8562f004999fb4da12dcf32ad9 100755
--- a/Source/Python/submit.py
+++ b/Source/Python/submit.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 #          job script and avoid code duplication
 #
 # @License:
-#    (C) Copyright 2014-2019.
+#    (C) Copyright 2014-2020.
 #    Anne Philipp, Leopold Haimberger
 #
 #    SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0