diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
deleted file mode 100644
index fb4db78e457db4a32ef1d67fef2fa39777171753..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/LICENSE
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-MIT License
-
-Copyright (c) 2023–Present Philipp Stadler
-
-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.
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index e4e8ff2816b36399dde2212ee23e8e77816086ba..8c50594514913749db206f270518c5a06890f392 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # part before the npm version in the release directory name
 RELEASE_DIR_STEM = sinologie-anki-pack
 # files and directories to copy unchanged into the release directory
-STATIC_CONTENT := LICENSE NOTICE
+STATIC_CONTENT := NOTICE
 STATIC_CONTENT_DIR := .
 SRC_DIR := src
 # any HTML in the root is considered documentation relevant for release
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ $(BUILT_TEMPLATES_DIR): $(YARN_INSTALLED_FILE) $(TEMPLATE_SOURCES)
 	mv $(RELEASE_DIR)/src/templates $(RELEASE_DIR)
 	rm -r $(RELEASE_DIR)/src
 
-# copy static content if changed (e.g. LICENSE)
+# copy static content if changed (e.g. NOTICE)
 .SECONDEXPANSION:
 SOURCE_STATIC = $(STATIC_CONTENT_DIR)/$(notdir $@)
 $(RELEASED_STATIC_CONTENT): $$(SOURCE_STATIC)
diff --git a/NOTICE b/NOTICE
index 54752c844732f0409ea858cc30c9032f3b40de57..c3b0e7683e11e827ade89d5df0d6e41e54a2e7ae 100644
--- a/NOTICE
+++ b/NOTICE
@@ -1,16 +1,14 @@
 sinologie-anki-pack
 Copyright (c) 2023–Present Philipp Stadler
 
-You are free to use, share and modify the Anki template and code that is part
-of this project, that is, everything except the content/ folder in the
-repository. The attached LICENSE applies to everything but the content, and you
-are welcome to do whatever you want with that part.
+You are free to use, share and modify everything in this repository except the
+content/ folder.
 
 Copyrights for everything in the content directory (i.e. vocabulary from
 Chinesisch lernen für die Sinologie) belong with the original authors. This
-content can be freely shared among members of the university, not just as an
-Anki deck but in whatever form your like, but permission is required to share
-it with anyone else.
+content can be customized to your needs and shared among members of the
+university, not just as an Anki deck but in whatever form your like, but
+permission from the copyright holders is required to share it with anyone else.
 
 Website: https://gitlab.phaidra.org/kartenaale/sinologie-anki-pack
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d9afe66452ceedabefe445eafed3e90948d5e353..3591a0e655c585290174da75b6487851120fb9c0 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
   "description": "Anki template for learning to write, speak and understand Mandarin Chinese",
   "repository": "https://gitlab.phaidra.org/kartenaale/sinologie-anki-pack",
   "author": "Philipp Stadler <hello@phstadler.com>",
-  "license": "MIT",
   "dependencies": {
     "hanzi-writer": "^3.5.0"
   },