diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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 Visit [https://openeducation.at/](https://openeducation.at/) for more information on OEA / Open Education Austria.
 
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-This work is licensed under a [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/).
+This work is licensed under a [Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
 
diff --git a/architecture.md b/architecture.md
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 The **ingest** application is crafted to allow upload of digital objects supplied with metadata to a specific repository.
 
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-This work is licensed under a [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/).
+This work is licensed under a [Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).