diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
index a67ede7c251d9342975046208bafaef23c771ade..fd99949cabc1d2f492c5a2d5a35728826c4f5100 100644
--- a/LICENSE
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -1,7 +1 @@
-Except where otherwise indicated, code in this repository is
-
-Copyright (C) 2002-2017 CERN for the benefit of the ATLAS collaboration
-
-and is
-
-All Rights Reserved
+The software in this repository is released under the Apache 2.0 license, except where other licenses apply.