diff --git a/COPYING b/COPYING
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+CS2J has two components:
+
+- CSharpTranslator:
+     This builds the cs2j.exe executable.  This executable runs
+     directly under Windows and under Mono on other platforms
+     (http://www.mono-project.com/Main_Page).
+
+     This work is licensed under the MIT / X Window System License
+     (http://opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php). 
+
+     With this licensing then the produced Java code should be
+     completely unencumbered and you can do what you want with it.
+
+- CS2JLibrary: 
+
+     This contains the XML translation files that direct CS2J to
+     translate .Net framework calls into appropriate Java code, and
+     the CS2JLibrary Java support library that translated applications
+     include.
+
+     This work is licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+     (http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0).
+
+     
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diff --git a/CS2JLibrary/lib/README-3rdPARTY-LICENSES.txt b/CS2JLibrary/lib/README-3rdPARTY-LICENSES.txt
index 094aaa9..0545554 100644
--- a/CS2JLibrary/lib/README-3rdPARTY-LICENSES.txt
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-3rd Party Software                                         License
-
-commons-lang, commons-codec                Apache 2.0
-
-mail jar                                                         Sun ENTITLEMENT (see http://kenai.com/projects/javamail/pages/License)
+3rd Party Software            +  License
+==========================================================================================
+commons-lang, commons-codec   +  Apache 2.0
+                              +
+mail                          +  Sun ENTITLEMENT (see http://kenai.com/projects/javamail/pages/License)
 
   
diff --git a/README b/README
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+CS2J is the most advanced C# to Java conversion tool available today.
+ 
+- CS2J produces good looking, maintainable Java software from your C#
+  source code.
+- It uses a powerful, extensible template system to translate .NET
+  Framework and 3rd party library calls.
+- It is a command-line tool which can be easily incorporated into your
+  existing development workflow.
+- And it is completely Open Source!
+
+The CS2J source distribution has two components:
+
+- CSharpTranslator:
+     This builds the cs2j.exe executable.  This executable runs
+     directly under Windows and under Mono on other platforms
+     (http://www.mono-project.com/Main_Page).
+
+     This work is licensed under the MIT / X Window System License
+     (http://opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php). 
+
+     With this licensing then the produced Java code should be
+     completely unencumbered and you can do what you want with it.
+
+- CS2JLibrary: 
+
+     This contains the XML translation files that direct cs2j to
+     translate .Net framework calls into appropriate Java code, and
+     the CS2JLibrary Java support library that translated applications
+     include.
+
+     This work is licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+     (http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0).
+
+     
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