diff --git a/include/curl/mprintf.h b/include/curl/mprintf.h
index 65c64f439..5590a8df8 100644
--- a/include/curl/mprintf.h
+++ b/include/curl/mprintf.h
@@ -2,27 +2,14 @@
  *
  * $Id$
  *
- * The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public License
- * Version 1.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in
- * compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
- * http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/ 
+ * Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any
+ * purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above
+ * copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies.
  *
- * Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS"
- * basis, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See
- * the License for the specific language governing rights and limitations
- * under the License. 
- *
- * The Original Code is Triacle.
- *
- * The Initial Developers of the Original Code are Bjorn Reese and
- * Daniel Stenberg.
- *
- * Portions created by Initial Developers are
- *
- *   Copyright (C) 1998 Bjorn Reese and Daniel Stenberg.
- *   All Rights Reserved. 
- *
- * Contributor(s):
+ * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED ``AS IS'' AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED
+ * WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
+ * MERCHANTIBILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THE AUTHORS AND
+ * CONTRIBUTORS ACCEPT NO RESPONSIBILITY IN ANY CONCEIVABLE MANNER.
  *
  *************************************************************************
  *
diff --git a/lib/mprintf.c b/lib/mprintf.c
index 1ac98cae1..a14e56ea2 100644
--- a/lib/mprintf.c
+++ b/lib/mprintf.c
@@ -4,6 +4,15 @@
  *
  *************************************************************************
  *
+ * Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any
+ * purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above
+ * copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies.
+ *
+ * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED ``AS IS'' AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED
+ * WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
+ * MERCHANTIBILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THE AUTHORS AND
+ * CONTRIBUTORS ACCEPT NO RESPONSIBILITY IN ANY CONCEIVABLE MANNER.
+ *
  * Purpose:
  *  A merge of Bjorn Reese's format() function and Daniel's dsprintf()
  *  1.0. A full blooded printf() clone with full support for <num>$