diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
index b24b63ed..11077f42 100644
--- a/LICENSE
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 LEANOTE - NOT JUST A NOTEPAD!
 
-Copyright 2015 by the contributors.
+Copyright by the contributors.
 
 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 743f0cc1..e154853a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ Please see https://github.com/leanote/desktop-app/wiki
 ```
 LEANOTE - NOT JUST A NOTEPAD!
 
-Copyright 2015 by the contributors.
+Copyright by the contributors.
 
 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by