diff --git a/release/text/copyright.txt b/release/text/copyright.txt index d0490b9ca91..062ab0ce9e8 100644 --- a/release/text/copyright.txt +++ b/release/text/copyright.txt @@ -1,95 +1,33 @@ This version of Blender has been originally released at www.blender.org. 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