diff --git a/README b/README
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--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -1,8 +1,4 @@
-These files record the configurations I use for various Linux/unix program.
-(Such files are also known as dotfiles.)
-
-I make changes to this repository regularly. Its contents are in no
-way stable.
+Linux/unix dotfiles. Will change unpredictably.
 
 All the files in this repository are available under licences which
 allow free modification and redistribution.
@@ -13,6 +9,3 @@ full text can be found in the LICENCE file enclosed.
 Files not authored by me may be available under different licences, but
 all of them allow free modification and redistribution.
 
-All the files written by me in this repository are licenced under the
-BSD 3-clause licence. The full text can be found in the LICENCE file
-enclosed.