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 This project is dual-licensed under MIT and Apache 2.0 terms:
 
-- MIT license ([LICENSE-MIT.txt](https://github.com/bluesky-social/indigo/blob/main/LICENSE-MIT.txt) or http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)
-- Apache License, Version 2.0, ([LICENSE-APACHE.txt](https://github.com/bluesky-social/indigo/blob/main/LICENSE-APACHE.txt) or http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0)
+- MIT license ([LICENSE-MIT](https://github.com/bluesky-social/indigo/blob/main/LICENSE-MIT) or http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)
+- Apache License, Version 2.0, ([LICENSE-APACHE](https://github.com/bluesky-social/indigo/blob/main/LICENSE-APACHE) or http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0)
 
 Downstream projects and end users may chose either license individually, or both together, at their discretion. The motivation for this dual-licensing is the additional software patent assurance provided by Apache 2.0.