diff --git a/COPYING b/COPYING
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+++ b/COPYING
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Ngspice Licensing
 
-Copyright (c) 2019 by ngspice maintainers
+Copyright (c) 2020 by ngspice team
 All rights reserved.
 
 license for this document: CC-BY-SA v4.0