diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
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index 0000000..a510b18
--- /dev/null
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+This file contains information about the libstud authors for copyright
+purposes.
+
+The copyright for the code is held by the contributors of the code. The
+revision history in the version control system is the primary source of
+authorship information for copyright purposes. Contributors that have
+requested to also be noted explicitly in this file are listed below:
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
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index 0000000..d50f171
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+The copyright for the code is held by the contributors of the code (see the
+`AUTHORS` file). The code is licensed under permissive open source licensing
+terms (see the `LICENSE` file). When you contribute code to this project, you
+license it under these terms. Before contributing please make sure that these
+terms are acceptable to you (and to your employer(s), if they have rights to
+intellectual property that you create) and that the code being contributed is
+your original creation.
+
+The revision history in the version control system is the primary source of
+authorship information for copyright purposes. If, however, you would like
+to also be noted explicitly, please include the appropriate change to the
+`AUTHORS` file along with your contribution.
diff --git a/COPYRIGHT b/COPYRIGHT
deleted file mode 100644
index bc23c7f..0000000
--- a/COPYRIGHT
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-Copyright (c) 2018-2020 the libstud contributors.
-
-For the full list of contributors, see the revision history in version control
-system.
-
-The copyright for the code is held by the contributors of the code. The code
-is licensed under permissive open source licensing terms (see the accompanying
-LICENSE file). When you contribute code to this project, you license it under
-these terms. Before contributing please make sure these terms are acceptable
-to you (or the organization that employs you) and that you are the author of
-the code being contributed.
diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
index 0c83267..05fa252 100644
--- a/LICENSE
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 MIT License
 
-Copyright (c) : see the accompanying COPYRIGHT file.
+Copyright (c) 2018-2020 the libstud authors (see the AUTHORS file).
 
 Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
 of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
diff --git a/buildfile b/buildfile
index 5ed5d7d..41a6c42 100644
--- a/buildfile
+++ b/buildfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-./: {*/ -build/} doc{README.md NEWS LICENSE COPYRIGHT} manifest
+./: {*/ -build/} doc{README.md NEWS LICENSE AUTHORS} manifest
 
 # Don't install tests.
 #