diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
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--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
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@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Contributing 
 
-In order to have a concrete record that your contribution is intentional and you agree to license it under the same terms as the project's license, we've adopted the same lightweight approach that the Linux Kernel submitting patches process, Docker, and many other projects use: the [Developer Certificate of Origin](https://developercertificate.org/), or DCO. This is a simple declaration that you wrote the contribution or otherwise have the right to contribute it to this project.
+In order to have a concrete record that your contribution is intentional and you agree to license it under the same terms as [the project's license](./COPYING.md), we've adopted the same lightweight approach that the Linux Kernel submitting patches process, Docker, and many other projects use: the [Developer Certificate of Origin](https://developercertificate.org/), or DCO. This is a simple declaration that you wrote the contribution or otherwise have the right to contribute it to this project.
 
 If you agree to this for your contribution, then all that's needed is to include the line in your commit or pull request comment:
 
diff --git a/COPYING b/COPYING.md
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rename from COPYING
rename to COPYING.md
diff --git a/LICENSE_MIT b/LICENSE_MIT
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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Under specific conditions that are described [here](https://github.com/jambonz/freeswitch-modules/blob/main/COPYING), this software is licensed under the MIT License below.
+Under specific conditions that are described here: https://github.com/jambonz/freeswitch-modules/blob/main/COPYING.md, this software is licensed under the MIT License below.
 
 The MIT License (MIT)
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
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@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ A collection of Freeswitch modules intended for use with a [jambonz](https://jam
 
 This software is available under a dual-licensing scheme.  For specific use in a standalone [jambonz](https://jambonz.org) deployment, the [MIT License](./LICENSE_MIT) applies.  For all other uses, the software is licensed for use under the [AGPL Version 3.0 license](./LICENSE_AGPL-3.0).
 
-Please review [COPYING](./COPYING) for detailed information in order to assess whether your intended usage meets the specific conditions that allow for usage under the MIT License.
+Please review [COPYING](./COPYING.md) for detailed information in order to assess whether your intended usage meets the specific conditions that allow for usage under the MIT License.
 
 ## Contributing to the software