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--- a/README.Rmd
+++ b/README.Rmd
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ knitr::opts_chunk$set(
 
 [![R-CMD-check](https://github.com/GfellerLab/SuperCell/workflows/R-CMD-check/badge.svg)](https://github.com/GfellerLab/SuperCell/actions)
 [![DOI](https://img.shields.io/badge/DOI%3A-10.1186/s12859--022--04861--1-brightgreen)](https://doi.org/10.1186/s12859-022-04861-1)
-[![License](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-LICENSE-green)](./License_SuperCell_CC_BY-NC-ND_4.0.pdf)
+[![License](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-LICENSE-green)](./LICENSE)
 
 
 # Coarse-graining of large single-cell RNA-seq data into metacells
@@ -80,17 +80,17 @@ library(SuperCell)
 3. [Building metacells with SuperCell and alayzing them with a standard Seurat pipeline](https://github.com/GfellerLab/SIB_workshop/blob/main/workbooks/Workbook_1__cancer_cell_lines.md)
 4. [Data integration of metacells built with SuperCell](https://github.com/GfellerLab/SIB_workshop/blob/main/workbooks/Workbook_2__COVID19_integration.md)
 
-## [License](./License_SuperCell_CC_BY-NC-ND_4.0.pdf)
+## [License](./LICENSE)
 
 SuperCell is developed by the group of David Gfeller at University of Lausanne.
 
-SuperCell can be used freely by academic groups for non-commercial purposes under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) (see [license](./License_SuperCell_CC_BY-NC-ND_4.0.pdf)). 
+SuperCell can be used freely by academic groups for non-commercial purposes under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) (see [license](./LICENSE)). 
 The product is provided free of charge, and, therefore, on an "as is" basis, without warranty of any kind.
 
 FOR-PROFIT USERS
 
 If you plan to use SuperCell or any data provided with the script in any for-profit application, you are required to obtain a separate license. 
-To do so, please contact [eauffarth\@licr.org](mailto:eauffarth@licr.org) at the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research Ltd.
+To do so, please contact Nadette Bulgin [nbulgin\@licr.org](mailto:nbulgin@licr.org) at the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research Ltd.
 
 If required, FOR-PROFIT USERS are also expected to have proper licenses for the tools used in SuperCell, including the R packages igraph, RANN, WeightedCluster, corpora, weights, Hmisc, Matrix, ply, irlba, grDevices, patchwork, ggplot2 and velocyto.R
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [![R-CMD-check](https://github.com/GfellerLab/SuperCell/workflows/R-CMD-check/badge.svg)](https://github.com/GfellerLab/SuperCell/actions)
-[![DOI](https://img.shields.io/badge/DOI%3A-10.1186/s12859--022--04861--1-brightgreen)](https://doi.org/10.1186/s12859-022-04861-1)
-[![License](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-LICENSE-green)](./License_SuperCell_CC_BY-NC-ND_4.0.pdf)
+[1E![DOI](https://img.shields.io/badge/DOI%3A-0.1186/s12859--022--04861--1-brightgreen)](https://doi.org/10.1186/s12859-022-04861-1)
+[![License](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-LICENSE-green)](./LICENSE)
 
 # Coarse-graining of large single-cell RNA-seq data into metacells
 
@@ -106,13 +106,13 @@ library(SuperCell)
 4.  [Data integration of metacells built with
     SuperCell](https://github.com/GfellerLab/SIB_workshop/blob/main/workbooks/Workbook_2__COVID19_integration.md)
 
-## [License](./License_SuperCell_CC_BY-NC-ND_4.0.pdf)
+## [License](./LICENSE)
 
 SuperCell is developed by the group of David Gfeller at University of
 Lausanne.
 
 SuperCell can be used freely by academic groups for non-commercial
-purposes under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) (see [license](./License_SuperCell_CC_BY-NC-ND_4.0.pdf)). The product is provided free of
+purposes under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) (see [license](./LICENSE)). The product is provided free of
 charge, and, therefore, on an “as is” basis, without warranty of any
 kind.
 
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ FOR-PROFIT USERS
 
 If you plan to use SuperCell or any data provided with the script in any
 for-profit application, you are required to obtain a separate license.
-To do so, please contact <eauffarth@licr.org> at the Ludwig Institute
+To do so, please contact Nadette Bulgin <nbulgin@licr.org> at the Ludwig Institute
 for Cancer Research Ltd.
 
 If required, FOR-PROFIT USERS are also expected to have proper licenses