diff --git a/scripts/utils/verify_strings b/scripts/utils/verify_strings
index c8d1b46f0..9763453ea 100755
--- a/scripts/utils/verify_strings
+++ b/scripts/utils/verify_strings
@@ -2,27 +2,27 @@
 ################################################################################
 ## taskwarrior - a command line task list manager.
 ##
-## Copyright 2006 - 2011, Paul Beckingham, Federico Hernandez.
-## All rights reserved.
+## Copyright 2006-2011, Paul Beckingham, Federico Hernandez.
 ##
-## This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
-## the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
-## Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later
-## version.
+## Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+## of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+## in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+## to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+## copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+## furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
 ##
-## This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
-## ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
-## FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more
-## details.
+## The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included
+## in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
 ##
-## You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
-## this program; if not, write to the
+## THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS
+## OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+## FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL
+## THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+## LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
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+## SOFTWARE.
 ##
-##     Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
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-##     Boston, MA
-##     02110-1301
-##     USA
+## http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php
 ##
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