diff --git a/COPYING b/COPYING
index 396e0a2098609581e0356dd15e689469c93d0cde..3bdb0b9d304b63e3553a328da40d944e2d9f6d8c 100644
--- a/COPYING
+++ b/COPYING
@@ -1,27 +1,24 @@
-Copyright 2013
-
-Luis Kornblueh
-Rahul Sinha
-
-Max-Planck-Institut fuer Meteorologie
-Bundesstr. 53
-20146 Hamburg
-Germany
-
-All rights reserved.
+Copyright 2013-2023 MPI-M, Luis Kornblueh, Rahul Sinha
+                    DWD, Florian Prill
 
 Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
-modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
-are met:
+modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are
+met:
 
 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+
 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
-   documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
+   documentation and/or other materials provided with the
+   distribution.
+
+3. Neither the name of the copyright holder nor the names of its
+   contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived
+   from this software without specific prior written permission.
 
 THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
-``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+“AS IS” AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
 LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
 A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT
 HOLDER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
@@ -30,4 +27,5 @@ LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
 DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
 THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
 (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
-OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
\ No newline at end of file
+OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+