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@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ This is `mtime` - a model time management library. It aims to provide time,
 calendar, and event handling for model applications.
 
 The library is [`REUSE`](https://reuse.software)-compliant and published under
-the BSD 3-clause license.
+the BSD 3-clause license (see the list of [authors](/AUTHORS.md)).
 
 You can find more information in the
 [documentation](https://icon-libraries.gitlab-pages.dkrz.de/libmtime) and