diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
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 Narendra Sisodiya <narendra.sisodiya@gmail.com>
 Pavol Rusnak <stick@gk2.sk>
-
-SVG-edit contains code from these projects:
-
-jQuery JavaScript Library v1.3.2
-http://jquery.com/
-Copyright (c) 2009 John Resig
-
-jQuery Right-Click Plugin
-http://abeautifulsite.net/notebook/68
-Copyright (c) 2008 Cory S.N. LaViska
-
-Farbtastic
-http://acko.net/dev/farbtastic
-Copyright (c) 2007 Steven Wittens
diff --git a/README b/README
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+SVG-edit, a web based SVG editor
+
+http://code.google.com/p/svg-edit/
+
+by
+  Narendra Sisodiya <narendra.sisodiya@gmail.com>
+  Pavol Rusnak <stick@gk2.sk>
+
+-----
+
+SVG-edit contains code from these projects:
+
+jQuery JavaScript Library v1.3.2
+http://jquery.com/
+Copyright (c) 2009 John Resig
+
+jQuery Right-Click Plugin
+http://abeautifulsite.net/notebook/68
+Copyright (c) 2008 Cory S.N. LaViska
+
+Farbtastic
+http://acko.net/dev/farbtastic
+Copyright (c) 2007 Steven Wittens