diff --git a/lib/protocol/AUTHORS b/lib/protocol/AUTHORS
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-# This is the official list of Protocol Authors for copyright purposes.
-
-Audrius Butkevicius <audrius.butkevicius@gmail.com>
-Jakob Borg <jakob@nym.se>
diff --git a/lib/protocol/CONTRIBUTING.md b/lib/protocol/CONTRIBUTING.md
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-## Reporting Bugs
-
-Please file bugs in the [Github Issue
-Tracker](https://github.com/syncthing/protocol/issues).
-
-## Contributing Code
-
-Every contribution is welcome. Following the points below will make this
-a smoother process.
-
-Individuals making significant and valuable contributions are given
-commit-access to the project. If you make a significant contribution and
-are not considered for commit-access, please contact any of the
-Syncthing core team members.
-
-All nontrivial contributions should go through the pull request
-mechanism for internal review. Determining what is "nontrivial" is left
-at the discretion of the contributor.
-
-### Authorship
-
-All code authors are listed in the AUTHORS file. Commits must be made
-with the same name and email as listed in the AUTHORS file. To
-accomplish this, ensure that your git configuration is set correctly
-prior to making your first commit;
-
-    $ git config --global user.name "Jane Doe"
-    $ git config --global user.email janedoe@example.com
-
-You must be reachable on the given email address. If you do not wish to
-use your real name for whatever reason, using a nickname or pseudonym is
-perfectly acceptable.
-
-## Coding Style
-
-- Follow the conventions laid out in [Effective Go](https://golang.org/doc/effective_go.html)
-  as much as makes sense.
-
-- All text files use Unix line endings.
-
-- Each commit should be `go fmt` clean.
-
-- The commit message subject should be a single short sentence
-  describing the change, starting with a capital letter.
-
-- Commits that resolve an existing issue must include the issue number
-  as `(fixes #123)` at the end of the commit message subject.
-
-- Imports are grouped per `goimports` standard; that is, standard
-  library first, then third party libraries after a blank line.
-
-- A contribution solving a single issue or introducing a single new
-  feature should probably be a single commit based on the current
-  `master` branch. You may be asked to "rebase" or "squash" your pull
-  request to make sure this is the case, especially if there have been
-  amendments during review.
-
-## Licensing
-
-All contributions are made under the same MIT license as the rest of the
-project, except documentation, user interface text and translation
-strings which are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
-International License. You retain the copyright to code you have
-written.
-
-When accepting your first contribution, the maintainer of the project
-will ensure that you are added to the AUTHORS file. You are welcome to
-add yourself as a separate commit in your first pull request.
-
-## Tests
-
-Yes please!
-
-## License
-
-MIT
diff --git a/lib/protocol/README.md b/lib/protocol/README.md
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-The BEPv1 Protocol
-==================
-
-[![Latest Build](http://img.shields.io/jenkins/s/http/build.syncthing.net/protocol.svg?style=flat-square)](http://build.syncthing.net/job/protocol/lastBuild/)
-[![API Documentation](http://img.shields.io/badge/api-Godoc-blue.svg?style=flat-square)](http://godoc.org/github.com/syncthing/protocol)
-[![MIT License](http://img.shields.io/badge/license-MIT-blue.svg?style=flat-square)](http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)
-
-This is the protocol implementation used by Syncthing.
-
-License
-=======
-
-MIT