diff --git a/Applications/PluginGenerator/LICENSE.txt b/Applications/PluginGenerator/LICENSE.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8761edc246
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Applications/PluginGenerator/LICENSE.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+Copyright (c) 2003-2012 German Cancer Research Center, Division of Medical
+and Biological Informatics
+All rights reserved.
+
+Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
+
+ * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice,
+   this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+
+ * 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.
+
+ * Neither the name of the German Cancer Research Center, 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 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, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR 
+CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT 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.
diff --git a/Applications/PluginGenerator/MITKCopyright.txt b/Applications/PluginGenerator/MITKCopyright.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 70a3ffbe02..0000000000
--- a/Applications/PluginGenerator/MITKCopyright.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-/*=========================================================================
-
-Copyright (c) 2003-2010 German Cancer Research Center, Division of Medical
-and Biological Informatics
-All rights reserved.
-
-Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
-modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
-
- * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice,
-   this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
-
- * 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.
-
- * The name of the German Cancer Research Center, nor the names of any
-   contributors, may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this
-   software without specific prior written permission.
-
- * Modified source versions must be plainly marked as such, and must not be
-   misrepresented as being the original software.
-
-THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER AND CONTRIBUTORS ``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 AUTHORS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR
-ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
-DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT 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.
-
-=========================================================================*/
diff --git a/Applications/PluginGenerator/ProjectTemplate/CMake/CPackSetup.cmake b/Applications/PluginGenerator/ProjectTemplate/CMake/CPackSetup.cmake
index bfe678051b..4b180dbb6d 100644
--- a/Applications/PluginGenerator/ProjectTemplate/CMake/CPackSetup.cmake
+++ b/Applications/PluginGenerator/ProjectTemplate/CMake/CPackSetup.cmake
@@ -1,24 +1,24 @@
 set(CPACK_PACKAGE_NAME ${PROJECT_NAME})
 set(CPACK_PACKAGE_DESCRIPTION_SUMMARY "This is an awesome app")
 set(CPACK_PACKAGE_VENDOR "$(vendor)")
 set(CPACK_CREATE_DESKTOP_LINKS "${MY_APP_NAME}")
-set(CPACK_PACKAGE_DESCRIPTION_FILE "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/Copyright.txt")
-set(CPACK_RESOURCE_FILE_LICENSE "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/Copyright.txt")
+set(CPACK_PACKAGE_DESCRIPTION_FILE "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/LICENSE.txt")
+set(CPACK_RESOURCE_FILE_LICENSE "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/LICENSE.txt")
 set(CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_MAJOR "${${PROJECT_NAME}_VERSION_MAJOR}")
 set(CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_MINOR "${${PROJECT_NAME}_VERSION_MINOR}")
 
 # append revision number if available
 if(${PROJECT_NAME}_REVISION_ID)
   if(${PROJECT_NAME}_WC_TYPE STREQUAL "git")
     set(git_hash ${${PROJECT_NAME}_REVISION_ID})
     string(LENGTH "${git_hash}" hash_length)
     if(hash_length GREATER 6)
       string(SUBSTRING ${git_hash} 0 6 git_hash)
     endif()
     set(CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_PATCH "${${PROJECT_NAME}_VERSION_PATCH}_r${git_hash}")
   else()
     set(CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_PATCH "${${PROJECT_NAME}_VERSION_PATCH}_r${${PROJECT_NAME}_REVISION_ID}")
   endif()
 else()
   set(CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_PATCH "${${PROJECT_NAME}_VERSION_PATCH}")
 endif()
diff --git a/Applications/PluginGenerator/ProjectTemplate/Copyright.txt b/Applications/PluginGenerator/ProjectTemplate/LICENSE.txt
similarity index 100%
rename from Applications/PluginGenerator/ProjectTemplate/Copyright.txt
rename to Applications/PluginGenerator/ProjectTemplate/LICENSE.txt
diff --git a/Applications/PluginGenerator/SetupPackaging.cmake b/Applications/PluginGenerator/SetupPackaging.cmake
index bdebf58d77..40791964a1 100644
--- a/Applications/PluginGenerator/SetupPackaging.cmake
+++ b/Applications/PluginGenerator/SetupPackaging.cmake
@@ -1,52 +1,52 @@
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Installation
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 install(TARGETS ${exec_target} DESTINATION .)
 
 install(FILES "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/Changelog.txt" DESTINATION .)
 
 install(CODE "
   set(DIRS
       ${QT_LIBRARY_DIR}
       ${QT_LIBRARY_DIR}/../bin
       ${CTK_LIBRARY_DIRS}
      )
 
   include(BundleUtilities)
 
   fixup_bundle(\"\${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/${exec_target}${CMAKE_EXECUTABLE_SUFFIX}\" \"\" \"\${DIRS}\")
 ")
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Packaging
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 #
 # First, set the generator variable
 #
 if(WIN32)
   set(CPACK_GENERATOR ZIP)
 elseif(APPLE)
   set(CPACK_GENERATOR DragNDrop)
 else()
   set(CPACK_GENERATOR TGZ)
 endif()
 
 # include required mfc libraries
 include(InstallRequiredSystemLibraries)
 
 set(CPACK_PACKAGE_NAME "MITKPluginGenerator")
 set(CPACK_PACKAGE_DESCRIPTION_SUMMARY "MITK PluginGenerator bootstraps MITK-based projects")
 set(CPACK_PACKAGE_VENDOR "German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ)")
-set(CPACK_PACKAGE_DESCRIPTION_FILE "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/MITKCopyright.txt")
-set(CPACK_RESOURCE_FILE_LICENSE "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/MITKCopyright.txt")
+set(CPACK_PACKAGE_DESCRIPTION_FILE "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/LICENSE.txt")
+set(CPACK_RESOURCE_FILE_LICENSE "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/LICENSE.txt")
 set(CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_MAJOR "${VERSION_MAJOR}")
 set(CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_MINOR "${VERSION_MINOR}")
 set(CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_PATCH "${VERSION_PATCH}")
 
 # tell cpack to strip all debug symbols from all files
 set(CPACK_STRIP_FILES ON)
 
 include(CPack)
 
diff --git a/Applications/mitkDiffusion/CPackOptions.cmake b/Applications/mitkDiffusion/CPackOptions.cmake
index 2eeee3871b..00f68c0927 100644
--- a/Applications/mitkDiffusion/CPackOptions.cmake
+++ b/Applications/mitkDiffusion/CPackOptions.cmake
@@ -1,29 +1,26 @@
 # Set Diffusion specific CPack options
 
 set(CPACK_PACKAGE_EXECUTABLES "mitkDiffusion;MITK Diffusion")
 set(CPACK_PACKAGE_NAME "MITK-Diffusion")
 set(CPACK_PACKAGE_DESCRIPTION_SUMMARY "MITK application for processing of MR diffusion imaging data.")
 # Major version is the year of release
 set(CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_MAJOR "2012")
 # Minor version is assigned depending on the number of releases that year, order is "", "a", "b"..., "z"
 set(CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_MINOR "")
 # Patch versioning is not intended to be done
 set(CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_PATCH "")
 
 # this should result in names like 2011, 2011a, ...
 # version has to be set explicitly to avoid such things as CMake creating the install directory "MITK Diffusion 2011.."
 set(CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION "${CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_MAJOR}${CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_MINOR}")
 
-set(CPACK_PACKAGE_DESCRIPTION_FILE "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/Applications/${target_dir}/Copyright.txt")
-set(CPACK_RESOURCE_FILE_LICENSE "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/Applications/${target_dir}/Copyright.txt")
-
 if(CMAKE_CL_64)
   set(CPACK_PACKAGE_FILE_NAME "MITK-Diffusion-${CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION}-win64")
 elseif(MINGW)
   set(CPACK_PACKAGE_FILE_NAME "MITK-Diffusion-${CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION}-mingw32")
 elseif(WIN32)
   set(CPACK_PACKAGE_FILE_NAME "MITK-Diffusion-${CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION}-win32")
 else()
   set(CPACK_PACKAGE_FILE_NAME "MITK-Diffusion-${CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION}")
 endif()
 
diff --git a/Applications/mitkDiffusion/Copyright.txt b/Applications/mitkDiffusion/Copyright.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 91a71b2ad9..0000000000
--- a/Applications/mitkDiffusion/Copyright.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-Copyright (c) 2003-2011 German Cancer Research Center,
-Division of Medical and Biological Informatics
-All rights reserved.
-
-Redistribution and use, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
-
-1. 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.
-
-2. The name of the German Cancer Research Center, the name of mint medical, nor the names of any contributors, may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without specific prior written permission.
-
-3. Modified versions must be plainly marked as such, and must not be misrepresented as being the original software.
-
-THIS SOFTWARE IS NOT INTENDED FOR ANY MEDICAL USE. IT IS NOT FDA OR CE APPROVED.
-
-THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER AND CONTRIBUTORS ``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 AUTHORS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT 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
diff --git a/CMake/mitkSetupCPack.cmake b/CMake/mitkSetupCPack.cmake
index c5a93977b6..5c609f4820 100644
--- a/CMake/mitkSetupCPack.cmake
+++ b/CMake/mitkSetupCPack.cmake
@@ -1,57 +1,57 @@
 #
 # First, set the generator variable
 #
 if(NOT CPACK_GENERATOR)
   if(WIN32)
     find_program(NSIS_MAKENSIS NAMES makensis
       PATHS [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SOFTWARE\\NSIS]
       DOC "Where is makensis.exe located"
       )
 
     if(NOT NSIS_MAKENSIS)
       set(CPACK_GENERATOR ZIP)
     else()
       set(CPACK_GENERATOR "NSIS;ZIP")
       
     endif(NOT NSIS_MAKENSIS)
   else()
     if(APPLE)
       set(CPACK_GENERATOR DragNDrop)
     else()
       set(CPACK_GENERATOR TGZ)
     endif()
   endif()
 endif(NOT CPACK_GENERATOR)
 
 # include required mfc libraries
 include(InstallRequiredSystemLibraries)
 
 set(CPACK_PACKAGE_NAME "MITK")
 set(CPACK_PACKAGE_DESCRIPTION_SUMMARY "MITK is a medical image processing tool")
 set(CPACK_PACKAGE_VENDOR "German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ)")
-set(CPACK_PACKAGE_DESCRIPTION_FILE "${MITK_SOURCE_DIR}/MITKCopyright.txt")
-set(CPACK_RESOURCE_FILE_LICENSE "${MITK_SOURCE_DIR}/MITKCopyright.txt")
+set(CPACK_PACKAGE_DESCRIPTION_FILE "${MITK_SOURCE_DIR}/LICENSE.txt")
+set(CPACK_RESOURCE_FILE_LICENSE "${MITK_SOURCE_DIR}/LICENSE.txt")
 set(CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_MAJOR "${MITK_VERSION_MAJOR}")
 set(CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_MINOR "${MITK_VERSION_MINOR}")
 
 # tell cpack to strip all debug symbols from all files
 set(CPACK_STRIP_FILES ON)
 
 # append revision number if available
 if(MITK_REVISION_ID)
   if(MITK_WC_TYPE STREQUAL "git")
     set(git_hash ${MITK_REVISION_ID})
     string(LENGTH "${git_hash}" hash_length)
     if(hash_length GREATER 6)
       string(SUBSTRING ${git_hash} 0 6 git_hash)
     endif()
     set(CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_PATCH "${MITK_VERSION_PATCH}_r${git_hash}")
   else()
     set(CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_PATCH "${MITK_VERSION_PATCH}_r${MITK_REVISION_ID}")
   endif()
 else()
   set(CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_PATCH "${MITK_VERSION_PATCH}")
 endif()
 
 
 
diff --git a/COPYRIGHT_HEADER b/COPYRIGHT_HEADER
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..970cfe5a27
--- /dev/null
+++ b/COPYRIGHT_HEADER
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+/*===================================================================
+
+The Medical Imaging Interaction Toolkit (MITK)
+
+Copyright (c) German Cancer Research Center, 
+Division of Medical and Biological Informatics.
+All rights reserved.
+
+This software is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without 
+even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR 
+A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
+
+See LICENSE.txt or http://www.mitk.org for details.
+
+===================================================================*/
diff --git a/LICENSE.txt b/LICENSE.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8761edc246
--- /dev/null
+++ b/LICENSE.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+Copyright (c) 2003-2012 German Cancer Research Center, Division of Medical
+and Biological Informatics
+All rights reserved.
+
+Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
+
+ * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice,
+   this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+
+ * 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.
+
+ * Neither the name of the German Cancer Research Center, 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 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, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR 
+CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT 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.
diff --git a/MITKCopyright.txt b/MITKCopyright.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 70a3ffbe02..0000000000
--- a/MITKCopyright.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-/*=========================================================================
-
-Copyright (c) 2003-2010 German Cancer Research Center, Division of Medical
-and Biological Informatics
-All rights reserved.
-
-Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
-modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
-
- * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice,
-   this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
-
- * 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.
-
- * The name of the German Cancer Research Center, nor the names of any
-   contributors, may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this
-   software without specific prior written permission.
-
- * Modified source versions must be plainly marked as such, and must not be
-   misrepresented as being the original software.
-
-THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER AND CONTRIBUTORS ``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 AUTHORS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR
-ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
-DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT 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.
-
-=========================================================================*/