diff --git a/Documentation.html b/Documentation.html
index 265d61258..daa702fcc 100644
--- a/Documentation.html
+++ b/Documentation.html
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
     <li><a href="#transformations">Transformations</a></li>
     <li><a href="#faq"><abbr title="Frequently Asked Questions">FAQ</abbr></a></li>
     <li><a href="#developers">Developers</a></li>
+    <li><a href="#copyright">Copyright</a></li>
     <li><a href="#credits">Credits</a></li>
     <li><a href="translators.html">Translators</a></li>
     <li><a href="#glossary">Glossary</a></li>
@@ -50,7 +51,6 @@
             Official phpMyAdmin wiki</a></li>
     <li>Local documents:
         <ul><li>Version history: <a href="changelog.php">ChangeLog</a></li>
-            <li>General notes: <a href="readme.php">README</a></li>
             <li>License: <a href="license.php">LICENSE</a></li>
         </ul>
     </li>
@@ -4149,6 +4149,34 @@ chmod o+rwx tmp
         brave men and women who gave their lives for the people of Earth.</li>
 </ul>
 
+<h2 id="copyright">Copyright</h2>
+
+<pre>
+Copyright (C) 1998-2000 Tobias Ratschiller &lt;tobias_at_ratschiller.com&gt;
+Copyright (C) 2001-2008 Marc Delisle &lt;Marc.Delisle_at_cegepsherbrooke.qc.ca&gt;
+                        Olivier Müller &lt;om_at_omnis.ch&gt;
+                        Robin Johnson &lt;robbat2_at_users.sourceforge.net&gt;
+                        Alexander M. Turek &lt;me_at_derrabus.de&gt;
+                        Michal Čihař &lt;michal_at_cihar.com&gt;
+                        Garvin Hicking &lt;me_at_supergarv.de&gt;
+                        Michael Keck &lt;mkkeck_at_users.sourceforge.net&gt;
+                        Sebastian Mendel &lt;cybot_tm_at_users.sourceforge.net&gt;
+                        [check <a href="#credits">credits</a> for more details]
+
+This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2,
+as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+
+This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
+</pre>
+
 <!-- CREDITS -->
 <h2 id="credits">Credits</h2>
 
diff --git a/README b/README
index f3ac3cd5a..c22ffb2f9 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ phpMyAdmin - Readme
   http://www.phpmyadmin.net/
 
     Copyright (C) 1998-2000 Tobias Ratschiller <tobias_at_ratschiller.com>
-    Copyright (C) 2001-2007 Marc Delisle <Marc.Delisle_at_cegepsherbrooke.qc.ca>
+    Copyright (C) 2001-2008 Marc Delisle <Marc.Delisle_at_cegepsherbrooke.qc.ca>
                             Olivier Müller <om_at_omnis.ch>
                             Robin Johnson <robbat2_at_users.sourceforge.net>
                             Alexander M. Turek <me_at_derrabus.de>
diff --git a/readme.php b/readme.php
deleted file mode 100644
index c457cb3d3..000000000
--- a/readme.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-/* vim: set expandtab sw=4 ts=4 sts=4: */
-/**
- * Simple script to set correct charset for the readme
- *
- * Note: please do not fold this script into a general script
- * that would read any file using a GET parameter, it would open a hole
- *
- * @version $Id$
- * @package phpMyAdmin
- */
-
-/**
- *
- */
-header('Content-type: text/plain; charset=utf-8');
-readfile('README');
-?>