diff --git a/COPYING b/COPYING
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..b306621a4f57a62335770893c3ba9a203e547d88
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diff --git a/refelt/LICENSE.txt b/refelt/LICENSE.txt
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diff --git a/refelt/__init__.py b/refelt/__init__.py
index c769958dd03433f84598b912d14d8160685b9670..b6fe77c50962ba47757bc48f57e7607735f27d84 100644
--- a/refelt/__init__.py
+++ b/refelt/__init__.py
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@
 #
 #
 #
-# Distributed under the terms of the GPL license.
-# See LICENSE.txt for more info.
 
 """Reference Element
 
diff --git a/refelt/refelt/Pdu.py b/refelt/refelt/Pdu.py
index a78da8b138e8e6af603abccaf3a5e6e82dbeab03..29fd21828aa6dbed7e5674c9f0eff93bbfcb7c8d 100644
--- a/refelt/refelt/Pdu.py
+++ b/refelt/refelt/Pdu.py
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@
 #
 #
 #
-# Distributed under the terms of the GPL license.
-# See LICENSE.txt for more info.
 
 """ PDU
 
diff --git a/refelt/refelt/Pdu.xmi b/refelt/refelt/Pdu.xmi
index 3b88c31df18fd7b9a84e612b42e8830ccf8301c5..c28c51cf618128e42fd3df4d680a370877b99f03 100644
--- a/refelt/refelt/Pdu.xmi
+++ b/refelt/refelt/Pdu.xmi
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ASCII"?>
 <pogoDsl:PogoSystem xmi:version="2.0" xmlns:xmi="http://www.omg.org/XMI" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:pogoDsl="http://www.esrf.fr/tango/pogo/PogoDsl">
   <classes name="PDU" pogoRevision="9.6">
-    <description description="Ref (Reference Elt) PDU device" title="PDU" sourcePath="/home/tango-cs/src/levpro/refelt/refelt" language="PythonHL" filestogenerate="XMI   file,Code files" license="GPL" copyright="" hasMandatoryProperty="false" hasConcreteProperty="false" hasAbstractCommand="false" hasAbstractAttribute="false">
+    <description description="Ref (Reference Elt) PDU device" title="PDU" sourcePath="/home/tango-cs/src/levpro/refelt/refelt" language="PythonHL" filestogenerate="XMI   file,Code files" license="none" copyright="" hasMandatoryProperty="false" hasConcreteProperty="false" hasAbstractCommand="false" hasAbstractAttribute="false">
       <inheritances classname="Device_Impl" sourcePath=""/>
       <inheritances classname="SKABaseDevice" sourcePath="../../skabase/SKABaseDevice"/>
       <identification contact="at ska.ac.za - cam" author="cam" emailDomain="ska.ac.za" classFamily="OtherInstruments" siteSpecific="" platform="All Platforms" bus="Not Applicable" manufacturer="SKASA" reference="SKA-SKAObsDevice"/>
diff --git a/refelt/refelt/Rack.py b/refelt/refelt/Rack.py
index dd0c28dea2f7d8ff0599b49689614bbd7302e009..f9f0dc9255e70f372812ed7138bd864b49fc3447 100644
--- a/refelt/refelt/Rack.py
+++ b/refelt/refelt/Rack.py
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@
 #
 #
 #
-# Distributed under the terms of the GPL license.
-# See LICENSE.txt for more info.
 
 """ Rack
 
diff --git a/refelt/refelt/Rack.xmi b/refelt/refelt/Rack.xmi
index a2de4c66702190bfca8f4e679ecadbfc3e2b0679..f03eab3b7d632f08748820f1ef0c3984a5f0061f 100644
--- a/refelt/refelt/Rack.xmi
+++ b/refelt/refelt/Rack.xmi
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ASCII"?>
 <pogoDsl:PogoSystem xmi:version="2.0" xmlns:xmi="http://www.omg.org/XMI" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:pogoDsl="http://www.esrf.fr/tango/pogo/PogoDsl">
   <classes name="Rack" pogoRevision="9.6">
-    <description description="Ref (Reference Elt) Rack device" title="Rack" sourcePath="/home/tango-cs/src/levpro/refelt/refelt" language="PythonHL" filestogenerate="XMI   file,Code files" license="GPL" copyright="" hasMandatoryProperty="true" hasConcreteProperty="true" hasAbstractCommand="false" hasAbstractAttribute="false">
+    <description description="Ref (Reference Elt) Rack device" title="Rack" sourcePath="/home/tango-cs/src/levpro/refelt/refelt" language="PythonHL" filestogenerate="XMI   file,Code files" license="none" copyright="" hasMandatoryProperty="true" hasConcreteProperty="true" hasAbstractCommand="false" hasAbstractAttribute="false">
       <inheritances classname="Device_Impl" sourcePath=""/>
       <inheritances classname="SKABaseDevice" sourcePath="../../skabase/SKABaseDevice"/>
       <identification contact="at ska.ac.za - cam" author="cam" emailDomain="ska.ac.za" classFamily="OtherInstruments" siteSpecific="" platform="All Platforms" bus="Not Applicable" manufacturer="SKASA" reference="SKA-SKAObsDevice"/>
diff --git a/refelt/refelt/RefA.py b/refelt/refelt/RefA.py
index ac8cdd69bea21b2440f0f831b35d4bbc778e72b2..ccbb5b2d06f6c82bc29bf638004cd635955e585f 100644
--- a/refelt/refelt/RefA.py
+++ b/refelt/refelt/RefA.py
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@
 #
 #
 #
-# Distributed under the terms of the GPL license.
-# See LICENSE.txt for more info.
 
 """ RefA
 
diff --git a/refelt/refelt/RefA.xmi b/refelt/refelt/RefA.xmi
index 88738454a2a4cc9a19098926efda06b68dd15400..2a9fdb9a9990f42783d511cc19396a0b62c86447 100644
--- a/refelt/refelt/RefA.xmi
+++ b/refelt/refelt/RefA.xmi
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ASCII"?>
 <pogoDsl:PogoSystem xmi:version="2.0" xmlns:xmi="http://www.omg.org/XMI" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:pogoDsl="http://www.esrf.fr/tango/pogo/PogoDsl">
   <classes name="RefA" pogoRevision="9.6">
-    <description description="An Ref (Reference Elt) device of type A" title="RefA" sourcePath="/home/tango-cs/src/levpro/refelt/refelt" language="PythonHL" filestogenerate="XMI   file,Code files, Protected Regions" license="GPL" copyright="" hasMandatoryProperty="false" hasConcreteProperty="false" hasAbstractCommand="false" hasAbstractAttribute="false">
+    <description description="An Ref (Reference Elt) device of type A" title="RefA" sourcePath="/home/tango-cs/src/levpro/refelt/refelt" language="PythonHL" filestogenerate="XMI   file,Code files, Protected Regions" license="none" copyright="" hasMandatoryProperty="false" hasConcreteProperty="false" hasAbstractCommand="false" hasAbstractAttribute="false">
       <inheritances classname="Device_Impl" sourcePath=""/>
       <inheritances classname="SKABaseDevice" sourcePath="../../skabase/SKABaseDevice"/>
       <identification contact="at ska.ac.za - cam" author="cam" emailDomain="ska.ac.za" classFamily="OtherInstruments" siteSpecific="" platform="All Platforms" bus="Not Applicable" manufacturer="SKASA" reference="SKA-SKAObsDevice"/>
diff --git a/refelt/refelt/RefAchild.py b/refelt/refelt/RefAchild.py
index 32f33d293a4c767f5952e6b92567ef85330d05f5..bb97496b2572e5cd8defc7ce13f4890f828afe0b 100644
--- a/refelt/refelt/RefAchild.py
+++ b/refelt/refelt/RefAchild.py
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@
 #
 #
 #
-# Distributed under the terms of the GPL license.
-# See LICENSE.txt for more info.
 
 """ RefAchild
 
diff --git a/refelt/refelt/RefAchild.xmi b/refelt/refelt/RefAchild.xmi
index 7d2a0cab1d93235b2fa2a6c5faf058a29b85691f..44bce2b9271c756ab61c68ac476d7b9ddcf1cdb7 100644
--- a/refelt/refelt/RefAchild.xmi
+++ b/refelt/refelt/RefAchild.xmi
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ASCII"?>
 <pogoDsl:PogoSystem xmi:version="2.0" xmlns:xmi="http://www.omg.org/XMI" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:pogoDsl="http://www.esrf.fr/tango/pogo/PogoDsl">
   <classes name="RefAchild" pogoRevision="9.6">
-    <description description="Ref (Reference Element) device of type Achild" title="RefAchild" sourcePath="/home/tango-cs/src/levpro/refelt/refelt" language="PythonHL" filestogenerate="XMI   file,Code files, Protected Regions" license="GPL" copyright="" hasMandatoryProperty="false" hasConcreteProperty="false" hasAbstractCommand="false" hasAbstractAttribute="false">
+    <description description="Ref (Reference Element) device of type Achild" title="RefAchild" sourcePath="/home/tango-cs/src/levpro/refelt/refelt" language="PythonHL" filestogenerate="XMI   file,Code files, Protected Regions" license="none" copyright="" hasMandatoryProperty="false" hasConcreteProperty="false" hasAbstractCommand="false" hasAbstractAttribute="false">
       <inheritances classname="Device_Impl" sourcePath=""/>
       <inheritances classname="SKABaseDevice" sourcePath="../../skabase/SKABaseDevice"/>
       <identification contact="at ska.ac.za - cam" author="cam" emailDomain="ska.ac.za" classFamily="OtherInstruments" siteSpecific="" platform="All Platforms" bus="Not Applicable" manufacturer="SKASA" reference="SKA-SKAObsDevice"/>
diff --git a/refelt/refelt/RefAlarmHandler.py b/refelt/refelt/RefAlarmHandler.py
index 67600a49a80f49ce5e58fe6b45dbe69d877a232b..12c9062ea94bd764b980b909b400250ff204da47 100644
--- a/refelt/refelt/RefAlarmHandler.py
+++ b/refelt/refelt/RefAlarmHandler.py
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@
 #
 #
 #
-# Distributed under the terms of the GPL license.
-# See LICENSE.txt for more info.
 
 """ RefAlarmHandler
 
diff --git a/refelt/refelt/RefAlarmHandler.xmi b/refelt/refelt/RefAlarmHandler.xmi
index 4baae7beaf2a1d96da5ce46fa9976e375c36ea72..b423482c1712871531ce3b58e22df4941037be1e 100644
--- a/refelt/refelt/RefAlarmHandler.xmi
+++ b/refelt/refelt/RefAlarmHandler.xmi
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ASCII"?>
 <pogoDsl:PogoSystem xmi:version="2.0" xmlns:xmi="http://www.omg.org/XMI" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:pogoDsl="http://www.esrf.fr/tango/pogo/PogoDsl">
   <classes name="RefAlarmHandler" pogoRevision="9.6">
-    <description description="Ref (Reference Element) device of Type AlarmHandler" title="RefAlarmHandler" sourcePath="/home/tango-cs/src/levpro/refelt/refelt" language="PythonHL" filestogenerate="XMI   file,Code files, Protected Regions" license="GPL" copyright="" hasMandatoryProperty="false" hasConcreteProperty="false" hasAbstractCommand="false" hasAbstractAttribute="false">
+    <description description="Ref (Reference Element) device of Type AlarmHandler" title="RefAlarmHandler" sourcePath="/home/tango-cs/src/levpro/refelt/refelt" language="PythonHL" filestogenerate="XMI   file,Code files, Protected Regions" license="none" copyright="" hasMandatoryProperty="false" hasConcreteProperty="false" hasAbstractCommand="false" hasAbstractAttribute="false">
       <inheritances classname="Device_Impl" sourcePath=""/>
       <inheritances classname="SKAAlarmHandler" sourcePath="../../skabase/SKAAlarmHandler"/>
       <identification contact="at ska.ac.za - cam" author="cam" emailDomain="ska.ac.za" classFamily="OtherInstruments" siteSpecific="" platform="All Platforms" bus="Not Applicable" manufacturer="SKASA"/>
diff --git a/refelt/refelt/RefB.py b/refelt/refelt/RefB.py
index 83485f6707558a2ba58aa713f0e26b2f28c993c9..64fd24709b600d4579aff651605cd61f94f1ba33 100644
--- a/refelt/refelt/RefB.py
+++ b/refelt/refelt/RefB.py
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@
 #
 #
 #
-# Distributed under the terms of the GPL license.
-# See LICENSE.txt for more info.
 
 """ RefB
 
diff --git a/refelt/refelt/RefB.xmi b/refelt/refelt/RefB.xmi
index a985efa7da398e3ae3985775c26d0347d088f049..61f447d69caa0c90548747666cc7c6b23d41ec9e 100644
--- a/refelt/refelt/RefB.xmi
+++ b/refelt/refelt/RefB.xmi
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ASCII"?>
 <pogoDsl:PogoSystem xmi:version="2.0" xmlns:xmi="http://www.omg.org/XMI" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:pogoDsl="http://www.esrf.fr/tango/pogo/PogoDsl">
   <classes name="RefB" pogoRevision="9.6">
-    <description description="Ref (Reference Element) device of type B." title="RefB" sourcePath="/home/tango-cs/src/levpro/refelt/refelt" language="PythonHL" filestogenerate="XMI   file,Code files, Protected Regions" license="GPL" copyright="" hasMandatoryProperty="false" hasConcreteProperty="false" hasAbstractCommand="false" hasAbstractAttribute="false">
+    <description description="Ref (Reference Element) device of type B." title="RefB" sourcePath="/home/tango-cs/src/levpro/refelt/refelt" language="PythonHL" filestogenerate="XMI   file,Code files, Protected Regions" license="none" copyright="" hasMandatoryProperty="false" hasConcreteProperty="false" hasAbstractCommand="false" hasAbstractAttribute="false">
       <inheritances classname="Device_Impl" sourcePath=""/>
       <inheritances classname="SKABaseDevice" sourcePath="../../skabase/SKABaseDevice"/>
       <identification contact="at ska.ac.za - cam" author="cam" emailDomain="ska.ac.za" classFamily="OtherInstruments" siteSpecific="" platform="All Platforms" bus="Not Applicable" manufacturer="SKASA" reference="SKA-SKAObsDevice"/>
diff --git a/refelt/refelt/RefBchild.py b/refelt/refelt/RefBchild.py
index a9e2fcaab36cab2d50bddfc1cf8949633fce7c08..58c320f41c94f4419e8033ffce403c5c17b90b26 100644
--- a/refelt/refelt/RefBchild.py
+++ b/refelt/refelt/RefBchild.py
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@
 #
 #
 #
-# Distributed under the terms of the GPL license.
-# See LICENSE.txt for more info.
 
 """ RefBchild
 
diff --git a/refelt/refelt/RefBchild.xmi b/refelt/refelt/RefBchild.xmi
index 9007cd3f0303dc1a8375a5fcc7621e11093d0e84..3dfd7e1d7ef1d5616e91da934ebbad8a34403f02 100644
--- a/refelt/refelt/RefBchild.xmi
+++ b/refelt/refelt/RefBchild.xmi
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ASCII"?>
 <pogoDsl:PogoSystem xmi:version="2.0" xmlns:xmi="http://www.omg.org/XMI" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:pogoDsl="http://www.esrf.fr/tango/pogo/PogoDsl">
   <classes name="RefBchild" pogoRevision="9.6">
-    <description description=" Ref (Reference Element) device of type Bchild." title="RefBchild" sourcePath="/home/tango-cs/src/levpro/refelt/refelt" language="PythonHL" filestogenerate="XMI   file,Code files, Protected Regions" license="GPL" copyright="" hasMandatoryProperty="false" hasConcreteProperty="false" hasAbstractCommand="false" hasAbstractAttribute="false">
+    <description description=" Ref (Reference Element) device of type Bchild." title="RefBchild" sourcePath="/home/tango-cs/src/levpro/refelt/refelt" language="PythonHL" filestogenerate="XMI   file,Code files, Protected Regions" license="none" copyright="" hasMandatoryProperty="false" hasConcreteProperty="false" hasAbstractCommand="false" hasAbstractAttribute="false">
       <inheritances classname="Device_Impl" sourcePath=""/>
       <inheritances classname="SKABaseDevice" sourcePath="../../skabase/SKABaseDevice"/>
       <identification contact="at ska.ac.za - cam" author="cam" emailDomain="ska.ac.za" classFamily="OtherInstruments" siteSpecific="" platform="All Platforms" bus="Not Applicable" manufacturer="SKASA" reference="SKA-SKAObsDevice"/>
diff --git a/refelt/refelt/RefCapabilityA.py b/refelt/refelt/RefCapabilityA.py
index 4b4f57e8d7439c8b9f1d16b8584a80643f040aa8..2faacbb61ff4ba32c8c12dad964d55af1d9679fb 100644
--- a/refelt/refelt/RefCapabilityA.py
+++ b/refelt/refelt/RefCapabilityA.py
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@
 #
 #
 #
-# Distributed under the terms of the GPL license.
-# See LICENSE.txt for more info.
 
 """ RefCapabilityA
 
diff --git a/refelt/refelt/RefCapabilityA.xmi b/refelt/refelt/RefCapabilityA.xmi
index 3979cd392016e1641a1ca788cef33182227a3dcf..7cb16b3a3a6a262b8d828c91eeb92b2a705f05ed 100644
--- a/refelt/refelt/RefCapabilityA.xmi
+++ b/refelt/refelt/RefCapabilityA.xmi
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ASCII"?>
 <pogoDsl:PogoSystem xmi:version="2.0" xmlns:xmi="http://www.omg.org/XMI" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:pogoDsl="http://www.esrf.fr/tango/pogo/PogoDsl">
   <classes name="RefCapabilityA" pogoRevision="9.6">
-    <description description="Ref (Reference Element) device of Type Capability A" title="RefCapabilityA" sourcePath="/home/tango-cs/src/levpro/refelt/refelt" language="PythonHL" filestogenerate="XMI   file,Code files,Protected Regions" license="GPL" copyright="" hasMandatoryProperty="true" hasConcreteProperty="false" hasAbstractCommand="false" hasAbstractAttribute="false">
+    <description description="Ref (Reference Element) device of Type Capability A" title="RefCapabilityA" sourcePath="/home/tango-cs/src/levpro/refelt/refelt" language="PythonHL" filestogenerate="XMI   file,Code files,Protected Regions" license="none" copyright="" hasMandatoryProperty="true" hasConcreteProperty="false" hasAbstractCommand="false" hasAbstractAttribute="false">
       <inheritances classname="Device_Impl" sourcePath=""/>
       <inheritances classname="SKAObsDevice" sourcePath="../../skabase/SKAObsDevice"/>
       <inheritances classname="SKACapability" sourcePath="../../skabase/SKACapability"/>
diff --git a/refelt/refelt/RefMaster.py b/refelt/refelt/RefMaster.py
index 9058d9ae042323a944d17c43f07a6c342839c378..b9131c7a5d91f09cef7dc5862c89e0b1925dee68 100644
--- a/refelt/refelt/RefMaster.py
+++ b/refelt/refelt/RefMaster.py
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@
 #
 #
 #
-# Distributed under the terms of the GPL license.
-# See LICENSE.txt for more info.
 
 """ RefMaster
 
diff --git a/refelt/refelt/RefMaster.xmi b/refelt/refelt/RefMaster.xmi
index 85a00962c4d7c39c9d6d8b7c97c7fc4077f3f407..aab27845889e3cf9d6dda314e549f72fbe835088 100644
--- a/refelt/refelt/RefMaster.xmi
+++ b/refelt/refelt/RefMaster.xmi
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ASCII"?>
 <pogoDsl:PogoSystem xmi:version="2.0" xmlns:xmi="http://www.omg.org/XMI" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:pogoDsl="http://www.esrf.fr/tango/pogo/PogoDsl">
   <classes name="RefMaster" pogoRevision="9.6">
-    <description description="Ref (Reference Element) device of Type Master" title="RefMaster" sourcePath="/home/tango-cs/src/levpro/refelt/refelt" language="PythonHL" filestogenerate="XMI   file,Code files, Protected Regions" license="GPL" copyright="" hasMandatoryProperty="false" hasConcreteProperty="false" hasAbstractCommand="false" hasAbstractAttribute="false">
+    <description description="Ref (Reference Element) device of Type Master" title="RefMaster" sourcePath="/home/tango-cs/src/levpro/refelt/refelt" language="PythonHL" filestogenerate="XMI   file,Code files, Protected Regions" license="none" copyright="" hasMandatoryProperty="false" hasConcreteProperty="false" hasAbstractCommand="false" hasAbstractAttribute="false">
       <inheritances classname="Device_Impl" sourcePath=""/>
       <inheritances classname="SKAMaster" sourcePath="../../skabase/SKAMaster"/>
       <identification contact="at ska.ac.za - cam" author="cam" emailDomain="ska.ac.za" classFamily="OtherInstruments" siteSpecific="" platform="All Platforms" bus="Not Applicable" manufacturer="SKASA" reference="SKA-SKAObsDevice"/>
diff --git a/refelt/refelt/RefSubarray.py b/refelt/refelt/RefSubarray.py
index a8f8a79f77ef771ce657fd386e4d1ce25b23f78e..8ba213e9feb021335c9f1dd99c32433ee9ff8a3c 100644
--- a/refelt/refelt/RefSubarray.py
+++ b/refelt/refelt/RefSubarray.py
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@
 #
 #
 #
-# Distributed under the terms of the GPL license.
-# See LICENSE.txt for more info.
 
 """ RefSubarray
 
diff --git a/refelt/refelt/RefSubarray.xmi b/refelt/refelt/RefSubarray.xmi
index 72d9f9b43d7544a53462e8f1010d3e4caf585846..5f64d6b2594348944d24794b87a9a8853c323576 100644
--- a/refelt/refelt/RefSubarray.xmi
+++ b/refelt/refelt/RefSubarray.xmi
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ASCII"?>
 <pogoDsl:PogoSystem xmi:version="2.0" xmlns:xmi="http://www.omg.org/XMI" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:pogoDsl="http://www.esrf.fr/tango/pogo/PogoDsl">
   <classes name="RefSubarray" pogoRevision="9.6">
-    <description description="Ref (Reference Element) device of Type Subarray" title="RefSubarray" sourcePath="/home/tango-cs/src/levpro/refelt/refelt" language="PythonHL" filestogenerate="XMI   file,Code files, Protected Regions" license="GPL" copyright="" hasMandatoryProperty="false" hasConcreteProperty="false" hasAbstractCommand="false" hasAbstractAttribute="false">
+    <description description="Ref (Reference Element) device of Type Subarray" title="RefSubarray" sourcePath="/home/tango-cs/src/levpro/refelt/refelt" language="PythonHL" filestogenerate="XMI   file,Code files, Protected Regions" license="none" copyright="" hasMandatoryProperty="false" hasConcreteProperty="false" hasAbstractCommand="false" hasAbstractAttribute="false">
       <inheritances classname="Device_Impl" sourcePath=""/>
       <inheritances classname="SKASubarray" sourcePath="../../skabase/SKASubarray"/>
       <identification contact="at ska.ac.za - cam" author="cam" emailDomain="ska.ac.za" classFamily="OtherInstruments" siteSpecific="" platform="All Platforms" bus="Not Applicable" manufacturer="SKASA" reference="SKA-SKAObsDevice"/>
diff --git a/refelt/refelt/RefTelState.py b/refelt/refelt/RefTelState.py
index 68f782f5d6f55d2a07456dcd284c2d4e7bf9beb0..b825c3f211b37c454d18dd1cb40eb6e981619a59 100644
--- a/refelt/refelt/RefTelState.py
+++ b/refelt/refelt/RefTelState.py
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@
 #
 #
 #
-# Distributed under the terms of the GPL license.
-# See LICENSE.txt for more info.
 
 """ RefTelState
 
diff --git a/refelt/refelt/RefTelState.xmi b/refelt/refelt/RefTelState.xmi
index 252bfa6ca612acc8f10d95fd870c2bec6466bbb1..744fc919bc06c2beba153a8994eb1c3c2c376456 100644
--- a/refelt/refelt/RefTelState.xmi
+++ b/refelt/refelt/RefTelState.xmi
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ASCII"?>
 <pogoDsl:PogoSystem xmi:version="2.0" xmlns:xmi="http://www.omg.org/XMI" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:pogoDsl="http://www.esrf.fr/tango/pogo/PogoDsl">
   <classes name="RefTelState" pogoRevision="9.6">
-    <description description="Ref (Reference Element) device of Type TelState" title="RefTelState" sourcePath="/home/tango-cs/src/levpro/refelt/refelt" language="PythonHL" filestogenerate="XMI   file,Code files, Protected Regions" license="GPL" copyright="" hasMandatoryProperty="false" hasConcreteProperty="false" hasAbstractCommand="false" hasAbstractAttribute="false">
+    <description description="Ref (Reference Element) device of Type TelState" title="RefTelState" sourcePath="/home/tango-cs/src/levpro/refelt/refelt" language="PythonHL" filestogenerate="XMI   file,Code files, Protected Regions" license="none" copyright="" hasMandatoryProperty="false" hasConcreteProperty="false" hasAbstractCommand="false" hasAbstractAttribute="false">
       <inheritances classname="Device_Impl" sourcePath=""/>
       <inheritances classname="SKATelState" sourcePath="../../skabase/SKATelState"/>
       <identification contact="at ska.ac.za - cam" author="cam" emailDomain="ska.ac.za" classFamily="OtherInstruments" siteSpecific="" platform="All Platforms" bus="Not Applicable" manufacturer="SKASA"/>
diff --git a/refelt/refelt/Server.py b/refelt/refelt/Server.py
index 7945c7ef4f251c8d0dc0a7c515041e1b650cc4e6..3665b993c84ae8ad74bfcf80cf5886a8786577b1 100644
--- a/refelt/refelt/Server.py
+++ b/refelt/refelt/Server.py
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@
 #
 #
 #
-# Distributed under the terms of the GPL license.
-# See LICENSE.txt for more info.
 
 """ Server
 
diff --git a/refelt/refelt/Server.xmi b/refelt/refelt/Server.xmi
index 4c7eab7d04e6726dd00279e3799f2922f7d077f3..967155f788c67730d5dc8660fb9532cdcd0c3312 100644
--- a/refelt/refelt/Server.xmi
+++ b/refelt/refelt/Server.xmi
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ASCII"?>
 <pogoDsl:PogoSystem xmi:version="2.0" xmlns:xmi="http://www.omg.org/XMI" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:pogoDsl="http://www.esrf.fr/tango/pogo/PogoDsl">
   <classes name="Server" pogoRevision="9.6">
-    <description description="Ref (Reference Elt) Server device" title="Server" sourcePath="/home/tango-cs/src/levpro/refelt/refelt" language="PythonHL" filestogenerate="XMI   file,Code files" license="GPL" copyright="" hasMandatoryProperty="false" hasConcreteProperty="false" hasAbstractCommand="false" hasAbstractAttribute="false">
+    <description description="Ref (Reference Elt) Server device" title="Server" sourcePath="/home/tango-cs/src/levpro/refelt/refelt" language="PythonHL" filestogenerate="XMI   file,Code files" license="none" copyright="" hasMandatoryProperty="false" hasConcreteProperty="false" hasAbstractCommand="false" hasAbstractAttribute="false">
       <inheritances classname="Device_Impl" sourcePath=""/>
       <inheritances classname="SKABaseDevice" sourcePath="../../skabase/SKABaseDevice"/>
       <identification contact="at ska.ac.za - cam" author="cam" emailDomain="ska.ac.za" classFamily="OtherInstruments" siteSpecific="" platform="All Platforms" bus="Not Applicable" manufacturer="SKASA" reference="SKA-SKAObsDevice"/>
diff --git a/refelt/refelt/Switch.py b/refelt/refelt/Switch.py
index 2fb462231fa3a4637e28d439639e8752c6086e57..61a23c8f4005d0fa9146871c4340d8cd093e2e91 100644
--- a/refelt/refelt/Switch.py
+++ b/refelt/refelt/Switch.py
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@
 #
 #
 #
-# Distributed under the terms of the GPL license.
-# See LICENSE.txt for more info.
 
 """ Switch
 
diff --git a/refelt/refelt/Switch.xmi b/refelt/refelt/Switch.xmi
index 12d1be3ae5d49d878693ae702958c27f135baee6..181555f48d94e05e4a7a604840c520eecca3eac8 100644
--- a/refelt/refelt/Switch.xmi
+++ b/refelt/refelt/Switch.xmi
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ASCII"?>
 <pogoDsl:PogoSystem xmi:version="2.0" xmlns:xmi="http://www.omg.org/XMI" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:pogoDsl="http://www.esrf.fr/tango/pogo/PogoDsl">
   <classes name="Switch" pogoRevision="9.6">
-    <description description="Ref (Reference Elt) Swtich device" title="Switch" sourcePath="/home/tango-cs/src/levpro/refelt/refelt" language="PythonHL" filestogenerate="XMI   file,Code files" license="GPL" copyright="" hasMandatoryProperty="false" hasConcreteProperty="false" hasAbstractCommand="false" hasAbstractAttribute="false">
+    <description description="Ref (Reference Elt) Swtich device" title="Switch" sourcePath="/home/tango-cs/src/levpro/refelt/refelt" language="PythonHL" filestogenerate="XMI   file,Code files" license="none" copyright="" hasMandatoryProperty="false" hasConcreteProperty="false" hasAbstractCommand="false" hasAbstractAttribute="false">
       <inheritances classname="Device_Impl" sourcePath=""/>
       <inheritances classname="SKABaseDevice" sourcePath="../../skabase/SKABaseDevice"/>
       <identification contact="at ska.ac.za - cam" author="cam" emailDomain="ska.ac.za" classFamily="OtherInstruments" siteSpecific="" platform="All Platforms" bus="Not Applicable" manufacturer="SKASA" reference="SKA-SKAObsDevice"/>
diff --git a/refelt/release.py b/refelt/release.py
index f4b92843362887ea52672f3034cf19079caa7f62..cd955f36f8af3b72bbfb2de58ea7bdedb5d8286a 100644
--- a/refelt/release.py
+++ b/refelt/release.py
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@
 #
 #
 #
-# Distributed under the terms of the GPL license.
-# See LICENSE.txt for more info.
 
 """Release information for Python Package"""
 
@@ -15,6 +13,6 @@ version_info = version.split(".")
 description = """An SKA Reference Element"""
 author = "cam"
 author_email = "cam at ska.ac.za"
-license = """GPL"""
+license = """BSD-3-Clause"""
 url = """www.tango-controls.org"""
 copyright = """"""
diff --git a/refelt/setup.py b/refelt/setup.py
index 643c5d52fe4a091ed95cdb7c8b33daab4be030ec..82ba570dc8d70163e04dbbd02ce13428b9ea22dd 100644
--- a/refelt/setup.py
+++ b/refelt/setup.py
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@
 #
 #
 #
-# Distributed under the terms of the GPL license.
-# See LICENSE.txt for more info.
 
 import os
 import sys
diff --git a/sandbox/BAC/SKAMaster.xmi.BAC b/sandbox/BAC/SKAMaster.xmi.BAC
deleted file mode 100644
index 509b7973903ae68e2bdf89ecbbc218b752596339..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/sandbox/BAC/SKAMaster.xmi.BAC
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ASCII"?>
-<pogoDsl:PogoSystem xmi:version="2.0" xmlns:xmi="http://www.omg.org/XMI" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:pogoDsl="http://www.esrf.fr/tango/pogo/PogoDsl">
-  <classes name="SKAMaster" pogoRevision="9.1">
-    <description description="A master test" title="" sourcePath="/Users/lvdheever/link-devl5/lmc-lab/eltbase/eltbase/servers/abstract" language="Python" filestogenerate="XMI   file,Code files,Protected Regions" license="GPL" hasMandatoryProperty="true" hasConcreteProperty="false" hasAbstractCommand="false" hasAbstractAttribute="false">
-      <inheritances classname="Device_Impl" sourcePath=""/>
-      <inheritances classname="SKAObsDevice" sourcePath=""/>
-      <identification contact="at ska.ac.za - cam" author="cam" emailDomain="ska.ac.za" classFamily="SkaCore" siteSpecific="" platform="All Platforms" bus="Not Applicable" manufacturer="none" reference=""/>
-    </description>
-    <deviceProperties name="ElementLoggerAddress" description="FQDN of the Element Logger DS">
-      <type xsi:type="pogoDsl:StringType"/>
-      <status abstract="false" inherited="false" concrete="true"/>
-    </deviceProperties>
-    <deviceProperties name="ElementAlarmsAddress" description="FQDN of the Element AlarmHandler DS">
-      <type xsi:type="pogoDsl:StringType"/>
-      <status abstract="false" inherited="false" concrete="true"/>
-    </deviceProperties>
-    <deviceProperties name="ElementTelStateAddress" description="FQDN of the Element TelState DS">
-      <type xsi:type="pogoDsl:StringType"/>
-      <status abstract="false" inherited="false" concrete="true"/>
-    </deviceProperties>
-    <deviceProperties name="ElementDatabaseAddress" description="FQDN of the Element Database DS">
-      <type xsi:type="pogoDsl:StringType"/>
-      <status abstract="false" inherited="false" concrete="true"/>
-    </deviceProperties>
-    <deviceProperties name="NrSubarrays" description="Nr of subarrays for this Element">
-      <type xsi:type="pogoDsl:ShortType"/>
-      <status abstract="false" inherited="false" concrete="true"/>
-    </deviceProperties>
-  </classes>
-</pogoDsl:PogoSystem>
diff --git a/sandbox/BAC/SKAMasterMulti1.xmi.BAC b/sandbox/BAC/SKAMasterMulti1.xmi.BAC
deleted file mode 100644
index 6ff03d47112bf65ce25825b1e476c7b404db7531..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/sandbox/BAC/SKAMasterMulti1.xmi.BAC
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
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-  <classes name="SKAMaster" pogoRevision="9.1">
-    <description description="A master test" title="" sourcePath="/Users/lvdheever/link-devl5/lmc-lab/eltbase/eltbase/servers/abstract" language="Python" filestogenerate="XMI   file,Code files,Protected Regions" license="GPL" hasMandatoryProperty="true" hasConcreteProperty="false" hasAbstractCommand="false" hasAbstractAttribute="false">
-      <inheritances classname="Device_Impl" sourcePath=""/>
-      <inheritances classname="SKAObsDevice" sourcePath=""/>
-      <inheritances classname="SKAGroup" sourcePath=""/>
-      <identification contact="at ska.ac.za - cam" author="cam" emailDomain="ska.ac.za" classFamily="SkaCore" siteSpecific="" platform="All Platforms" bus="Not Applicable" manufacturer="none" reference=""/>
-    </description>
-  </classes>
-</pogoDsl:PogoSystem>
diff --git a/sandbox/BAC/SKAMasterMulti2.xmi.BAC b/sandbox/BAC/SKAMasterMulti2.xmi.BAC
deleted file mode 100644
index 0ad8f8a9bb759d0099123328f4591f820971cde6..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/sandbox/BAC/SKAMasterMulti2.xmi.BAC
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ASCII"?>
-<!ENTITY SKAGroup_api SYSTEM "SKAGroup_api.xml">
-<pogoDsl:PogoSystem xmi:version="2.0" xmlns:xmi="http://www.omg.org/XMI" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:pogoDsl="http://www.esrf.fr/tango/pogo/PogoDsl">
-  <classes name="SKAMaster" pogoRevision="9.1">
-    <description description="A master test" title="" sourcePath="/Users/lvdheever/link-devl5/lmc-lab/eltbase/eltbase/servers/abstract" language="Python" filestogenerate="XMI   file,Code files,Protected Regions" license="GPL" hasMandatoryProperty="true" hasConcreteProperty="false" hasAbstractCommand="false" hasAbstractAttribute="false">
-      <inheritances classname="Device_Impl" sourcePath=""/>
-      <inheritances classname="SKAObsDevice" sourcePath=""/>
-      <identification contact="at ska.ac.za - cam" author="cam" emailDomain="ska.ac.za" classFamily="SkaCore" siteSpecific="" platform="All Platforms" bus="Not Applicable" manufacturer="none" reference=""/>
-    </description>
-    <!-- &SKAGroup_api; -->
-</pogoDsl:PogoSystem>
diff --git a/sandbox/xmi_files/ChildX1.xmi b/sandbox/xmi_files/ChildX1.xmi
index 1d00aefc02e7ee42c1d8bf4e201ed4d68d867075..4e66752730441f7752404b43e19291f05adfba27 100644
--- a/sandbox/xmi_files/ChildX1.xmi
+++ b/sandbox/xmi_files/ChildX1.xmi
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ASCII"?>
 <pogoDsl:PogoSystem xmi:version="2.0" xmlns:xmi="http://www.omg.org/XMI" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:pogoDsl="http://www.esrf.fr/tango/pogo/PogoDsl">
   <classes name="ChildX1" pogoRevision="9.1">
-    <description description="" title="" sourcePath="/home/kmadisa/Desktop" language="Python" filestogenerate="XMI   file,Code files,Protected Regions" license="GPL" copyright="" hasMandatoryProperty="false" hasConcreteProperty="true" hasAbstractCommand="false" hasAbstractAttribute="false">
+    <description description="" title="" sourcePath="/home/kmadisa/Desktop" language="Python" filestogenerate="XMI   file,Code files,Protected Regions" license="none" copyright="" hasMandatoryProperty="false" hasConcreteProperty="true" hasAbstractCommand="false" hasAbstractAttribute="false">
       <inheritances classname="Device_Impl" sourcePath=""/>
       <inheritances classname="ParentX" sourcePath="./"/>
       <identification contact="at ska.ac.za - kmadisa" author="kmadisa" emailDomain="ska.ac.za" classFamily="Simulators" siteSpecific="" platform="All Platforms" bus="Ethernet" manufacturer="none" reference=""/>
diff --git a/sandbox/xmi_files/ChildX2.xmi b/sandbox/xmi_files/ChildX2.xmi
index 3ceac968ab8a3792ecd13c4117221af8691cb03b..9dd93cb81e006f81a5fd8c07ac7df809352d0dfb 100644
--- a/sandbox/xmi_files/ChildX2.xmi
+++ b/sandbox/xmi_files/ChildX2.xmi
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ASCII"?>
 <pogoDsl:PogoSystem xmi:version="2.0" xmlns:xmi="http://www.omg.org/XMI" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:pogoDsl="http://www.esrf.fr/tango/pogo/PogoDsl">
   <classes name="ChildX2" pogoRevision="9.1">
-    <description description="" title="" sourcePath="/home/kmadisa/Desktop" language="Python" filestogenerate="XMI   file,Code files,Protected Regions" license="GPL" copyright="" hasMandatoryProperty="false" hasConcreteProperty="true" hasAbstractCommand="false" hasAbstractAttribute="false">
+    <description description="" title="" sourcePath="/home/kmadisa/Desktop" language="Python" filestogenerate="XMI   file,Code files,Protected Regions" license="none" copyright="" hasMandatoryProperty="false" hasConcreteProperty="true" hasAbstractCommand="false" hasAbstractAttribute="false">
       <inheritances classname="Device_Impl" sourcePath=""/>
       <inheritances classname="ParentX" sourcePath="./"/>
       <identification contact="at ska.ac.za - kmadisa" author="kmadisa" emailDomain="ska.ac.za" classFamily="Simulators" siteSpecific="" platform="All Platforms" bus="Ethernet" manufacturer="none" reference=""/>
diff --git a/sandbox/xmi_files/GrandchildX1.xmi b/sandbox/xmi_files/GrandchildX1.xmi
index e84e4065191c6c02c7d3eed206a97877ff95dd5d..93c4aea144e638f9b3ebae9825fac13c42c55f8c 100644
--- a/sandbox/xmi_files/GrandchildX1.xmi
+++ b/sandbox/xmi_files/GrandchildX1.xmi
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ASCII"?>
 <pogoDsl:PogoSystem xmi:version="2.0" xmlns:xmi="http://www.omg.org/XMI" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:pogoDsl="http://www.esrf.fr/tango/pogo/PogoDsl">
   <classes name="GrandchildX1" pogoRevision="9.2">
-    <description description="" title="" sourcePath="/home/kmadisa/Desktop" language="Python" filestogenerate="XMI   file,Code files,Protected Regions" license="GPL" copyright="" hasMandatoryProperty="false" hasConcreteProperty="false" hasAbstractCommand="false" hasAbstractAttribute="false">
+    <description description="" title="" sourcePath="/home/kmadisa/Desktop" language="Python" filestogenerate="XMI   file,Code files,Protected Regions" license="none" copyright="" hasMandatoryProperty="false" hasConcreteProperty="false" hasAbstractCommand="false" hasAbstractAttribute="false">
       <inheritances classname="Device_Impl" sourcePath=""/>
       <inheritances classname="ParentX" sourcePath="./."/>
       <inheritances classname="ChildX1" sourcePath="./."/>
diff --git a/sandbox/xmi_files/ParentX.xmi b/sandbox/xmi_files/ParentX.xmi
index c505eea72372068fc179988f34e8196cc8b9c81c..e36ed048431e23569edda4c3862246e1b2064305 100644
--- a/sandbox/xmi_files/ParentX.xmi
+++ b/sandbox/xmi_files/ParentX.xmi
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ASCII"?>
 <pogoDsl:PogoSystem xmi:version="2.0" xmlns:xmi="http://www.omg.org/XMI" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:pogoDsl="http://www.esrf.fr/tango/pogo/PogoDsl">
   <classes name="ParentX" pogoRevision="9.2">
-    <description description="" title="Inheritance residue" sourcePath="/home/kmadisa/Desktop" language="Python" filestogenerate="XMI   file,Code files,Protected Regions" license="GPL" copyright="" hasMandatoryProperty="false" hasConcreteProperty="true" hasAbstractCommand="false" hasAbstractAttribute="false">
+    <description description="" title="Inheritance residue" sourcePath="/home/kmadisa/Desktop" language="Python" filestogenerate="XMI   file,Code files,Protected Regions" license="none" copyright="" hasMandatoryProperty="false" hasConcreteProperty="true" hasAbstractCommand="false" hasAbstractAttribute="false">
       <inheritances classname="Device_Impl" sourcePath=""/>
       <identification contact="at ska.ac.za - kmadisa" author="kmadisa" emailDomain="ska.ac.za" classFamily="Simulators" siteSpecific="" platform="All Platforms" bus="Ethernet" manufacturer="none" reference=""/>
     </description>
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 78556a3f3b5c99d5da0c23179b8a44c0ae35c2d3..3ae3035ed907efa0f48172fa64675753fdeac787 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,12 +1,4 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
-###############################################################################
-# SKA South Africa (http://ska.ac.za/)                                        #
-# Author: cam@ska.ac.za                                                       #
-# Copyright @ 2013 SKA SA. All rights reserved.                               #
-#                                                                             #
-# THIS SOFTWARE MAY NOT BE COPIED OR DISTRIBUTED IN ANY FORM WITHOUT THE      #
-# WRITTEN PERMISSION OF SKA SA.                                               #
-###############################################################################
 
 import sys
 
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deleted file mode 100644
index 1f963da0d1ca40ea60730c03befcbbc6771740c3..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/skabase/SKAAlarmHandler/LICENSE.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,340 +0,0 @@
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diff --git a/skabase/SKAAlarmHandler/SKAAlarmHandler.xmi b/skabase/SKAAlarmHandler/SKAAlarmHandler.xmi
index aca6187517d4e39a6d70cc87efe9bb8c0a5fba73..e255008185ac1ac3e8d3a8be63a67b217915929b 100644
--- a/skabase/SKAAlarmHandler/SKAAlarmHandler.xmi
+++ b/skabase/SKAAlarmHandler/SKAAlarmHandler.xmi
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ASCII"?>
 <pogoDsl:PogoSystem xmi:version="2.0" xmlns:xmi="http://www.omg.org/XMI" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:pogoDsl="http://www.esrf.fr/tango/pogo/PogoDsl">
   <classes name="SKAAlarmHandler" pogoRevision="9.6">
-    <description description="A generic base device for Alarms for SKA." title="SKAAlarmHandler" sourcePath="/home/pogo/src/levpro/skabase/SKAAlarmHandler" language="PythonHL" filestogenerate="XMI   file,Code files,Python Package,Protected Regions" license="GPL" copyright="" hasMandatoryProperty="false" hasConcreteProperty="true" hasAbstractCommand="false" hasAbstractAttribute="false">
+    <description description="A generic base device for Alarms for SKA." title="SKAAlarmHandler" sourcePath="/home/pogo/src/levpro/skabase/SKAAlarmHandler" language="PythonHL" filestogenerate="XMI   file,Code files,Python Package,Protected Regions" license="none" copyright="" hasMandatoryProperty="false" hasConcreteProperty="true" hasAbstractCommand="false" hasAbstractAttribute="false">
       <inheritances classname="Device_Impl" sourcePath=""/>
       <inheritances classname="SKABaseDevice" sourcePath="../SKABaseDevice"/>
       <identification contact="at ska.ac.za - cam" author="cam" emailDomain="ska.ac.za" classFamily="OtherInstruments" siteSpecific="" platform="All Platforms" bus="Not Applicable" manufacturer="SKASA" reference="SKA-SKAAlarmHandler"/>
diff --git a/skabase/SKAAlarmHandler/SKAAlarmHandler/SKAAlarmHandler.py b/skabase/SKAAlarmHandler/SKAAlarmHandler/SKAAlarmHandler.py
index 8adf245d02211dfc9947badfe36e935563200d84..cac9bb4f1b86089913a340f9f99558ea84438fbb 100644
--- a/skabase/SKAAlarmHandler/SKAAlarmHandler/SKAAlarmHandler.py
+++ b/skabase/SKAAlarmHandler/SKAAlarmHandler/SKAAlarmHandler.py
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@
 #
 #
 #
-# Distributed under the terms of the GPL license.
-# See LICENSE.txt for more info.
 
 """ SKAAlarmHandler
 
diff --git a/skabase/SKAAlarmHandler/SKAAlarmHandler/__init__.py b/skabase/SKAAlarmHandler/SKAAlarmHandler/__init__.py
index 3b4a4dac854c2808c56a095514b47443196172eb..75f56bca94444aa9b049e53f9939f5f4a925eef2 100644
--- a/skabase/SKAAlarmHandler/SKAAlarmHandler/__init__.py
+++ b/skabase/SKAAlarmHandler/SKAAlarmHandler/__init__.py
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@
 #
 #
 #
-# Distributed under the terms of the GPL license.
-# See LICENSE.txt for more info.
 
 """SKAAlarmHandler
 
diff --git a/skabase/SKAAlarmHandler/SKAAlarmHandler/__main__.py b/skabase/SKAAlarmHandler/SKAAlarmHandler/__main__.py
index 2b0c287f2390166667ec0c3be01b923f4de3cd91..e1e9d2a34d957bade23f87ebeb5411facfff0989 100644
--- a/skabase/SKAAlarmHandler/SKAAlarmHandler/__main__.py
+++ b/skabase/SKAAlarmHandler/SKAAlarmHandler/__main__.py
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@
 #
 #
 #
-# Distributed under the terms of the GPL license.
-# See LICENSE.txt for more info.
 
 from SKAAlarmHandler import main
 main()
diff --git a/skabase/SKAAlarmHandler/SKAAlarmHandler/release.py b/skabase/SKAAlarmHandler/SKAAlarmHandler/release.py
index 2293b39ff97028f11c5e5326a3911b63576cbb64..b4c262ceea6975065924bbc723f585c37997ea7a 100644
--- a/skabase/SKAAlarmHandler/SKAAlarmHandler/release.py
+++ b/skabase/SKAAlarmHandler/SKAAlarmHandler/release.py
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@
 #
 #
 #
-# Distributed under the terms of the GPL license.
-# See LICENSE.txt for more info.
 
 """Release information for Python Package"""
 
@@ -15,6 +13,6 @@ version_info = version.split(".")
 description = """A generic base device for Alarms for SKA."""
 author = "cam"
 author_email = "cam at ska.ac.za"
-license = """GPL"""
+license = """BSD-3-Clause"""
 url = """www.tango-controls.org"""
 copyright = """"""
diff --git a/skabase/SKAAlarmHandler/__init__.py b/skabase/SKAAlarmHandler/__init__.py
index 4ccd0e9cc9bccc5dd3cc2aeb53adc6296dc9d628..c9ee01f363065c69818132d0783d01b8e708648c 100644
--- a/skabase/SKAAlarmHandler/__init__.py
+++ b/skabase/SKAAlarmHandler/__init__.py
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@
 #
 #
 #
-# Distributed under the terms of the GPL license.
-# See LICENSE.txt for more info.
 
 """SKABASE
 
diff --git a/skabase/SKAAlarmHandler/__main__.py b/skabase/SKAAlarmHandler/__main__.py
index eb09d39d7c735624e4aa2fc426d8b107b9d4ea84..b4f4b1511fd66060c11a8cd6a71a9d259881575c 100644
--- a/skabase/SKAAlarmHandler/__main__.py
+++ b/skabase/SKAAlarmHandler/__main__.py
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@
 #
 #
 #
-# Distributed under the terms of the GPL license.
-# See LICENSE.txt for more info.
 
 from SKAAlarmHandler import main
 main()
diff --git a/skabase/SKAAlarmHandler/release.py b/skabase/SKAAlarmHandler/release.py
index 4687daf1cf744b08be049bfe7b2635ce85a8b0ba..fccfedc2f617bdb3c9fd7ff9c22c91267fba95c6 100644
--- a/skabase/SKAAlarmHandler/release.py
+++ b/skabase/SKAAlarmHandler/release.py
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@
 #
 #
 #
-# Distributed under the terms of the GPL license.
-# See LICENSE.txt for more info.
 
 """Release information for Python Package"""
 
@@ -15,6 +13,6 @@ version_info = version.split(".")
 description = """A generic base device for SKA."""
 author = "cam"
 author_email = "cam at ska.ac.za"
-license = """GPL"""
+license = """BSD-3-Clause"""
 url = """www.tango-controls.org"""
 copyright = """"""
diff --git a/skabase/SKAAlarmHandler/setup.py b/skabase/SKAAlarmHandler/setup.py
index c900a4e9a055e0dbb5a2cf1c95a484ecbf96c192..4fb278ceb4eec57f59b8923838f82d482b3d0f2b 100644
--- a/skabase/SKAAlarmHandler/setup.py
+++ b/skabase/SKAAlarmHandler/setup.py
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@
 #
 #
 #
-# Distributed under the terms of the GPL license.
-# See LICENSE.txt for more info.
 
 import os
 import sys
@@ -35,7 +33,7 @@ setup(name=name,
       entry_points={'console_scripts':['SKAAlarmHandler = SKAAlarmHandler:main']},
       author='cam',
       author_email='cam at ska.ac.za',
-      license='GPL',
+      license='BSD-3-Clause',
       long_description=long_description,
       url='www.tango-controls.org',
       platforms="All Platforms"
diff --git a/skabase/SKAAlarmHandler/test/SKAAlarmHandler_test.py b/skabase/SKAAlarmHandler/test/SKAAlarmHandler_test.py
index 9e21cbced9c2bb1a01cb7af5a46628745adaedd3..8b483c42b6ec09a28846dd1efa127892b509003e 100644
--- a/skabase/SKAAlarmHandler/test/SKAAlarmHandler_test.py
+++ b/skabase/SKAAlarmHandler/test/SKAAlarmHandler_test.py
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@
 #
 #
 #
-# Distributed under the terms of the GPL license.
-# See LICENSE.txt for more info.
 #########################################################################################
 """Contain the tests for the SKAAlarmHandler."""
 
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deleted file mode 100644
index 1f963da0d1ca40ea60730c03befcbbc6771740c3..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/skabase/SKABaseDevice/LICENSE.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,340 +0,0 @@
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diff --git a/skabase/SKABaseDevice/SKABaseDevice.xmi b/skabase/SKABaseDevice/SKABaseDevice.xmi
index 130216d0d1ede5e8dfa55bff10e099c476296c0a..85e68d5b379c923665c813a0d6bfd1c1dd813ed2 100644
--- a/skabase/SKABaseDevice/SKABaseDevice.xmi
+++ b/skabase/SKABaseDevice/SKABaseDevice.xmi
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ASCII"?>
 <pogoDsl:PogoSystem xmi:version="2.0" xmlns:xmi="http://www.omg.org/XMI" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:pogoDsl="http://www.esrf.fr/tango/pogo/PogoDsl">
   <classes name="SKABaseDevice" pogoRevision="9.6">
-    <description description="A generic base device for SKA." title="SKABASE" sourcePath="/home/pogo/src/levpro/skabase/SKABaseDevice" language="PythonHL" filestogenerate="XMI   file,Code files,Python Package,Protected Regions" license="GPL" copyright="" hasMandatoryProperty="false" hasConcreteProperty="true" hasAbstractCommand="false" hasAbstractAttribute="false">
+    <description description="A generic base device for SKA." title="SKABASE" sourcePath="/home/pogo/src/levpro/skabase/SKABaseDevice" language="PythonHL" filestogenerate="XMI   file,Code files,Python Package,Protected Regions" license="none" copyright="" hasMandatoryProperty="false" hasConcreteProperty="true" hasAbstractCommand="false" hasAbstractAttribute="false">
       <inheritances classname="Device_Impl" sourcePath=""/>
       <identification contact="at ska.ac.za - cam" author="cam" emailDomain="ska.ac.za" classFamily="OtherInstruments" siteSpecific="" platform="All Platforms" bus="Not Applicable" manufacturer="SKASA" reference="SKA-SKABaseDevice"/>
     </description>
diff --git a/skabase/SKABaseDevice/SKABaseDevice/SKABaseDevice.py b/skabase/SKABaseDevice/SKABaseDevice/SKABaseDevice.py
index fccbac63969c9eb5c499b275a07fcc58bf2f91f4..8bd6f3ce9bbf23252a453160a1066504ae485592 100644
--- a/skabase/SKABaseDevice/SKABaseDevice/SKABaseDevice.py
+++ b/skabase/SKABaseDevice/SKABaseDevice/SKABaseDevice.py
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@
 #
 #
 #
-# Distributed under the terms of the GPL license.
-# See LICENSE.txt for more info.
 
 """ SKABASE
 
diff --git a/skabase/SKABaseDevice/SKABaseDevice/__init__.py b/skabase/SKABaseDevice/SKABaseDevice/__init__.py
index 8a6f2a1fa0845b90eca4c06a3a8427c161c530cd..ce309149c9e4290abb778217410cea7453e99728 100644
--- a/skabase/SKABaseDevice/SKABaseDevice/__init__.py
+++ b/skabase/SKABaseDevice/SKABaseDevice/__init__.py
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@
 #
 #
 #
-# Distributed under the terms of the GPL license.
-# See LICENSE.txt for more info.
 
 """SKABASE
 
diff --git a/skabase/SKABaseDevice/SKABaseDevice/__main__.py b/skabase/SKABaseDevice/SKABaseDevice/__main__.py
index 13c38458a919d3991d536f3d45580b0be87cb573..331afb40f70ffe4a8c87ad73e2440c48d009c58a 100644
--- a/skabase/SKABaseDevice/SKABaseDevice/__main__.py
+++ b/skabase/SKABaseDevice/SKABaseDevice/__main__.py
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@
 #
 #
 #
-# Distributed under the terms of the GPL license.
-# See LICENSE.txt for more info.
 
 from SKABaseDevice import main
 main()
diff --git a/skabase/SKABaseDevice/SKABaseDevice/release.py b/skabase/SKABaseDevice/SKABaseDevice/release.py
index 98a02fa4f8f5846d9bcb59ef0bb01550ad7fcdb4..e126d562b9f40674532b3a2d6ac497885cdd6be7 100644
--- a/skabase/SKABaseDevice/SKABaseDevice/release.py
+++ b/skabase/SKABaseDevice/SKABaseDevice/release.py
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@
 #
 #
 #
-# Distributed under the terms of the GPL license.
-# See LICENSE.txt for more info.
 
 """Release information for Python Package"""
 
@@ -15,6 +13,6 @@ version_info = version.split(".")
 description = """A generic base device for SKA."""
 author = "cam"
 author_email = "cam at ska.ac.za"
-license = """GPL"""
+license = """BSD-3-Clause"""
 url = """www.tango-controls.org"""
 copyright = """"""
diff --git a/skabase/SKABaseDevice/__init__.py b/skabase/SKABaseDevice/__init__.py
index 8a6f2a1fa0845b90eca4c06a3a8427c161c530cd..ce309149c9e4290abb778217410cea7453e99728 100644
--- a/skabase/SKABaseDevice/__init__.py
+++ b/skabase/SKABaseDevice/__init__.py
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@
 #
 #
 #
-# Distributed under the terms of the GPL license.
-# See LICENSE.txt for more info.
 
 """SKABASE
 
diff --git a/skabase/SKABaseDevice/__main__.py b/skabase/SKABaseDevice/__main__.py
index 13c38458a919d3991d536f3d45580b0be87cb573..331afb40f70ffe4a8c87ad73e2440c48d009c58a 100644
--- a/skabase/SKABaseDevice/__main__.py
+++ b/skabase/SKABaseDevice/__main__.py
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@
 #
 #
 #
-# Distributed under the terms of the GPL license.
-# See LICENSE.txt for more info.
 
 from SKABaseDevice import main
 main()
diff --git a/skabase/SKABaseDevice/release.py b/skabase/SKABaseDevice/release.py
index 98a02fa4f8f5846d9bcb59ef0bb01550ad7fcdb4..e126d562b9f40674532b3a2d6ac497885cdd6be7 100644
--- a/skabase/SKABaseDevice/release.py
+++ b/skabase/SKABaseDevice/release.py
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@
 #
 #
 #
-# Distributed under the terms of the GPL license.
-# See LICENSE.txt for more info.
 
 """Release information for Python Package"""
 
@@ -15,6 +13,6 @@ version_info = version.split(".")
 description = """A generic base device for SKA."""
 author = "cam"
 author_email = "cam at ska.ac.za"
-license = """GPL"""
+license = """BSD-3-Clause"""
 url = """www.tango-controls.org"""
 copyright = """"""
diff --git a/skabase/SKABaseDevice/setup.py b/skabase/SKABaseDevice/setup.py
index ac47b1d1d8b3360a43bdafff4ccdd8e478c2f05a..dc4ceb79a538c7cb4d5bdb4690053b8049857a50 100644
--- a/skabase/SKABaseDevice/setup.py
+++ b/skabase/SKABaseDevice/setup.py
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@
 #
 #
 #
-# Distributed under the terms of the GPL license.
-# See LICENSE.txt for more info.
 
 import os
 import sys
@@ -35,7 +33,7 @@ setup(name=name,
       entry_points={'console_scripts':['SKABaseDevice = SKABaseDevice:main']},
       author='cam',
       author_email='cam at ska.ac.za',
-      license='GPL',
+      license='BSD-3-Clause',
       long_description=long_description,
       url='www.tango-controls.org',
       platforms="All Platforms"
diff --git a/skabase/SKABaseDevice/test/SKABaseDevice_test.py b/skabase/SKABaseDevice/test/SKABaseDevice_test.py
index 3f80d57d51ee571956f14b95577b536c7d4de9e0..8676463d0ec3ae50d0c89286df219e213618b8a3 100644
--- a/skabase/SKABaseDevice/test/SKABaseDevice_test.py
+++ b/skabase/SKABaseDevice/test/SKABaseDevice_test.py
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@
 #
 #
 #
-# Distributed under the terms of the GPL license.
-# See LICENSE.txt for more info.
 #########################################################################################
 """Contain the tests for the SKABASE."""
 
diff --git a/skabase/SKACapability/LICENSE.txt b/skabase/SKACapability/LICENSE.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 1f963da0d1ca40ea60730c03befcbbc6771740c3..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/skabase/SKACapability/LICENSE.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,340 +0,0 @@
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diff --git a/skabase/SKACapability/SKACapability.xmi b/skabase/SKACapability/SKACapability.xmi
index dbe93ee5631f904cdf60b74c97b9746a83996fd1..6698d812e0c3b6944b262e9884e8204f7d452e01 100644
--- a/skabase/SKACapability/SKACapability.xmi
+++ b/skabase/SKACapability/SKACapability.xmi
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ASCII"?>
 <pogoDsl:PogoSystem xmi:version="2.0" xmlns:xmi="http://www.omg.org/XMI" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:pogoDsl="http://www.esrf.fr/tango/pogo/PogoDsl">
   <classes name="SKACapability" pogoRevision="9.6">
-    <description description="Subarray handling device" title="SKACapability" sourcePath="/home/pogo/src/levpro/skabase/SKACapability" language="PythonHL" filestogenerate="XMI   file,Code files,Python Package,Protected Regions" license="GPL" copyright="" hasMandatoryProperty="false" hasConcreteProperty="true" hasAbstractCommand="true" hasAbstractAttribute="false">
+    <description description="Subarray handling device" title="SKACapability" sourcePath="/home/pogo/src/levpro/skabase/SKACapability" language="PythonHL" filestogenerate="XMI   file,Code files,Python Package,Protected Regions" license="none" copyright="" hasMandatoryProperty="false" hasConcreteProperty="true" hasAbstractCommand="true" hasAbstractAttribute="false">
       <inheritances classname="Device_Impl" sourcePath=""/>
       <inheritances classname="SKAObsDevice" sourcePath="../SKAObsDevice"/>
       <identification contact="at ska.ac.za - cam" author="cam" emailDomain="ska.ac.za" classFamily="SkaBase" siteSpecific="" platform="All Platforms" bus="Not Applicable" manufacturer="none" reference=""/>
diff --git a/skabase/SKACapability/SKACapability/SKACapability.py b/skabase/SKACapability/SKACapability/SKACapability.py
index 370c6123620d152ad06cb83d798cef04d8d7de0d..a76777fcc6c881188a579a03be4616392aa2ffee 100644
--- a/skabase/SKACapability/SKACapability/SKACapability.py
+++ b/skabase/SKACapability/SKACapability/SKACapability.py
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@
 #
 #
 #
-# Distributed under the terms of the GPL license.
-# See LICENSE.txt for more info.
 
 """ SKACapability
 
diff --git a/skabase/SKACapability/SKACapability/__init__.py b/skabase/SKACapability/SKACapability/__init__.py
index c14b0df8bfed5a9efa48c0afabfd6e765dac4893..92892214479d5be293087f19bfbe5617abd99d96 100644
--- a/skabase/SKACapability/SKACapability/__init__.py
+++ b/skabase/SKACapability/SKACapability/__init__.py
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@
 #
 #
 #
-# Distributed under the terms of the GPL license.
-# See LICENSE.txt for more info.
 
 """SKACapability
 
diff --git a/skabase/SKACapability/SKACapability/__main__.py b/skabase/SKACapability/SKACapability/__main__.py
index 51b75e1639fa2e9a07acf80ad14c4336cc34f0ac..c58018a92ca9e61046ee1195e441fa971c244e41 100644
--- a/skabase/SKACapability/SKACapability/__main__.py
+++ b/skabase/SKACapability/SKACapability/__main__.py
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@
 #
 #
 #
-# Distributed under the terms of the GPL license.
-# See LICENSE.txt for more info.
 
 from SKACapability import main
 main()
diff --git a/skabase/SKACapability/SKACapability/release.py b/skabase/SKACapability/SKACapability/release.py
index 91679f2c4083ec5cf24ebdbfc14bf3c961819632..37c9327fabbe6325d4feaf897237ce99d115f0dc 100644
--- a/skabase/SKACapability/SKACapability/release.py
+++ b/skabase/SKACapability/SKACapability/release.py
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@
 #
 #
 #
-# Distributed under the terms of the GPL license.
-# See LICENSE.txt for more info.
 
 """Release information for Python Package"""
 
@@ -15,6 +13,6 @@ version_info = version.split(".")
 description = """Subarray handling device"""
 author = "cam"
 author_email = "cam at ska.ac.za"
-license = """GPL"""
+license = """BSD-3-Clause"""
 url = """www.tango-controls.org"""
 copyright = """"""
diff --git a/skabase/SKACapability/__init__.py b/skabase/SKACapability/__init__.py
index 51fad5ec57936990be91956a0f1e5e0cee02b85f..48f6794958b23ae29c38c7b25605020f393593fb 100644
--- a/skabase/SKACapability/__init__.py
+++ b/skabase/SKACapability/__init__.py
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@
 #
 #
 #
-# Distributed under the terms of the GPL license.
-# See LICENSE.txt for more info.
 
 """SKACapability
 
diff --git a/skabase/SKACapability/release.py b/skabase/SKACapability/release.py
index 2061d2c077a72e4a91e0a5b71dfc86583a31e680..145e2735edd32ae12ea7ca64adf955639c84ca4f 100644
--- a/skabase/SKACapability/release.py
+++ b/skabase/SKACapability/release.py
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@
 #
 #
 #
-# Distributed under the terms of the GPL license.
-# See LICENSE.txt for more info.
 
 """Release information for Python Package"""
 
@@ -15,6 +13,6 @@ version_info = version.split(".")
 description = """A generic capability device for SKA."""
 author = "cam"
 author_email = "cam at ska.ac.za"
-license = """GPL"""
+license = """BSD-3-Clause"""
 url = """www.tango-controls.org"""
 copyright = """"""
diff --git a/skabase/SKACapability/setup.py b/skabase/SKACapability/setup.py
index 0fd2d9255363bf6619238e7f674f24f7ade3cca7..535a40cfda2acdaeedbb34ba649f39551c6bde44 100644
--- a/skabase/SKACapability/setup.py
+++ b/skabase/SKACapability/setup.py
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@
 #
 #
 #
-# Distributed under the terms of the GPL license.
-# See LICENSE.txt for more info.
 
 import os
 import sys
@@ -35,7 +33,7 @@ setup(name=name,
       entry_points={'console_scripts':['SKACapability = SKACapability:main']},
       author='cam',
       author_email='cam at ska.ac.za',
-      license='GPL',
+      license='BSD-3-Clause',
       long_description=long_description,
       url='www.tango-controls.org',
       platforms="All Platforms"
diff --git a/skabase/SKACapability/test/SKACapability_test.py b/skabase/SKACapability/test/SKACapability_test.py
index ffaf7bccc053399b5d1983feab23727db82adf9a..577d6d8a7aadb7cfab9c4f20a0a6a5e9372b7a15 100644
--- a/skabase/SKACapability/test/SKACapability_test.py
+++ b/skabase/SKACapability/test/SKACapability_test.py
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@
 #
 #
 #
-# Distributed under the terms of the GPL license.
-# See LICENSE.txt for more info.
 #########################################################################################
 """Contain the tests for the SKACapability."""
 
diff --git a/skabase/SKALogger/LICENSE.txt b/skabase/SKALogger/LICENSE.txt
deleted file mode 100644
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--- a/skabase/SKALogger/LICENSE.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,340 +0,0 @@
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diff --git a/skabase/SKALogger/SKALogger.xmi b/skabase/SKALogger/SKALogger.xmi
index 3380aa6dd5537accdbf98678918bbe88acda3c34..92a73f9192676544b1cfb23f086e53523947affe 100644
--- a/skabase/SKALogger/SKALogger.xmi
+++ b/skabase/SKALogger/SKALogger.xmi
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ASCII"?>
 <pogoDsl:PogoSystem xmi:version="2.0" xmlns:xmi="http://www.omg.org/XMI" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:pogoDsl="http://www.esrf.fr/tango/pogo/PogoDsl">
   <classes name="SKALogger" pogoRevision="9.6">
-    <description description="A generic base device for Logging for SKA." title="SKALogger" sourcePath="/home/pogo/src/levpro/skabase/SKALogger" language="PythonHL" filestogenerate="XMI   file,Code files,Python Package,Protected Regions" license="GPL" copyright="" hasMandatoryProperty="false" hasConcreteProperty="true" hasAbstractCommand="false" hasAbstractAttribute="false">
+    <description description="A generic base device for Logging for SKA." title="SKALogger" sourcePath="/home/pogo/src/levpro/skabase/SKALogger" language="PythonHL" filestogenerate="XMI   file,Code files,Python Package,Protected Regions" license="none" copyright="" hasMandatoryProperty="false" hasConcreteProperty="true" hasAbstractCommand="false" hasAbstractAttribute="false">
       <inheritances classname="Device_Impl" sourcePath=""/>
       <inheritances classname="SKABaseDevice" sourcePath="../SKABaseDevice"/>
       <identification contact="at ska.ac.za - cam" author="cam" emailDomain="ska.ac.za" classFamily="OtherInstruments" siteSpecific="" platform="All Platforms" bus="Not Applicable" manufacturer="SKASA" reference="SKA-SKALogger"/>
diff --git a/skabase/SKALogger/SKALogger/SKALogger.py b/skabase/SKALogger/SKALogger/SKALogger.py
index 5bb0474f08c332f099924bfba2db2312a50c0ee4..9ccc2595a0078f1143a8101c0ca0f8032d8ffb08 100644
--- a/skabase/SKALogger/SKALogger/SKALogger.py
+++ b/skabase/SKALogger/SKALogger/SKALogger.py
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@
 #
 #
 #
-# Distributed under the terms of the GPL license.
-# See LICENSE.txt for more info.
 
 """ SKALogger
 
diff --git a/skabase/SKALogger/SKALogger/__init__.py b/skabase/SKALogger/SKALogger/__init__.py
index 7d01638dce318807445b464cf52a9804b8f4fd11..526c0a7bbd0101df93ecb00c5c4c005af744c7ec 100644
--- a/skabase/SKALogger/SKALogger/__init__.py
+++ b/skabase/SKALogger/SKALogger/__init__.py
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@
 #
 #
 #
-# Distributed under the terms of the GPL license.
-# See LICENSE.txt for more info.
 
 """SKALogger
 
diff --git a/skabase/SKALogger/SKALogger/__main__.py b/skabase/SKALogger/SKALogger/__main__.py
index 5725a7987af776588bb196544dabf25193574b79..a1e1e4f31d4812404164bd7947460672723d3874 100644
--- a/skabase/SKALogger/SKALogger/__main__.py
+++ b/skabase/SKALogger/SKALogger/__main__.py
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@
 #
 #
 #
-# Distributed under the terms of the GPL license.
-# See LICENSE.txt for more info.
 
 from SKALogger import main
 main()
diff --git a/skabase/SKALogger/SKALogger/release.py b/skabase/SKALogger/SKALogger/release.py
index f9804ef6ab496f6f0d535c1637574904a15508c4..70ffafba47ac96afc3ac3c2c5d5b31944329a71b 100644
--- a/skabase/SKALogger/SKALogger/release.py
+++ b/skabase/SKALogger/SKALogger/release.py
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@
 #
 #
 #
-# Distributed under the terms of the GPL license.
-# See LICENSE.txt for more info.
 
 """Release information for Python Package"""
 
@@ -15,6 +13,6 @@ version_info = version.split(".")
 description = """A generic base device for Logging for SKA."""
 author = "cam"
 author_email = "cam at ska.ac.za"
-license = """GPL"""
+license = """BSD-3-Clause"""
 url = """www.tango-controls.org"""
 copyright = """"""
diff --git a/skabase/SKALogger/__init__.py b/skabase/SKALogger/__init__.py
index c6310c2270ac653ea966cf7f027a330803fdb2a6..523dcf6c55c09334c3573f63b4126625e674b0a2 100644
--- a/skabase/SKALogger/__init__.py
+++ b/skabase/SKALogger/__init__.py
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@
 #
 #
 #
-# Distributed under the terms of the GPL license.
-# See LICENSE.txt for more info.
 
 """SKALogger
 
diff --git a/skabase/SKALogger/release.py b/skabase/SKALogger/release.py
index 28d9a3c52036ce1aadeb5055694d2339ecc82548..5b4d5a73bb14eb8385d8a8c41a83762209302eab 100644
--- a/skabase/SKALogger/release.py
+++ b/skabase/SKALogger/release.py
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@
 #
 #
 #
-# Distributed under the terms of the GPL license.
-# See LICENSE.txt for more info.
 
 """Release information for Python Package"""
 
@@ -15,6 +13,6 @@ version_info = version.split(".")
 description = """A generic logger device for SKA."""
 author = "cam"
 author_email = "cam at ska.ac.za"
-license = """GPL"""
+license = """BSD-3-Clause"""
 url = """www.tango-controls.org"""
 copyright = """"""
diff --git a/skabase/SKALogger/setup.py b/skabase/SKALogger/setup.py
index 7fa385e1b2a162ecf0ebc505880d2e721fc3c2fb..97c14d12a0a679b092b281df50e8c1b9341abded 100644
--- a/skabase/SKALogger/setup.py
+++ b/skabase/SKALogger/setup.py
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@
 #
 #
 #
-# Distributed under the terms of the GPL license.
-# See LICENSE.txt for more info.
 
 import os
 import sys
@@ -35,7 +33,7 @@ setup(name=name,
       entry_points={'console_scripts':['SKALogger = SKALogger:main']},
       author='cam',
       author_email='cam at ska.ac.za',
-      license='GPL',
+      license='BSD-3-Clause',
       long_description=long_description,
       url='www.tango-controls.org',
       platforms="All Platforms"
diff --git a/skabase/SKALogger/test/SKALogger_test.py b/skabase/SKALogger/test/SKALogger_test.py
index 55b7d04267b2a93b605ba1126d1764c7cb1c254a..da44aa8ce0d663febc2f4935fb179ca70fac1e31 100644
--- a/skabase/SKALogger/test/SKALogger_test.py
+++ b/skabase/SKALogger/test/SKALogger_test.py
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@
 #
 #
 #
-# Distributed under the terms of the GPL license.
-# See LICENSE.txt for more info.
 #########################################################################################
 """Contain the tests for the SKALogger."""
 
diff --git a/skabase/SKAMaster/LICENSE.txt b/skabase/SKAMaster/LICENSE.txt
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diff --git a/skabase/SKAMaster/SKAMaster.xmi b/skabase/SKAMaster/SKAMaster.xmi
index baf5efda881c791da34471f521896c495afc1089..50f95bef7ce1a1f7d6dbd7becb0e55b3940327b2 100644
--- a/skabase/SKAMaster/SKAMaster.xmi
+++ b/skabase/SKAMaster/SKAMaster.xmi
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ASCII"?>
 <pogoDsl:PogoSystem xmi:version="2.0" xmlns:xmi="http://www.omg.org/XMI" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:pogoDsl="http://www.esrf.fr/tango/pogo/PogoDsl">
   <classes name="SKAMaster" pogoRevision="9.6">
-    <description description="A master test" title="SKAMaster" sourcePath="/home/pogo/src/levpro/skabase/SKAMaster" language="PythonHL" filestogenerate="XMI   file,Code files,Python Package,Protected Regions" license="GPL" hasMandatoryProperty="false" hasConcreteProperty="true" hasAbstractCommand="false" hasAbstractAttribute="false">
+    <description description="A master test" title="SKAMaster" sourcePath="/home/pogo/src/levpro/skabase/SKAMaster" language="PythonHL" filestogenerate="XMI   file,Code files,Python Package,Protected Regions" license="none" hasMandatoryProperty="false" hasConcreteProperty="true" hasAbstractCommand="false" hasAbstractAttribute="false">
       <inheritances classname="Device_Impl" sourcePath=""/>
       <inheritances classname="SKABaseDevice" sourcePath="../SKABaseDevice"/>
       <identification contact="at ska.ac.za - cam" author="cam" emailDomain="ska.ac.za" classFamily="SkaBase" siteSpecific="" platform="All Platforms" bus="Not Applicable" manufacturer="none" reference=""/>
diff --git a/skabase/SKAMaster/SKAMaster/SKAMaster.py b/skabase/SKAMaster/SKAMaster/SKAMaster.py
index 66ead80f1e67a7b1693811c1ce58352bf9227ab2..83faea88fd0170a684b334f3d1c6b78fd7f3db81 100644
--- a/skabase/SKAMaster/SKAMaster/SKAMaster.py
+++ b/skabase/SKAMaster/SKAMaster/SKAMaster.py
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@
 #
 #
 #
-# Distributed under the terms of the GPL license.
-# See LICENSE.txt for more info.
 
 """ SKAMaster
 
diff --git a/skabase/SKAMaster/SKAMaster/__init__.py b/skabase/SKAMaster/SKAMaster/__init__.py
index 0cf4376d16413877f04e3b18257629dde4345155..8abc40521f4c9bdc3c8a703a1aca72abd1c70244 100644
--- a/skabase/SKAMaster/SKAMaster/__init__.py
+++ b/skabase/SKAMaster/SKAMaster/__init__.py
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@
 #
 #
 #
-# Distributed under the terms of the GPL license.
-# See LICENSE.txt for more info.
 
 """SKAMaster
 
diff --git a/skabase/SKAMaster/SKAMaster/__main__.py b/skabase/SKAMaster/SKAMaster/__main__.py
index 30fc1d3bee5ebcf53303cecbf6f580cc0685dcb8..f848740883ea539bed7d42344dc1382bb40b72f6 100644
--- a/skabase/SKAMaster/SKAMaster/__main__.py
+++ b/skabase/SKAMaster/SKAMaster/__main__.py
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@
 #
 #
 #
-# Distributed under the terms of the GPL license.
-# See LICENSE.txt for more info.
 
 from SKAMaster import main
 main()
diff --git a/skabase/SKAMaster/SKAMaster/release.py b/skabase/SKAMaster/SKAMaster/release.py
index 25e128c4184bb8cd1eaec04330b7025741f67cd1..06b3b2571ab8cbed9f80bdff21f5a7f6b41a0dbd 100644
--- a/skabase/SKAMaster/SKAMaster/release.py
+++ b/skabase/SKAMaster/SKAMaster/release.py
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@
 #
 #
 #
-# Distributed under the terms of the GPL license.
-# See LICENSE.txt for more info.
 
 """Release information for Python Package"""
 
@@ -15,6 +13,6 @@ version_info = version.split(".")
 description = """A master test"""
 author = "cam"
 author_email = "cam at ska.ac.za"
-license = """GPL"""
+license = """BSD-3-Clause"""
 url = """www.tango-controls.org"""
 copyright = """"""
diff --git a/skabase/SKAMaster/__init__.py b/skabase/SKAMaster/__init__.py
index de456f041ba87c98231726fb4b6cf31945dd61df..b1fef9b9b7948a9460493274ace7424634df45c1 100644
--- a/skabase/SKAMaster/__init__.py
+++ b/skabase/SKAMaster/__init__.py
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@
 #
 #
 #
-# Distributed under the terms of the GPL license.
-# See LICENSE.txt for more info.
 
 """
 
diff --git a/skabase/SKAMaster/__main__.py b/skabase/SKAMaster/__main__.py
index 30fc1d3bee5ebcf53303cecbf6f580cc0685dcb8..f848740883ea539bed7d42344dc1382bb40b72f6 100644
--- a/skabase/SKAMaster/__main__.py
+++ b/skabase/SKAMaster/__main__.py
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@
 #
 #
 #
-# Distributed under the terms of the GPL license.
-# See LICENSE.txt for more info.
 
 from SKAMaster import main
 main()
diff --git a/skabase/SKAMaster/release.py b/skabase/SKAMaster/release.py
index 25e128c4184bb8cd1eaec04330b7025741f67cd1..06b3b2571ab8cbed9f80bdff21f5a7f6b41a0dbd 100644
--- a/skabase/SKAMaster/release.py
+++ b/skabase/SKAMaster/release.py
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@
 #
 #
 #
-# Distributed under the terms of the GPL license.
-# See LICENSE.txt for more info.
 
 """Release information for Python Package"""
 
@@ -15,6 +13,6 @@ version_info = version.split(".")
 description = """A master test"""
 author = "cam"
 author_email = "cam at ska.ac.za"
-license = """GPL"""
+license = """BSD-3-Clause"""
 url = """www.tango-controls.org"""
 copyright = """"""
diff --git a/skabase/SKAMaster/setup.py b/skabase/SKAMaster/setup.py
index 5ed4f50fa201b328f896db19ef83d7832253d28f..ff31136a473ddccc286f5e5f89042717a2bb37c9 100644
--- a/skabase/SKAMaster/setup.py
+++ b/skabase/SKAMaster/setup.py
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@
 #
 #
 #
-# Distributed under the terms of the GPL license.
-# See LICENSE.txt for more info.
 
 import os
 import sys
@@ -35,7 +33,7 @@ setup(name=name,
       entry_points={'console_scripts':['SKAMaster = SKAMaster:main']},
       author='cam',
       author_email='cam at ska.ac.za',
-      license='GPL',
+      license='BSD-3-Clause',
       long_description=long_description,
       url='www.tango-controls.org',
       platforms="All Platforms"
diff --git a/skabase/SKAMaster/test/SKAMaster_test.py b/skabase/SKAMaster/test/SKAMaster_test.py
index 481f1386931c69f289a4612afae41528f57b143a..cf97445751367de47e0d40192d6c85e8dfc5b34f 100644
--- a/skabase/SKAMaster/test/SKAMaster_test.py
+++ b/skabase/SKAMaster/test/SKAMaster_test.py
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@
 #
 #
 #
-# Distributed under the terms of the GPL license.
-# See LICENSE.txt for more info.
 #########################################################################################
 """Contain the tests for the SKAMaster."""
 
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deleted file mode 100644
index 1f963da0d1ca40ea60730c03befcbbc6771740c3..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/skabase/SKAObsDevice/LICENSE.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,340 +0,0 @@
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diff --git a/skabase/SKAObsDevice/SKAObsDevice.xmi b/skabase/SKAObsDevice/SKAObsDevice.xmi
index 4573c2aa712cc630e6766c05ec595b7c34e4a15c..37085f06237979c2edcb70ee681491193b2352ef 100644
--- a/skabase/SKAObsDevice/SKAObsDevice.xmi
+++ b/skabase/SKAObsDevice/SKAObsDevice.xmi
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ASCII"?>
 <pogoDsl:PogoSystem xmi:version="2.0" xmlns:xmi="http://www.omg.org/XMI" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:pogoDsl="http://www.esrf.fr/tango/pogo/PogoDsl">
   <classes name="SKAObsDevice" pogoRevision="9.6">
-    <description description="A generic base device for Observations for SKA." title="SKAObsDevice" sourcePath="/home/pogo/src/levpro/skabase/SKAObsDevice" language="PythonHL" filestogenerate="XMI   file,Code files,Python Package,Protected Regions" license="GPL" copyright="" hasMandatoryProperty="false" hasConcreteProperty="false" hasAbstractCommand="true" hasAbstractAttribute="false">
+    <description description="A generic base device for Observations for SKA." title="SKAObsDevice" sourcePath="/home/pogo/src/levpro/skabase/SKAObsDevice" language="PythonHL" filestogenerate="XMI   file,Code files,Python Package,Protected Regions" license="none" copyright="" hasMandatoryProperty="false" hasConcreteProperty="false" hasAbstractCommand="true" hasAbstractAttribute="false">
       <inheritances classname="Device_Impl" sourcePath=""/>
       <inheritances classname="SKABaseDevice" sourcePath="../SKABaseDevice"/>
       <identification contact="at ska.ac.za - cam" author="cam" emailDomain="ska.ac.za" classFamily="OtherInstruments" siteSpecific="" platform="All Platforms" bus="Not Applicable" manufacturer="SKASA" reference="SKA-SKAObsDevice"/>
diff --git a/skabase/SKAObsDevice/SKAObsDevice/SKAObsDevice.py b/skabase/SKAObsDevice/SKAObsDevice/SKAObsDevice.py
index 4bd03aa1c8a57453524bd2a9a22067bbf8825e40..2a4ae386cf13394074213b03b3e7cae6945c0e72 100644
--- a/skabase/SKAObsDevice/SKAObsDevice/SKAObsDevice.py
+++ b/skabase/SKAObsDevice/SKAObsDevice/SKAObsDevice.py
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@
 #
 #
 #
-# Distributed under the terms of the GPL license.
-# See LICENSE.txt for more info.
 
 """ SKAObsDevice
 
diff --git a/skabase/SKAObsDevice/SKAObsDevice/__init__.py b/skabase/SKAObsDevice/SKAObsDevice/__init__.py
index 3d46431fddcd1657cae3c110cc9248b128b68744..71030a92c3a10f741dac4b96429de167c57befcd 100644
--- a/skabase/SKAObsDevice/SKAObsDevice/__init__.py
+++ b/skabase/SKAObsDevice/SKAObsDevice/__init__.py
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@
 #
 #
 #
-# Distributed under the terms of the GPL license.
-# See LICENSE.txt for more info.
 
 """SKAObsDevice
 
diff --git a/skabase/SKAObsDevice/SKAObsDevice/__main__.py b/skabase/SKAObsDevice/SKAObsDevice/__main__.py
index a47d43a80f526ee08c9806d7766bcb7777eb6342..265bf59e5f785c970a65ce44e69928271a8d5da5 100644
--- a/skabase/SKAObsDevice/SKAObsDevice/__main__.py
+++ b/skabase/SKAObsDevice/SKAObsDevice/__main__.py
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@
 #
 #
 #
-# Distributed under the terms of the GPL license.
-# See LICENSE.txt for more info.
 
 from SKAObsDevice import main
 main()
diff --git a/skabase/SKAObsDevice/SKAObsDevice/release.py b/skabase/SKAObsDevice/SKAObsDevice/release.py
index 98b4a06eeecc9b556b226a78c986349723ca5f0a..4ff1cb9a4f480b607dd3a517a4aa982fa0ebd2b8 100644
--- a/skabase/SKAObsDevice/SKAObsDevice/release.py
+++ b/skabase/SKAObsDevice/SKAObsDevice/release.py
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@
 #
 #
 #
-# Distributed under the terms of the GPL license.
-# See LICENSE.txt for more info.
 
 """Release information for Python Package"""
 
@@ -15,6 +13,6 @@ version_info = version.split(".")
 description = """A generic base device for Observations for SKA."""
 author = "cam"
 author_email = "cam at ska.ac.za"
-license = """GPL"""
+license = """BSD-3-Clause"""
 url = """www.tango-controls.org"""
 copyright = """"""
diff --git a/skabase/SKAObsDevice/__init__.py b/skabase/SKAObsDevice/__init__.py
index 3d46431fddcd1657cae3c110cc9248b128b68744..71030a92c3a10f741dac4b96429de167c57befcd 100644
--- a/skabase/SKAObsDevice/__init__.py
+++ b/skabase/SKAObsDevice/__init__.py
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@
 #
 #
 #
-# Distributed under the terms of the GPL license.
-# See LICENSE.txt for more info.
 
 """SKAObsDevice
 
diff --git a/skabase/SKAObsDevice/__main__.py b/skabase/SKAObsDevice/__main__.py
index a47d43a80f526ee08c9806d7766bcb7777eb6342..265bf59e5f785c970a65ce44e69928271a8d5da5 100644
--- a/skabase/SKAObsDevice/__main__.py
+++ b/skabase/SKAObsDevice/__main__.py
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@
 #
 #
 #
-# Distributed under the terms of the GPL license.
-# See LICENSE.txt for more info.
 
 from SKAObsDevice import main
 main()
diff --git a/skabase/SKAObsDevice/release.py b/skabase/SKAObsDevice/release.py
index 98b4a06eeecc9b556b226a78c986349723ca5f0a..4ff1cb9a4f480b607dd3a517a4aa982fa0ebd2b8 100644
--- a/skabase/SKAObsDevice/release.py
+++ b/skabase/SKAObsDevice/release.py
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@
 #
 #
 #
-# Distributed under the terms of the GPL license.
-# See LICENSE.txt for more info.
 
 """Release information for Python Package"""
 
@@ -15,6 +13,6 @@ version_info = version.split(".")
 description = """A generic base device for Observations for SKA."""
 author = "cam"
 author_email = "cam at ska.ac.za"
-license = """GPL"""
+license = """BSD-3-Clause"""
 url = """www.tango-controls.org"""
 copyright = """"""
diff --git a/skabase/SKAObsDevice/setup.py b/skabase/SKAObsDevice/setup.py
index 253699087b23dd1fcba80fd61c82c21c7c805ceb..20e9c72f3bbad4784204e800310043a7dc799341 100644
--- a/skabase/SKAObsDevice/setup.py
+++ b/skabase/SKAObsDevice/setup.py
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@
 #
 #
 #
-# Distributed under the terms of the GPL license.
-# See LICENSE.txt for more info.
 
 import os
 import sys
@@ -35,7 +33,7 @@ setup(name=name,
       entry_points={'console_scripts':['SKAObsDevice = SKAObsDevice:main']},
       author='cam',
       author_email='cam at ska.ac.za',
-      license='GPL',
+      license='BSD-3-Clause',
       long_description=long_description,
       url='www.tango-controls.org',
       platforms="All Platforms"
diff --git a/skabase/SKAObsDevice/test/SKAObsDevice_test.py b/skabase/SKAObsDevice/test/SKAObsDevice_test.py
index b231c4e711b8e6bd503ceb00ab8198e5e6180d75..6bea42921a30bfd1e717d4faf0fd7ad658911c73 100644
--- a/skabase/SKAObsDevice/test/SKAObsDevice_test.py
+++ b/skabase/SKAObsDevice/test/SKAObsDevice_test.py
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@
 #
 #
 #
-# Distributed under the terms of the GPL license.
-# See LICENSE.txt for more info.
 #########################################################################################
 """Contain the tests for the SKAObsDevice."""
 
diff --git a/skabase/SKASubarray/LICENSE.txt b/skabase/SKASubarray/LICENSE.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 1f963da0d1ca40ea60730c03befcbbc6771740c3..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/skabase/SKASubarray/LICENSE.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,340 +0,0 @@
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diff --git a/skabase/SKASubarray/SKASubarray.xmi b/skabase/SKASubarray/SKASubarray.xmi
index e14ede2055a8b7b7de2d586c26519b1b4e8cba7a..af928c78bcb1e61e7806026962b32b165111a6af 100644
--- a/skabase/SKASubarray/SKASubarray.xmi
+++ b/skabase/SKASubarray/SKASubarray.xmi
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ASCII"?>
 <pogoDsl:PogoSystem xmi:version="2.0" xmlns:xmi="http://www.omg.org/XMI" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:pogoDsl="http://www.esrf.fr/tango/pogo/PogoDsl">
   <classes name="SKASubarray" pogoRevision="9.6">
-    <description description="SubArray handling device" title="SKASubarray" sourcePath="/home/pogo/src/levpro/skabase/SKASubarray" language="PythonHL" filestogenerate="XMI   file,Code files,Python Package,Protected Regions" license="GPL" copyright="" hasMandatoryProperty="false" hasConcreteProperty="true" hasAbstractCommand="false" hasAbstractAttribute="false">
+    <description description="SubArray handling device" title="SKASubarray" sourcePath="/home/pogo/src/levpro/skabase/SKASubarray" language="PythonHL" filestogenerate="XMI   file,Code files,Python Package,Protected Regions" license="none" copyright="" hasMandatoryProperty="false" hasConcreteProperty="true" hasAbstractCommand="false" hasAbstractAttribute="false">
       <inheritances classname="Device_Impl" sourcePath=""/>
       <inheritances classname="SKAObsDevice" sourcePath="../SKAObsDevice"/>
       <identification contact="at ska.ac.za - cam" author="cam" emailDomain="ska.ac.za" classFamily="SkaBase" siteSpecific="" platform="All Platforms" bus="Not Applicable" manufacturer="none" reference=""/>
diff --git a/skabase/SKASubarray/SKASubarray/SKASubarray.py b/skabase/SKASubarray/SKASubarray/SKASubarray.py
index 23bff21258e98286053193098b4080abf9fea33a..97f1ba55465d999959bb1d444dfd08eb3e65a251 100644
--- a/skabase/SKASubarray/SKASubarray/SKASubarray.py
+++ b/skabase/SKASubarray/SKASubarray/SKASubarray.py
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@
 #
 #
 #
-# Distributed under the terms of the GPL license.
-# See LICENSE.txt for more info.
 
 """ SKASubarray
 
diff --git a/skabase/SKASubarray/SKASubarray/__init__.py b/skabase/SKASubarray/SKASubarray/__init__.py
index dfa7fad14ba0fb388fa8ebb17ca0490297f3218d..f24ed02617dd78ff5992e5478996dc41746c9439 100644
--- a/skabase/SKASubarray/SKASubarray/__init__.py
+++ b/skabase/SKASubarray/SKASubarray/__init__.py
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@
 #
 #
 #
-# Distributed under the terms of the GPL license.
-# See LICENSE.txt for more info.
 
 """SKASubarray
 
diff --git a/skabase/SKASubarray/SKASubarray/__main__.py b/skabase/SKASubarray/SKASubarray/__main__.py
index 48ff1a869ed8591e4fe9366592b719eb2001d4a8..3bd2a1584aceb51bece871c85a90a7988d3866d3 100644
--- a/skabase/SKASubarray/SKASubarray/__main__.py
+++ b/skabase/SKASubarray/SKASubarray/__main__.py
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@
 #
 #
 #
-# Distributed under the terms of the GPL license.
-# See LICENSE.txt for more info.
 
 from SKASubarray import main
 main()
diff --git a/skabase/SKASubarray/SKASubarray/release.py b/skabase/SKASubarray/SKASubarray/release.py
index 5f56792435981d31366599248c8cfa0fb1847088..134c54c0e72228c30631a080087585677ba37e4d 100644
--- a/skabase/SKASubarray/SKASubarray/release.py
+++ b/skabase/SKASubarray/SKASubarray/release.py
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@
 #
 #
 #
-# Distributed under the terms of the GPL license.
-# See LICENSE.txt for more info.
 
 """Release information for Python Package"""
 
@@ -15,6 +13,6 @@ version_info = version.split(".")
 description = """SubArray handling device"""
 author = "cam"
 author_email = "cam at ska.ac.za"
-license = """GPL"""
+license = """BSD-3-Clause"""
 url = """www.tango-controls.org"""
 copyright = """"""
diff --git a/skabase/SKASubarray/__init__.py b/skabase/SKASubarray/__init__.py
index be293885d669aad19122feaffea3690af9b7de50..7285697e219f3836bbd70c000be957178e8d1247 100644
--- a/skabase/SKASubarray/__init__.py
+++ b/skabase/SKASubarray/__init__.py
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@
 #
 #
 #
-# Distributed under the terms of the GPL license.
-# See LICENSE.txt for more info.
 
 """SKASubarray
 
diff --git a/skabase/SKASubarray/release.py b/skabase/SKASubarray/release.py
index 9862d5f712449b63acac976e4812cdab0fb3b89e..c7fe60b66b60f6e03a9a95f66a589a265f758292 100644
--- a/skabase/SKASubarray/release.py
+++ b/skabase/SKASubarray/release.py
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@
 #
 #
 #
-# Distributed under the terms of the GPL license.
-# See LICENSE.txt for more info.
 
 """Release information for Python Package"""
 
@@ -15,6 +13,6 @@ version_info = version.split(".")
 description = """A generic subarray device for SKA."""
 author = "cam"
 author_email = "cam at ska.ac.za"
-license = """GPL"""
+license = """BSD-3-Clause"""
 url = """www.tango-controls.org"""
 copyright = """"""
diff --git a/skabase/SKASubarray/setup.py b/skabase/SKASubarray/setup.py
index 197bf59adeffa2a8b1825f4bec479aa56426fd8d..4e2b8d9fa1304603ed147f090b28290743d08df0 100644
--- a/skabase/SKASubarray/setup.py
+++ b/skabase/SKASubarray/setup.py
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@
 #
 #
 #
-# Distributed under the terms of the GPL license.
-# See LICENSE.txt for more info.
 
 import os
 import sys
@@ -35,7 +33,7 @@ setup(name=name,
       entry_points={'console_scripts':['SKASubarray = SKASubarray:main']},
       author='cam',
       author_email='cam at ska.ac.za',
-      license='GPL',
+      license='BSD-3-Clause',
       long_description=long_description,
       url='www.tango-controls.org',
       platforms="All Platforms"
diff --git a/skabase/SKASubarray/test/SKASubarray_test.py b/skabase/SKASubarray/test/SKASubarray_test.py
index defe63416e01805a92cd7d76d1d770fdc0c528c0..7371290a58d36e8db401fffc9d71e4d841afaaba 100644
--- a/skabase/SKASubarray/test/SKASubarray_test.py
+++ b/skabase/SKASubarray/test/SKASubarray_test.py
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@
 #
 #
 #
-# Distributed under the terms of the GPL license.
-# See LICENSE.txt for more info.
 #########################################################################################
 """Contain the tests for the SKASubarray."""
 
diff --git a/skabase/SKATelState/LICENSE.txt b/skabase/SKATelState/LICENSE.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 1f963da0d1ca40ea60730c03befcbbc6771740c3..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/skabase/SKATelState/LICENSE.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,340 +0,0 @@
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diff --git a/skabase/SKATelState/SKATelState.xmi b/skabase/SKATelState/SKATelState.xmi
index c2965b90917b16e97dd5051938e9ae6b9cf8dc1c..bf213de29899a774ba3800e013e0945eeac73250 100644
--- a/skabase/SKATelState/SKATelState.xmi
+++ b/skabase/SKATelState/SKATelState.xmi
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ASCII"?>
 <pogoDsl:PogoSystem xmi:version="2.0" xmlns:xmi="http://www.omg.org/XMI" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:pogoDsl="http://www.esrf.fr/tango/pogo/PogoDsl">
   <classes name="SKATelState" pogoRevision="9.6">
-    <description description="A generic base device for Telescope State for SKA." title="SKATelState" sourcePath="/home/pogo/src/levpro/skabase/SKATelState" language="PythonHL" filestogenerate="XMI   file,Code files,Python Package,Protected Regions" license="GPL" copyright="" hasMandatoryProperty="false" hasConcreteProperty="true" hasAbstractCommand="false" hasAbstractAttribute="false">
+    <description description="A generic base device for Telescope State for SKA." title="SKATelState" sourcePath="/home/pogo/src/levpro/skabase/SKATelState" language="PythonHL" filestogenerate="XMI   file,Code files,Python Package,Protected Regions" license="none" copyright="" hasMandatoryProperty="false" hasConcreteProperty="true" hasAbstractCommand="false" hasAbstractAttribute="false">
       <inheritances classname="Device_Impl" sourcePath=""/>
       <inheritances classname="SKABaseDevice" sourcePath="../SKABaseDevice"/>
       <identification contact="at ska.ac.za - cam" author="cam" emailDomain="ska.ac.za" classFamily="OtherInstruments" siteSpecific="" platform="All Platforms" bus="Not Applicable" manufacturer="SKASA" reference="SKA-SKATelState"/>
diff --git a/skabase/SKATelState/SKATelState/SKATelState.py b/skabase/SKATelState/SKATelState/SKATelState.py
index 1b5dbea93ee1bf124f921a3a9fc71c9b1fba882a..bcdb3f7ce787fe4dea61304e8acfa1ea304c0ffe 100644
--- a/skabase/SKATelState/SKATelState/SKATelState.py
+++ b/skabase/SKATelState/SKATelState/SKATelState.py
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@
 #
 #
 #
-# Distributed under the terms of the GPL license.
-# See LICENSE.txt for more info.
 
 """ SKATelState
 
diff --git a/skabase/SKATelState/SKATelState/__init__.py b/skabase/SKATelState/SKATelState/__init__.py
index 7fcec20d2e288c4859c29dac529c367d373d0559..a5bdd7227ccb1c128520e2c686353872dd205008 100644
--- a/skabase/SKATelState/SKATelState/__init__.py
+++ b/skabase/SKATelState/SKATelState/__init__.py
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@
 #
 #
 #
-# Distributed under the terms of the GPL license.
-# See LICENSE.txt for more info.
 
 """SKATelState
 
diff --git a/skabase/SKATelState/SKATelState/__main__.py b/skabase/SKATelState/SKATelState/__main__.py
index c780ee9de76ef1a4c07eea7decd7fd48e80cf3a9..d9d22c733e74b79c74f6a40afae2bf79f21c621b 100644
--- a/skabase/SKATelState/SKATelState/__main__.py
+++ b/skabase/SKATelState/SKATelState/__main__.py
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@
 #
 #
 #
-# Distributed under the terms of the GPL license.
-# See LICENSE.txt for more info.
 
 from SKATelState import main
 main()
diff --git a/skabase/SKATelState/SKATelState/release.py b/skabase/SKATelState/SKATelState/release.py
index d41b5be260a0856b2feecab7ab0e0efe38a97b5c..f8d3063ea47f629f840aa21073904d784163eaea 100644
--- a/skabase/SKATelState/SKATelState/release.py
+++ b/skabase/SKATelState/SKATelState/release.py
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@
 #
 #
 #
-# Distributed under the terms of the GPL license.
-# See LICENSE.txt for more info.
 
 """Release information for Python Package"""
 
@@ -15,6 +13,6 @@ version_info = version.split(".")
 description = """A generic base device for Telescope State for SKA."""
 author = "cam"
 author_email = "cam at ska.ac.za"
-license = """GPL"""
+license = """BSD-3-Clause"""
 url = """www.tango-controls.org"""
 copyright = """"""
diff --git a/skabase/SKATelState/__init__.py b/skabase/SKATelState/__init__.py
index ec7ae95d2d7f6495faa3231c9866d0c8f849c4d4..70c715935ec0737670e8a89c547762700e27e447 100644
--- a/skabase/SKATelState/__init__.py
+++ b/skabase/SKATelState/__init__.py
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@
 #
 #
 #
-# Distributed under the terms of the GPL license.
-# See LICENSE.txt for more info.
 
 """SKATelState
 
diff --git a/skabase/SKATelState/release.py b/skabase/SKATelState/release.py
index d2500ea91fad804081b5a02201ce65788d10ce32..784b51b96eeec23a3cfc4a3fab96769007f84ad6 100644
--- a/skabase/SKATelState/release.py
+++ b/skabase/SKATelState/release.py
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@
 #
 #
 #
-# Distributed under the terms of the GPL license.
-# See LICENSE.txt for more info.
 
 """Release information for Python Package"""
 
@@ -15,6 +13,6 @@ version_info = version.split(".")
 description = """A generic telstate device for SKA."""
 author = "cam"
 author_email = "cam at ska.ac.za"
-license = """GPL"""
+license = """BSD-3-Clause"""
 url = """www.tango-controls.org"""
 copyright = """"""
diff --git a/skabase/SKATelState/setup.py b/skabase/SKATelState/setup.py
index d78b258c0d7cc4b5406921ad006266263ee4d1ee..6b1199f11a777069c42433eb5612c18ab30b7d2f 100644
--- a/skabase/SKATelState/setup.py
+++ b/skabase/SKATelState/setup.py
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@
 #
 #
 #
-# Distributed under the terms of the GPL license.
-# See LICENSE.txt for more info.
 
 import os
 import sys
@@ -35,7 +33,7 @@ setup(name=name,
       entry_points={'console_scripts':['SKATelState = SKATelState:main']},
       author='cam',
       author_email='cam at ska.ac.za',
-      license='GPL',
+      license='BSD-3-Clause',
       long_description=long_description,
       url='www.tango-controls.org',
       platforms="All Platforms"
diff --git a/skabase/SKATelState/test/SKATelState_test.py b/skabase/SKATelState/test/SKATelState_test.py
index 802c8351e23e7ef11a1d29561a65c9e59065e26f..f5fb9d724ad6b1fd2de67ccfa09ac28748fc2015 100644
--- a/skabase/SKATelState/test/SKATelState_test.py
+++ b/skabase/SKATelState/test/SKATelState_test.py
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@
 #
 #
 #
-# Distributed under the terms of the GPL license.
-# See LICENSE.txt for more info.
 #########################################################################################
 """Contain the tests for the SKATelState."""
 
diff --git a/skabase/SKATestDevice/LICENSE.txt b/skabase/SKATestDevice/LICENSE.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 1f963da0d1ca40ea60730c03befcbbc6771740c3..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/skabase/SKATestDevice/LICENSE.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,340 +0,0 @@
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diff --git a/skabase/SKATestDevice/SKATestDevice.xmi b/skabase/SKATestDevice/SKATestDevice.xmi
index 24007f53c7625d702a162660af07d9e5a730715c..7e55f83f2b92764247a2fbd0404d8e187f5edb45 100644
--- a/skabase/SKATestDevice/SKATestDevice.xmi
+++ b/skabase/SKATestDevice/SKATestDevice.xmi
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ASCII"?>
 <pogoDsl:PogoSystem xmi:version="2.0" xmlns:xmi="http://www.omg.org/XMI" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:pogoDsl="http://www.esrf.fr/tango/pogo/PogoDsl">
   <classes name="SKATestDevice" pogoRevision="9.6">
-    <description description="A generic Test device for testing SKA base class functionalites." title="SKATestDevice" sourcePath="/home/pogo/src/levpro/skabase/SKATestDevice" language="PythonHL" filestogenerate="XMI   file,Code files,Python Package,Protected Regions" license="GPL" copyright="" hasMandatoryProperty="false" hasConcreteProperty="false" hasAbstractCommand="false" hasAbstractAttribute="false">
+    <description description="A generic Test device for testing SKA base class functionalites." title="SKATestDevice" sourcePath="/home/pogo/src/levpro/skabase/SKATestDevice" language="PythonHL" filestogenerate="XMI   file,Code files,Python Package,Protected Regions" license="none" copyright="" hasMandatoryProperty="false" hasConcreteProperty="false" hasAbstractCommand="false" hasAbstractAttribute="false">
       <inheritances classname="Device_Impl" sourcePath=""/>
       <inheritances classname="SKABaseDevice" sourcePath="../SKABaseDevice"/>
       <identification contact="at ska.ac.za - cam" author="cam" emailDomain="ska.ac.za" classFamily="OtherInstruments" siteSpecific="" platform="All Platforms" bus="Not Applicable" manufacturer="SKASA" reference="SKA-SKATestDevice"/>
diff --git a/skabase/SKATestDevice/SKATestDevice/SKATestDevice.py b/skabase/SKATestDevice/SKATestDevice/SKATestDevice.py
index b10d71a0d1a5033878db5c49b2f4a40c56d6c70f..f39c64b86781e917a16a0a2899940fb909fbc2a2 100644
--- a/skabase/SKATestDevice/SKATestDevice/SKATestDevice.py
+++ b/skabase/SKATestDevice/SKATestDevice/SKATestDevice.py
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@
 #
 #
 #
-# Distributed under the terms of the GPL license.
-# See LICENSE.txt for more info.
 
 """ SKATestDevice
 
diff --git a/skabase/SKATestDevice/SKATestDevice/__init__.py b/skabase/SKATestDevice/SKATestDevice/__init__.py
index 6a5175a2153bd403df75e18ff94c5495efa361db..239d335da43c6aa92bb11d4957a7c26e11014feb 100644
--- a/skabase/SKATestDevice/SKATestDevice/__init__.py
+++ b/skabase/SKATestDevice/SKATestDevice/__init__.py
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@
 #
 #
 #
-# Distributed under the terms of the GPL license.
-# See LICENSE.txt for more info.
 
 """SKATestDevice
 
diff --git a/skabase/SKATestDevice/SKATestDevice/__main__.py b/skabase/SKATestDevice/SKATestDevice/__main__.py
index 3320c97837248ae04666b3bc704d7d6b9b9e72c3..f00561fa116ba307bbb62f747a45ec1a428f7c8a 100644
--- a/skabase/SKATestDevice/SKATestDevice/__main__.py
+++ b/skabase/SKATestDevice/SKATestDevice/__main__.py
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@
 #
 #
 #
-# Distributed under the terms of the GPL license.
-# See LICENSE.txt for more info.
 
 from SKATestDevice import main
 main()
diff --git a/skabase/SKATestDevice/SKATestDevice/release.py b/skabase/SKATestDevice/SKATestDevice/release.py
index 26f4363402ab69dd7bd0adf24dddf77b74f99a33..ced34b15ca03d20868a7764c268e4f14deb7586a 100644
--- a/skabase/SKATestDevice/SKATestDevice/release.py
+++ b/skabase/SKATestDevice/SKATestDevice/release.py
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@
 #
 #
 #
-# Distributed under the terms of the GPL license.
-# See LICENSE.txt for more info.
 
 """Release information for Python Package"""
 
@@ -15,6 +13,6 @@ version_info = version.split(".")
 description = """A generic Test device for testing SKA base class functionalites."""
 author = "cam"
 author_email = "cam at ska.ac.za"
-license = """GPL"""
+license = """BSD-3-Clause"""
 url = """www.tango-controls.org"""
 copyright = """"""
diff --git a/skabase/SKATestDevice/__init__.py b/skabase/SKATestDevice/__init__.py
index e7710e04a728737c585039b077331d6f68c791ce..13b34cf4eb2daaa95d372f2a7b691f4fe7232dcc 100644
--- a/skabase/SKATestDevice/__init__.py
+++ b/skabase/SKATestDevice/__init__.py
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@
 #
 #
 #
-# Distributed under the terms of the GPL license.
-# See LICENSE.txt for more info.
 
 """SKATestDevice
 
diff --git a/skabase/SKATestDevice/__main__.py b/skabase/SKATestDevice/__main__.py
index 3320c97837248ae04666b3bc704d7d6b9b9e72c3..f00561fa116ba307bbb62f747a45ec1a428f7c8a 100644
--- a/skabase/SKATestDevice/__main__.py
+++ b/skabase/SKATestDevice/__main__.py
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@
 #
 #
 #
-# Distributed under the terms of the GPL license.
-# See LICENSE.txt for more info.
 
 from SKATestDevice import main
 main()
diff --git a/skabase/SKATestDevice/release.py b/skabase/SKATestDevice/release.py
index 9d0622611a524ba18d596a03e6e35cea77c4150a..c2a268afbaa053440a8e827f4c1d89911959b824 100644
--- a/skabase/SKATestDevice/release.py
+++ b/skabase/SKATestDevice/release.py
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@
 #
 #
 #
-# Distributed under the terms of the GPL license.
-# See LICENSE.txt for more info.
 
 """Release information for Python Package"""
 
@@ -15,6 +13,6 @@ version_info = version.split(".")
 description = """A generic base device for Testing SKA base class features."""
 author = "cam"
 author_email = "cam at ska.ac.za"
-license = """GPL"""
+license = """BSD-3-Clause"""
 url = """www.tango-controls.org"""
 copyright = """"""
diff --git a/skabase/SKATestDevice/setup.py b/skabase/SKATestDevice/setup.py
index def756b5bfa0c1800174d598f6ba47582c4955e1..cad5c1cdeadc565dae29a554ab10f75606dc92e1 100644
--- a/skabase/SKATestDevice/setup.py
+++ b/skabase/SKATestDevice/setup.py
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@
 #
 #
 #
-# Distributed under the terms of the GPL license.
-# See LICENSE.txt for more info.
 
 import os
 import sys
@@ -35,7 +33,7 @@ setup(name=name,
       entry_points={'console_scripts':['SKATestDevice = SKATestDevice:main']},
       author='cam',
       author_email='cam at ska.ac.za',
-      license='GPL',
+      license='BSD-3-Clause',
       long_description=long_description,
       url='www.tango-controls.org',
       platforms="All Platforms"
diff --git a/skabase/SKATestDevice/test/SKATestDevice_test.py b/skabase/SKATestDevice/test/SKATestDevice_test.py
index a6b12e8fc3ef1f826b4bbcec2351b4310827884a..2282e3af19518f3c857ae9fe6227aaae32dfe14b 100644
--- a/skabase/SKATestDevice/test/SKATestDevice_test.py
+++ b/skabase/SKATestDevice/test/SKATestDevice_test.py
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@
 #
 #
 #
-# Distributed under the terms of the GPL license.
-# See LICENSE.txt for more info.
 #########################################################################################
 """Contain the tests for the SKATestDevice."""
 
diff --git a/skabase/conftest.py b/skabase/conftest.py
index e78a51d7380b9f504717bcd618d055563403165a..2328706561fc3609b7b084598977ef271a88d17b 100644
--- a/skabase/conftest.py
+++ b/skabase/conftest.py
@@ -1,11 +1,3 @@
-###############################################################################
-# SKA South Africa (http://ska.ac.za/)                                        #
-# Author: cam@ska.ac.za                                                       #
-# Copyright @ 2018 SKA SA. All rights reserved.                               #
-#                                                                             #
-# THIS SOFTWARE MAY NOT BE COPIED OR DISTRIBUTED IN ANY FORM WITHOUT THE      #
-# WRITTEN PERMISSION OF SKA SA.                                               #
-###############################################################################
 """
 A module defining a list of fixture functions that are shared across all the skabase
 tests.
@@ -25,7 +17,7 @@ def tango_context(request):
     Parameters
     ----------
     request: _pytest.fixtures.SubRequest
-        A request object gives access to the requesting test context. 
+        A request object gives access to the requesting test context.
     """
     fq_test_class_name = request.cls.__module__
     fq_test_class_name_details = fq_test_class_name.split(".")