diff --git a/copyright/COPYRIGHT b/copyright/COPYRIGHT
index fe1742562..6a47d81eb 100644
--- a/copyright/COPYRIGHT
+++ b/copyright/COPYRIGHT
@@ -3,12 +3,12 @@ This SOFTWARE has been authored by an employee or employees of the University of
 California, operator of the Los Alamos National Laboratory under Contract No.
 W-7405-ENG-36 with the U.S. Department of Energy and the University of Chicago,
 operator of the Argonne National Laboratory under Contract N. W-31-109-ENG038. 
-The U.S. Government has rights to use, reporduce, and distribute this SOFTWARE.
-The public may copy, distribute, prepare derivative works and pubically display
-this SOFTWARE without charge, probided that this Notice and any statement of 
+The U.S. Government has rights to use, reproduce, and distribute this SOFTWARE.
+The public may copy, distribute, prepare derivative works and publicly display
+this SOFTWARE without charge, provided that this Notice and any statement of 
 authorship are reproduced on all copies. Neither the Government nor the Univer-
-sities make any waranty, express or implied, or assumes any liability or respon-
-sibility for the use of thie SOFTWARE. If SOFTWARE is mmodified to produce de-
-rivitive works, such modified SOFTWARE should be clearly marked, so as not to
+sities make any warranty, express or implied, or assumes any liability or re-
+sponsibility for the use of this SOFTWARE. If SOFTWARE is modified to produce
+derivative works, such modified SOFTWARE should be clearly marked, so as not to
 confuse it with the version available from LANL.
 */