diff --git a/guacd/INSTALL b/guacd/INSTALL
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29b..00000000
diff --git a/guacd/COPYING b/guacd/LICENSE
similarity index 100%
rename from guacd/COPYING
rename to guacd/LICENSE
diff --git a/guacd/Makefile.am b/guacd/Makefile.am
index 7a20fd84..459708a5 100644
--- a/guacd/Makefile.am
+++ b/guacd/Makefile.am
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
-AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = gnu
+AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = foreign 
 initdir = @init_dir@
 
 sbin_PROGRAMS = guacd
diff --git a/guacd/NEWS b/guacd/NEWS
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index e69de29b..00000000