diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f2822a2..277b20d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -132,6 +132,12 @@ pull request.
   allocation table: the page above the program break was taken by a mapping that the process
   does not list (#233).
 
+### Documentation
+
+- `NOTICE` dates the copyright from 2025, when the code began, credits the CoreTrace
+  contributors alongside Hugo Payet and links the repository. It keeps only these
+  attribution notices, without the license header meant for source files (#248).
+
 ## v0.12.0 (2026-10-22)
 
 Release traces name the kind and the allocation site of each block, and the Windows runtime
diff --git a/NOTICE b/NOTICE
index d2db29c..49b21a5 100644
--- a/NOTICE
+++ b/NOTICE
@@ -1,8 +1,3 @@
 coretrace-compiler
-Copyright 2026 Hugo Payet
-
-Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+Copyright 2025-2026 Hugo Payet and the CoreTrace contributors
+https://github.com/CoreTrace/coretrace-compiler