diff --git a/src/devices/machine/ram.cpp b/src/devices/machine/ram.cpp
index 92728b55303..7dd8f9250a4 100644
--- a/src/devices/machine/ram.cpp
+++ b/src/devices/machine/ram.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-// license:GPL-2.0+
-// copyright-holders:Dirk Best
+// license: BSD-3-Clause
+// copyright-holders: Dirk Best
 /*************************************************************************
 
     RAM device
@@ -23,8 +23,6 @@
 // device type definition
 const device_type RAM = &device_creator<ram_device>;
 
-
-
 //-------------------------------------------------
 //  ram_device - constructor
 //-------------------------------------------------
@@ -38,8 +36,6 @@ ram_device::ram_device(const machine_config &mconfig, const char *tag, device_t
 	m_default_value = 0xCD;
 }
 
-
-
 //-------------------------------------------------
 //  device_start - device-specific startup
 //-------------------------------------------------
@@ -68,7 +64,6 @@ void ram_device::device_start()
 	save_item(NAME(m_pointer));
 }
 
-
 //-------------------------------------------------
 //  device_validity_check - device-specific validity
 //  checks
@@ -171,8 +166,6 @@ void ram_device::device_validity_check(validity_checker &valid) const
 	}
 }
 
-
-
 //-------------------------------------------------
 //  parse_string - convert a ram string to an
 //  integer value
@@ -210,8 +203,6 @@ UINT32 ram_device::parse_string(const char *s)
 	return ram;
 }
 
-
-
 //-------------------------------------------------
 //  default_size
 //-------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/src/devices/machine/ram.h b/src/devices/machine/ram.h
index 7d3f054895f..5140309f825 100644
--- a/src/devices/machine/ram.h
+++ b/src/devices/machine/ram.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-// license:GPL-2.0+
-// copyright-holders:Dirk Best
+// license: BSD-3-Clause
+// copyright-holders: Dirk Best
 /*************************************************************************
 
     RAM device