--- freem/POLICY.md	2025/01/19 02:04:04	1.1
+++ freem/POLICY.md	2025/03/09 15:20:18	1.2
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 ## Copyright and License
 
-This document is Copyright (C) 2020 John P. Willis
+This document is Copyright (C) 2020, 2025 Serena Willis
 
 Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the 
 terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or any later version 
@@ -29,13 +29,6 @@ to represent it with our quirky--yet fea
 effort will be made or allowed to hide our M identity or cultural and community
 heritage. 
 
-## Shalom ha-Ashkenaz
-
-We will continue to honor the enigmatic Shalom ha-Ashkenaz for his original 
-contribution of FreeM to the community. The Star of David is the symbol he
-chose to represent this implementation, and it will remain forever enshrined
-in our code headers.
-
 ## External Forks
 
 At least one external fork of FreeM is known to exist, pre-dating the current
@@ -72,10 +65,10 @@ those using FreeM to develop M programs
 Internal project governance is handled in the *project-policy* channel of the
 *FreeM Community* Discord server.
 
-John P. Willis (jpw@coherent-logic.com) is the project lead. In John's absence,
+Serena Willis <snw@coherent-logic.com> is the project lead. In Serena's absence,
 any member of the "Core Team" from the *FreeM Community* Discord server is 
 authorized to speak with authority on matters of FreeM project governance, or
-redirect such matters to John per their own judgment.
+redirect such matters to Serena per their own judgment.
 
 ## Relationship to Coherent Logic Development LLC
 
@@ -88,7 +81,7 @@ project itself or its contributors. We d
 ### Ethical Positioning
 
 FreeM strongly identifies with the *free software* movement, and does not associate
-itself with the ethically-empty *open source* movement or terminology. We believe
+itself with the ethically hollow *open source* movement or terminology. We believe
 that the ethical implications of proprietary software are far more important than
 the mere practical implications. We believe there is a natural right to software
 freedom, and the laws written to protect proprietary software devils are both