diff --git a/src/Doc/CONTRIBUTORS b/src/Doc/CONTRIBUTORS
index 0db0c99b9d..d407a74ede 100644
--- a/src/Doc/CONTRIBUTORS
+++ b/src/Doc/CONTRIBUTORS
@@ -21,10 +21,10 @@ Benjamin Alterauge
Benjamin Bræstrup Sayoc
Benjamin Nauck (hyarion)
Bernd Hahnebach
-bgbsww
blobfish (tanderson69)
bluecd
Brad Collette (sliptonic)
+† Brad McLean (bgbsww) 1966-2024
breathewind
Bruce Lacey
Bruno Gonçalves Pirajá
diff --git a/src/Doc/LICENSE.html b/src/Doc/LICENSE.html
index bb0d959d59..78eb9d0f28 100644
--- a/src/Doc/LICENSE.html
+++ b/src/Doc/LICENSE.html
@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@
FreeCAD License
-FreeCAD license
+FreeCAD License
The FreeCAD application is licensed under the terms of the LGPL2+ license, as stated below.
-Third-party libraries licenses
+Third-Party Libraries Licenses
The different libraries used in FreeCAD and their respective licenses are described on the Third Party Libraries wiki page.
diff --git a/src/Gui/Dialogs/DlgAbout.cpp b/src/Gui/Dialogs/DlgAbout.cpp
index aa02275789..c6621f9a8d 100644
--- a/src/Gui/Dialogs/DlgAbout.cpp
+++ b/src/Gui/Dialogs/DlgAbout.cpp
@@ -321,19 +321,13 @@ void AboutDialog::showCredits()
textField->setOpenLinks(false);
hlayout->addWidget(textField);
- QString creditsHTML = QStringLiteral("");
- //: Header for bgbsww
- creditsHTML +=
- tr("This version of FreeCAD is dedicated to the memory of Brad McLean, aka bgbsww.");
//: Header for the Credits tab of the About screen
- creditsHTML += QStringLiteral("
");
- creditsHTML += tr("Credits");
- creditsHTML += QStringLiteral("
");
- creditsHTML += tr("FreeCAD would not be possible without the contributions of");
- creditsHTML += QStringLiteral(":
");
- //: Header for the list of individual people in the Credits list.
- creditsHTML += tr("Individuals");
- creditsHTML += QStringLiteral("
");
+ QString creditsHTML =
+ QStringLiteral("%1
%2
%3
")
+ .arg(tr("Credits", "Header for the Credits tab of the About screen"))
+ .arg(tr("FreeCAD would not be possible without the contributions of:"))
+ .arg(
+ tr("Individuals", "Header for the list of individual people in the Credits list."));
QTextStream stream(&creditsFile);
#if QT_VERSION < QT_VERSION_CHECK(6, 0, 0)
diff --git a/src/Main/FreeCADGuiPy.cpp b/src/Main/FreeCADGuiPy.cpp
index 39ecba36fb..567b0b76f3 100644
--- a/src/Main/FreeCADGuiPy.cpp
+++ b/src/Main/FreeCADGuiPy.cpp
@@ -336,9 +336,9 @@ PyMOD_INIT_FUNC(FreeCADGui)
Base::Interpreter().loadModule("FreeCAD");
App::Application::Config()["AppIcon"] = "freecad";
App::Application::Config()["SplashScreen"] = "freecadsplash";
- App::Application::Config()["CopyrightInfo"] = "\xc2\xa9 Juergen Riegel, Werner Mayer, Yorik van Havre and others 2001-2024\n";
+ App::Application::Config()["CopyrightInfo"] = "\xc2\xa9 Juergen Riegel, Werner Mayer, Yorik van Havre and others 2001-2025\n";
App::Application::Config()["LicenseInfo"] = "FreeCAD is free and open-source software licensed under the terms of LGPL2+ license.\n";
- App::Application::Config()["CreditsInfo"] = "FreeCAD wouldn't be possible without FreeCAD community.\n";
+ App::Application::Config()["CreditsInfo"] = "FreeCAD would not be possible without the FreeCAD community.\n";
// clang-format on
// it's possible that the GUI is already initialized when the Gui version of the executable
diff --git a/src/Main/MainGui.cpp b/src/Main/MainGui.cpp
index ea1b24250c..850f99d787 100644
--- a/src/Main/MainGui.cpp
+++ b/src/Main/MainGui.cpp
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
App::Application::Config()["ExeName"] = "FreeCAD";
App::Application::Config()["ExeVendor"] = "FreeCAD";
App::Application::Config()["AppDataSkipVendor"] = "true";
- App::Application::Config()["MaintainerUrl"] = "https://www.freecad.org/wiki/Main_Page";
+ App::Application::Config()["MaintainerUrl"] = "https://freecad.org";
// set the banner (for logging and console)
App::Application::Config()["CopyrightInfo"] = sBanner;