diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
index db6407d..62606e0 100644
--- a/LICENSE
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -1,28 +1,16 @@
-Copyright (c) 2007-2008, Michael Ziegler
+Copyright © 2007-2008, Michael Ziegler
 All rights reserved.
 
-Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
-modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are
-met:
+This package is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+(at your option) any later version.
 
-    * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
-      notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
-    * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above
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+This package is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+GNU General Public License for more details.
 
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