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@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Currently in early stages. Might eat your kangaroo.
 
 Written in C. Requires bleeding edge libfprint (libusb-1.0 port).
 
-Licensed under the GPL version 2 (see COPYING).
+Licensed under the GPL version 2 or any later version (see COPYING).
 
 An experimental PAM login module is included in the 'pam' directory.
 This will be moved to a separate package once the system has matured.