Replace GPLv2+ references with GPLv3+.

[pulseview.git] / README

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@@ -20,6 +20,20 @@ There have been no official tarball releases, yet.
 Distro packagers should NOT package this, yet.
 
 
+Copyright and license
+---------------------
+
+PulseView is licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+(GPL), version 3 or later.
+
+While some individual source code files are licensed under the GPLv2+, and
+some files are licensed under the GPLv3+, this doesn't change the fact that
+the program as a whole is licensed under the terms of the GPLv3+ (e.g. also
+due to the fact that it links against GPLv3+ libraries).
+
+Please see the individual source files for the full list of copyright holders.
+
+
 Copyright notices
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