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@@ -6,18 +6,45 @@ The sigrok project aims at creating a portable, cross-platform,
 Free/Libre/Open-Source signal analysis software suite that supports various
 device types (such as logic analyzers, oscilloscopes, multimeters, and more).
 
-PulseView is a Qt-based GUI for sigrok.
+PulseView is a Qt-based LA/scope/MSO GUI for sigrok.
 
 
 Status
 ------
 
-PulseView is currently work in progress. Some basic functionality
-is there, but it should still be considered alpha/beta stage software.
+PulseView is in a usable state and has had official tarball releases.
 
-There have been no official tarball releases, yet.
+However, it is still work in progress. Some basic functionality
+is available and working, but other things are still on the TODO list.
 
-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
+-----------------
+
+A copyright notice indicating a range of years, must be interpreted as having
+had copyrightable material added in each of those years.
+
+Example:
+
+ Copyright (C) 2010-2013 Contributor Name
+
+is to be interpreted as
+
+ Copyright (C) 2010,2011,2012,2013 Contributor Name
 
 
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