diff --git a/README b/README
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+++ b/README
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ http://www.unix-ag.uni-kl.de/~auerswal/ssocr/
 
 I am usually quicker to reply to emails than to GitHub issues.
 
-Every file in this repository is licensed under the GNU General Public
-License version 3 (or later), unless another license is explicitly
-given in the file itself. This includes all documentation files and
-the Makefile.
+Every file in this repository or archive is licensed under the GNU
+General Public License version 3 (or later), unless another license is
+explicitly given in the file itself. This includes all documentation
+files and the Makefile, and all other files.