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@@ -50,8 +50,9 @@ Check our [Playing the Game](https://github.com/OpenRA/OpenRA/wiki/Playing-the-g
 * Fund development by creating [Bounties](https://www.bountysource.com/trackers/36085-openra) on specific tasks.
 
 ## License
-Copyright 2007-2015 The OpenRA Developers (see [AUTHORS](https://github.com/OpenRA/OpenRA/blob/bleed/AUTHORS))
+Copyright 2007-2016 The OpenRA Developers (see [AUTHORS](https://github.com/OpenRA/OpenRA/blob/bleed/AUTHORS))
 This file is part of OpenRA, which is free software. It is made 
 available to you under the terms of the GNU General Public License
-as published by the Free Software Foundation. For more information,
-see [COPYING](https://github.com/OpenRA/OpenRA/blob/bleed/COPYING).
+as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of
+the License, or (at your option) any later version. For more
+information, see [COPYING](https://github.com/OpenRA/OpenRA/blob/bleed/COPYING).