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The actual QGIS licence (viewable in any source file, e.g. src/core/qgis.cpp) shows that the software is licenced under GPL version 2 "or (at your option) any later version".

This PR updates README.md to reflect this for potential users who are concerned about the license restrictions if QGIS were GPLv2-only.
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@ -18,9 +18,9 @@ daily GIS data viewing and editing needs. QGIS supports a number of raster
and vector data formats, with new support easily added using the plugin
architecture.
QGIS is released under the GNU Public License (GPL) Version 2. Developing
QGIS under this license means that you can (if you want to) inspect and
modify the source code and guarantees that you, our happy user will always
QGIS is released under the GNU Public License (GPL) Version 2 or above.
Developing QGIS under this license means that you can (if you want to) inspect
and modify the source code and guarantees that you, our happy user will always
have access to a GIS program that is free of cost and can be freely
modified.