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@@ -380,6 +380,6 @@ License
 
 uutils is licensed under the MIT License - see the `LICENSE` file for details
 
-GNU Coreutils is licensed under the GPL V3.
+GNU Coreutils is licensed under the GPL 3.0 or later.
 
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