diff --git a/README b/README
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+++ b/README
@@ -28,5 +28,7 @@ Sunshine!
 	Your LEDE Community
 	http://www.lede-project.org
 
-£¨PS: Addition Lean's private package source code in ./package/lean directory )
+Note: Addition Lean's private package source code in ./package/lean directory. Use it under GPL v3.
+
+GPLv3 is compatible with more licenses than GPLv2: it allows you to make combinations with code that has specific kinds of additional requirements that are not in GPLv3 itself. Section 7 has more information about this, including the list of additional requirements that are permitted.