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 ## License
 
 ndn-cxx is an open source project licensed under LGPL 3.0 license. For more information about
-the license, refer to [`COPYING`](https://github.com/named-data/ndn-cxx/blob/master/COPYING).
+the license, refer to [`COPYING.md`](https://github.com/named-data/ndn-cxx/blob/master/COPYING.md).