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 ## License
 
-ndn-cxx is an open source project licensed under BSD license. For more information about
+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).
-
-While the license does not require it, we really would appreciate it if others would share
-their contributions to the library if they are willing to do so under the same license.