diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
index 8c74356708..286cd9016d 100644
--- a/LICENSE
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ configure to activate them. In this case, FFmpeg's license changes to GPL v2+.
 Specifically, the GPL parts of FFmpeg are
 
 - libpostproc
-- some x86 and AltiVec optimizations in libswscale
+- some x86 optimizations in libswscale
 - optional x86 optimizations in the files
   libavcodec/x86/h264_deblock_sse2.asm
   libavcodec/x86/h264_idct_sse2.asm
diff --git a/libswscale/swscale_altivec_template.c b/libswscale/swscale_altivec_template.c
index a008b966e8..0bf620bc83 100644
--- a/libswscale/swscale_altivec_template.c
+++ b/libswscale/swscale_altivec_template.c
@@ -6,18 +6,18 @@
  *
  * This file is part of FFmpeg.
  *
- * FFmpeg is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
- * (at your option) any later version.
+ * FFmpeg is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
  *
  * FFmpeg is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
  * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Lesser General Public License for more details.
  *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- * along with FFmpeg; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License along with FFmpeg; if not, write to the Free Software
  * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
  */