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@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ MuseScore is an open source and free music notation software. For support, contr
 - [How to compile MuseScore?](https://github.com/musescore/MuseScore/wiki/Set-up-developer-environment)
 
 ## License
-MuseScore is licensed under GPL version 3.0. See [LICENSE.GPL](https://github.com/musescore/MuseScore/blob/master/LICENSE.GPL) in the same directory.
+MuseScore is licensed under GPL version 3.0. See [license file](https://github.com/musescore/MuseScore/blob/master/LICENSE.txt) in the same directory.
 
 ## Packages
 See [Code Structure on Wiki](https://github.com/musescore/MuseScore/wiki/CodeStructure)