diff --git a/README b/README
index 985b357d..037387af 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -7,11 +7,16 @@ is also supported).  GNU libmicrohttpd only implements the HTTP 1.1
 protocol.  The main application must still provide the application
 logic to generate the content.
 
+GNU libmicrohttpd is dual-licensed under the GNU Lesser General Public
+License (LGPLv3+) and the eCos License.  See COPYING for details.
+
 
 Installation
 ============
 
-If you are using Subversion, run "autoreconf -fi" to create configure.
+See INSTALL for generic installation instructions.
+
+If you are using Git, run "autoreconf -fi" to create configure.
 
 In order to run the testcases, you need a recent version of libcurl.
 libcurl is not required if you just want to install the library.