diff --git a/webpage/docs/external.html b/webpage/docs/external.html
index d90777f14..0eac27640 100644
--- a/webpage/docs/external.html
+++ b/webpage/docs/external.html
@@ -829,7 +829,9 @@
                       <td bgcolor="#a0ddf0" colspan="" rowspan="" 
       valign="top" align="left">
     <font color="#000000" size="-1" face="arial,helvetica,sanserif">
-          GNU General Public License
+          Release 1.0 has been licensed under the GNU General Public
+            License.  Starting with release 1.1 the license has been
+            changed to a BSD-like license.
         </font>
   </td>
       </tr>
diff --git a/webpage/xdocs/external.xml b/webpage/xdocs/external.xml
index 55ac1773f..1a4fdc640 100644
--- a/webpage/xdocs/external.xml
+++ b/webpage/xdocs/external.xml
@@ -285,7 +285,9 @@
           </tr>
           <tr>
             <th>License:</th>
-            <td>GNU General Public License</td>
+            <td>Release 1.0 has been licensed under the GNU General Public
+            License.  Starting with release 1.1 the license has been
+            changed to a BSD-like license.</td>
           </tr>
         </table>
       </subsection>