diff --git a/debian/copyright b/debian/copyright
index aea5d9e5d..8898ae4ad 100644
--- a/debian/copyright
+++ b/debian/copyright
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Copyright:
  2001-2003 FhG Fokus
  2006-2010 iptelorg GmbH
  Various others (see AUTHORS file)
-License: GPL-2.0+
+License: GPL-2+
  On Debian systems, the full text of the GNU General Public
  License version 2 can be found in the file `/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-2'.