diff --git a/README b/README
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--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -8,11 +8,13 @@ To install Gmsh, type
 make
 make install
 
-This requires the GSL (http://sources.redhat.com/gsl/) and FLTK 1.1.x
-(http://www.fltk.org), configured with OpenGL support, to be installed
-on your system. If not in default locations, you can either use the
---with-fltk-prefix and --with-gsl-prefix configure options, or you can
-set the environment variables FLTK_DIR and GSL_DIR.
+This requires the GSL (version 1.2 or higher; freely available from
+http://sources.redhat.com/gsl/) and FLTK (version 1.1.x, configured
+with OpenGL support; freely avialable form see http://www.fltk.org),
+to be installed on your system. If not in default locations, you can
+either use the --with-fltk-prefix and --with-gsl-prefix configure
+options, or you can set the environment variables FLTK_DIR and
+GSL_DIR.
 
 To install a non-graphical version of Gmsh (that does not require
 FLTK nor OpenGL), type
@@ -21,6 +23,9 @@ FLTK nor OpenGL), type
 make
 make install
 
+Gmsh is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public
+License. See doc/COPYING for more information.
+
 See the doc/ and tutorial/ directories for documentation.
 
 See the demos/ directory for additional examples.