Clarify licensing

htop has been licensed as GPLv2 but there was inconsistency regarding the
option to choose "any later version" as granted by the license.

This commit clarifies the htop dev team is fine with that choice.
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Daniel Lange
2021-09-22 11:28:31 +02:00
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[![IRC #htop](https://img.shields.io/badge/IRC-htop-blue.svg)](https://web.libera.chat/#htop)
[![GitHub Release](https://img.shields.io/github/release/htop-dev/htop.svg)](https://github.com/htop-dev/htop/releases/latest)
[![Packaging status](https://repology.org/badge/tiny-repos/htop.svg)](https://repology.org/project/htop/versions)
[![License: GPL v2](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-GPL%20v2-blue.svg)](COPYING?raw=true)
[![License: GPL v2+](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-GPL%20v2-blue.svg)](COPYING?raw=true)
![Screenshot of htop](docs/images/screenshot.png?raw=true)
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## License
GNU General Public License, version 2 (GPL-2.0)
GNU General Public License, version 2 (GPL-2.0) or, at your option, any later version.