diff --git a/COPYING-README b/COPYING-README
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--- a/COPYING-README
+++ b/COPYING-README
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Licensing of components:
 * MDB2: BSD style custom
 * User: AGPL
 * XML/RPC: MIT / PHP
-* Silk icons: Creative Commons Attribution 
+* Elementary filetype icons: GPL v3+
 All unmodified files from these and other sources retain their original copyright
 and license notices: see the relevant individual files.