update licensing exception text

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/COPYING b/COPYING
index c6c72f5d..1ab9dfd8 100644
--- a/COPYING
+++ b/COPYING
@@ -342,7 +342,10 @@ consider it more useful to permit linking proprietary applications with the
 library.  If this is what you want to do, use the GNU Library General
 Public License instead of this License.
 
-The Totem project hereby grant permission for non-gpl compatible GStreamer 
-plugins to be used and distributed together with GStreamer and Totem. This 
-permission are above and beyond the permissions granted by the GPL license 
-Totem is covered by.
+The Totem project hereby grants permission for non-GPL compatible
+GStreamer plugins to be used and distributed together with GStreamer and
+Totem. This permission is above and beyond the permissions granted by
+the GPL licensei by which Totem is covered. If you modify this code, you may 
+extend this exception to your version of the code, but you are not obligated 
+to do so. If you do not wish to do so, delete this exception statement from 
+your version.