diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 1071a1c6c1..b0cf69ef29 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2008-08-22  Eric Blake  <ebb9@byu.net>
+
+	count-one-bits: relax license
+	* modules/count-one-bits (License): Relicense to LGPLv2+.
+	Suggested by Ludovic Courtès, approved by Ben Pfaff.
+
 2008-08-22  Andreas Schwab  <schwab@suse.de>
 
 	* m4/obstack-printf-posix.m4 (gl_FUNC_OBSTACK_PRINTF_POSIX):
diff --git a/modules/count-one-bits b/modules/count-one-bits
index 84160d3d2b..6d273cf58a 100644
--- a/modules/count-one-bits
+++ b/modules/count-one-bits
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ Include:
 "count-one-bits.h"
 
 License:
-GPL
+LGPLv2+
 
 Maintainer:
 Ben Pfaff