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@@ -108,3 +108,6 @@ To estimate number of users of the curl tool or libcurl library is next to
 impossible. Around 5000 downloaded packages each week from the main site gives
 a hint, but the packages are mirrored extensively, bundled with numerous OS
 distributions and otherwise retrieved as part of other software.
+
+September 2002, with the release of curl 7.10 it is released under the MIT
+license only.