--- a/m4/safe-write.m4
+++ b/m4/safe-write.m4
@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
 # safe-write.m4 serial 1
 dnl Copyright (C) 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-dnl This file is free software, distributed under the terms of the GNU
-dnl General Public License.  As a special exception to the GNU General
-dnl Public License, this file may be distributed as part of a program
-dnl that contains a configuration script generated by Autoconf, under
-dnl the same distribution terms as the rest of that program.
+dnl This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
+dnl gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
+dnl with or without modifications, as long as this notice is preserved.
 
 AC_DEFUN([gl_SAFE_WRITE],
 [