diff --git a/sys/msdk/README b/sys/msdk/README
deleted file mode 100644
index 75fa832711..0000000000
--- a/sys/msdk/README
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-
-# gst-msdk
-
-gst-msdk is a plugin for
-[Intel Media SDK](https://software.intel.com/en-us/media-sdk), a
-cross-platform API for developing media applications. The plugin has
-multiple elements for video hardware encoding leveraging latest Intel
-processors through Intel Media SDK.
-
-- MPEG2 encoding (*msdkmpeg2enc*)
-
-- H.264 encoding (*msdkh264enc*)
-
-- H.265 encoding (*msdkh265enc*)
-
-- VP8 encoding (*msdkvp8enc*)
-
-
-It requires:
-
-- Intel Media SDK
-
-
-# Giving it a try
-
-Encoding a simple video test source and saving it to a file.
-
-    $ gst-launch-1.0 videotestsrc ! msdkh264enc ! filesink location=test.h264
-
-
-# License
-
-gst-mdk is freely available for download under the terms of the
-[BSD-3-Clause License](https://spdx.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause.html).
diff --git a/sys/msdk/gstmsdk.c b/sys/msdk/gstmsdk.c
index 15e2413439..1047ebbd68 100644
--- a/sys/msdk/gstmsdk.c
+++ b/sys/msdk/gstmsdk.c
@@ -149,4 +149,4 @@ GST_PLUGIN_DEFINE (GST_VERSION_MAJOR,
     GST_VERSION_MINOR,
     msdk,
     "Intel Media SDK based elements",
-    plugin_init, VERSION, "BSD", GST_PACKAGE_NAME, GST_PACKAGE_ORIGIN)
+    plugin_init, VERSION, "LGPL", GST_PACKAGE_NAME, GST_PACKAGE_ORIGIN)