diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/science/math/liblapack/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/science/math/liblapack/default.nix
index da8fd03c2bb7..0c15834f3830 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/science/math/liblapack/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/science/math/liblapack/default.nix
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
   meta = {
     description = "Linear Algebra PACKage";
-    license = "Free, copyrighted";
+    license = "revised-BSD";
     homepage = "http://www.netlib.org/lapack/";
   };
 }