diff --git a/COPYING b/LICENSE
similarity index 100%
rename from COPYING
rename to LICENSE
diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 3e11b328..0afce2f8 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ EXTRA_DIST += scripts/fuse_gmock_files.py
 
 # The Google Mock Generator tool from the cppclean project.
 EXTRA_DIST += \
-  scripts/generator/COPYING \
+  scripts/generator/LICENSE \
   scripts/generator/README \
   scripts/generator/README.cppclean \
   scripts/generator/cpp/__init__.py \
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index e8b65bdc..05b90c4b 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ AC_INIT([Google C++ Mocking Framework],
 
 # Provide various options to initialize the Autoconf and configure processes.
 AC_PREREQ([2.59])
-AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([./COPYING])
+AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([./LICENSE])
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([build-aux])
 AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([build-aux/config.h])
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile])
diff --git a/scripts/generator/COPYING b/scripts/generator/LICENSE
similarity index 100%
rename from scripts/generator/COPYING
rename to scripts/generator/LICENSE