diff --git a/gst/goom/README b/gst/goom/README
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f12cf1b55b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gst/goom/README
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+The Goom plugin is based on the Goom visualization code from
+the Goom homepage found at: 
+http://ios.free.fr/?page=projet&quoi=1 
+
+Like the original library so is the Goom plugin available under the LGPL license
diff --git a/gst/goom/gstgoom.c b/gst/goom/gstgoom.c
index cbafd01699..bbf49bbdbe 100644
--- a/gst/goom/gstgoom.c
+++ b/gst/goom/gstgoom.c
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ GType gst_goom_get_type(void);
 static GstElementDetails gst_goom_details = {
   "GOOM: what a GOOM!",
   "Visualization",
-  "GPL",
+  "LGPL",
   "Takes frames of data and outputs video frames using the GOOM filter",
   VERSION,
   "Wim Taymans <wim.taymans@chello.be>",