From 1fc26cbb249af6797b71c89ad70cc7f9db0475b3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Murch <murch@murch.one>
Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2025 17:21:17 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] BIP3: Update License header format on activation

Addresses follow-up from #1892
---
 bip-0003.md | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/bip-0003.md b/bip-0003.md
index fc403d66..9f9c72bf 100644
--- a/bip-0003.md
+++ b/bip-0003.md
@@ -588,7 +588,8 @@ The Superseded-By header is replaced with the Proposed-Replacement header in all
 
 #### Licenses
 
-The licenses of existing BIPs remain untouched.
+Existing BIPs retain their license terms unchanged.
+The License and License-Code headers of BIPs are updated to express those terms using SPDX License Expressions.
 
 ## Copyright