diff --git a/LICENSE.md b/LICENSE.md
index 025ad35..230d1da 100644
--- a/LICENSE.md
+++ b/LICENSE.md
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 The components of `hid` are licensed as such:
 
  * `hidapi` is released under the [3-clause BSD](https://github.com/signal11/hidapi/blob/master/LICENSE-bsd.txt) license.
- * `libusb` is released under the [GNU GPL 2.1](https://github.com/libusb/libusb/blob/master/COPYING)license.
+ * `libusb` is released under the [GNU LGPL 2.1](https://github.com/libusb/libusb/blob/master/COPYING)license.
  * `go.hid` is released under the [2-clause BSD](https://github.com/GeertJohan/go.hid/blob/master/LICENSE) license.
  * `gowchar` is released under the [3-clause BSD](https://github.com/orofarne/gowchar/blob/master/LICENSE) license.
 
-Given the above, `hid` is licensed under GNU GPL 2.1 or later on Linux and 3-clause BSD on other platforms.
+Given the above, `hid` is licensed under GNU LGPL 2.1 or later on Linux and 3-clause BSD on other platforms.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2c3cbb8..c0471b8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ such, `gowchar` was also vendored in inline (copyright headers and origins prese
 The components of `hid` are licensed as such:
 
  * `hidapi` is released under the [3-clause BSD](https://github.com/signal11/hidapi/blob/master/LICENSE-bsd.txt) license.
- * `libusb` is released under the [GNU GPL 2.1](https://github.com/libusb/libusb/blob/master/COPYING)license.
+ * `libusb` is released under the [GNU LGPL 2.1](https://github.com/libusb/libusb/blob/master/COPYING)license.
  * `go.hid` is released under the [2-clause BSD](https://github.com/GeertJohan/go.hid/blob/master/LICENSE) license.
  * `gowchar` is released under the [3-clause BSD](https://github.com/orofarne/gowchar/blob/master/LICENSE) license.
 
-Given the above, `hid` is licensed under GNU GPL 2.1 or later on Linux and 3-clause BSD on other platforms.
+Given the above, `hid` is licensed under GNU LGPL 2.1 or later on Linux and 3-clause BSD on other platforms.