diff --git a/gpl-lgpl.tex b/gpl-lgpl.tex
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@@ -552,7 +552,7 @@ available to subjugate users.  For example:
 \end{itemize}
 
 Thus, most proprietary software restricts users via multiple interlocking
-legal and technological means.  Any license that truly respect the software
+legal and technological means.  Any license that seeks to maximize the software
 freedom of all users must not only grant appropriate copyright permissions,
 but also \textit{prevent} restrictions from other legal and technological
 means like those listed above.
