diff --git a/src/canvas.cpp b/src/canvas.cpp
--- a/src/canvas.cpp
+++ b/src/canvas.cpp
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
  */
 
 #include <string>
+#include <fstream>
+#include <streambuf>
 #include <QGraphicsScene>
 #include <QGraphicsView>
 #include <qdatetime.h>
@@ -41,6 +43,8 @@
 #include <q3filedialog.h>
 #include <QGraphicsItem>
 #include <QList>
+#include <QDir>
+
 #include <QDebug>
 
 #include <set>
@@ -558,7 +562,7 @@ Main::Main(QGraphicsScene& c, Mesh &m, Q
   helpmenu->insertSeparator();
   helpmenu->insertItem("&About", this, SLOT(about()) ); //, Key_F1);
   helpmenu->insertSeparator();
-  helpmenu->insertItem("&GPL", this, SLOT(gpl()) );
+  helpmenu->insertItem("&LICENSE", this, SLOT(gpl()) );
   menu->insertItem("&Help",helpmenu);
   statusBar();
   setCentralWidget(editor);
@@ -665,8 +669,6 @@ void Main::readPars()
   }
 
   emit ParsChanged();
-  /* if (timer_active)
-     timer->start( 0 );*/
 }
 
 
@@ -948,30 +950,37 @@ void Main::about()
 }
 
 
-#include <string>
-#include <fstream>
-#include <streambuf>
 void Main::gpl()
 {
-  static QMessageBox* gpl = new QMessageBox ( "License", "", 
+  static QMessageBox* gpl = new QMessageBox ( "GPL License", "", 
       QMessageBox::Information, 1, 0, 0, this, 0, FALSE );
 
-  std::ifstream t("../doc/GPL");
+  QDir docDir(QApplication::applicationDirPath());
+  docDir.cd("../doc");
+  QString path = docDir.filePath("gpl3.txt");
+
+  std::ifstream file(path.toStdString().c_str());
   std::string str;
 
-  t.seekg(0, std::ios::end);   
-  str.reserve(t.tellg());
-  t.seekg(0, std::ios::beg);
+  if (file) {
+    file.seekg(0, std::ios::end);   
+    str.reserve(file.tellg());
+    file.seekg(0, std::ios::beg);
+
+    str.assign((std::istreambuf_iterator<char>(file)),
+	       std::istreambuf_iterator<char>());
 
-  str.assign((std::istreambuf_iterator<char>(t)),
-              std::istreambuf_iterator<char>());
-  gpl->setText(QString("<h2>GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE</h2>"
-		       "<h3>Version 2, June 1991</h3>"
-                       "<p> Copyright (C) 1989, 1991 Free Software Foundation, Inc. "
-                       "59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA: "
-                       "Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies "
-                       "of this license document, but changing it is not allowed.</p>"));
-  gpl->setDetailedText(QString(str.c_str()));
+    gpl->setDetailedText(QString(str.c_str()));
+  }
+
+  gpl->setText(QString( "<h3>GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE</h3>"
+			"<p>Version 3, 29 June 2007</p>"
+			"<p>Copyright &copy; 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc. "
+			"&lt;<a href=\"http://fsf.org/\">http://fsf.org/</a>&gt;</p><p>"
+			"Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies "
+			"of this license document, but changing it is not allowed.</p>"
+			"<h2>GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE</h2>"));
+
   gpl->setButtonText( 1, "Dismiss" );
   gpl->show();
 }