diff --git a/net-mail/checkpassword/checkpassword-0.90-r4.ebuild b/net-mail/checkpassword/checkpassword-0.90-r4.ebuild
index 5ced6f5bd2f0a..1f19512efe511 100644
--- a/net-mail/checkpassword/checkpassword-0.90-r4.ebuild
+++ b/net-mail/checkpassword/checkpassword-0.90-r4.ebuild
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ DESCRIPTION="A uniform password checking interface for root applications"
 HOMEPAGE="https://cr.yp.to/checkpwd.html"
 SRC_URI="https://cr.yp.to/checkpwd/${P}.tar.gz"
 
-LICENSE="all-rights-reserved"
+# http://cr.yp.to/distributors.html
+LICENSE="public-domain"
 SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="~alpha amd64 arm ~hppa ~ia64 ~m68k ~mips ppc ppc64 ~s390 sparc x86"
 IUSE="static"