diff --git a/LICENSE.md b/LICENSE.md
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--- a/LICENSE.md
+++ b/LICENSE.md
@@ -2,4 +2,5 @@ Copyright © 2017 Acrosync LLC
 
 * Free for personal use or commercial trial
 * Non-trial commercial use requires per-user licenses available from [duplicacy.com](https://duplicacy.com/customer) at a cost of $20 per year
+* Commercial licenses are not required to restore or manage backups; only the backup command requires a valid commercial license
 * Modification and redistribution are permitted, but commercial use of derivative works is subject to the same requirements of this license
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+++ b/README.md
@@ -324,4 +324,5 @@ For more details and other speed comparison results, please visit https://github
 
 * Free for personal use or commercial trial
 * Non-trial commercial use requires per-user licenses available from [duplicacy.com](https://duplicacy.com/customer) at a cost of $20 per year
+* Commercial licenses are not required to restore or manage backups; only the backup command requires a valid commercial license
 * Modification and redistribution are permitted, but commercial use of derivative works is subject to the same requirements of this license