diff --git a/contrib/src/main.mak b/contrib/src/main.mak
index 7928f2a1dacf674d8344cd57bda65e1673d3cac8..505d23c8f44c7286d8e660ffa78e5879888d0f69 100644
--- a/contrib/src/main.mak
+++ b/contrib/src/main.mak
@@ -1,7 +1,20 @@
 # Main makefile for VLC 3rd party libraries ("contrib")
 # Copyright (C) 2003-2011 the VideoLAN team
 #
-# This file is under the same license as the vlc package.
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston MA 02110-1301, USA.
+#
 
 all: install
 
diff --git a/extras/tools/tools.mak b/extras/tools/tools.mak
index 2dcbb78f6a81dcb4bd889c3a01f1ff15dc6c4154..9ecd71c8a73c43f29a479d23a27c590939331607 100644
--- a/extras/tools/tools.mak
+++ b/extras/tools/tools.mak
@@ -1,6 +1,19 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2003-2011 the VideoLAN team
 #
-# This file is under the same license as the vlc package.
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston MA 02110-1301, USA.
+#
 
 include packages.mak