diff --git a/tools/release-notes b/tools/release-notes
index e54dd65..e8228d1 100755
--- a/tools/release-notes
+++ b/tools/release-notes
@@ -1,4 +1,22 @@
 #!/bin/bash
+#
+# Release note HTML generation
+#
+#   Copyright (C) 2015 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+#
+#   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 3 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, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+##
 
 release-tags() {
   local -i limit="$1"