diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index bc42a49..93afa29 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,3 +1,23 @@
+##
+# ease.js Makefile
+#
+#  Copyright (C) 2012  Mike Gerwitz
+#
+#  This file is part of ease.js.
+#
+#  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/>.
+##
 
 path_build=./build
 path_tools=./tools
diff --git a/doc/Makefile b/doc/Makefile
index 986477f..203639b 100644
--- a/doc/Makefile
+++ b/doc/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,25 @@
-# documentation
+##
+# ease.js manual Makefile
+#
+# Responsible for building the project documentation.
+#
+#  Copyright (C) 2012  Mike Gerwitz
+#
+#  This file is part of ease.js.
+#
+#  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/>.
+##
 
 path_doc=.
 path_build=../build
diff --git a/test/Makefile b/test/Makefile
index d086c4e..1f5db0c 100644
--- a/test/Makefile
+++ b/test/Makefile
@@ -1,3 +1,25 @@
+##
+# ease.js test Makefile
+#
+# Responsible for running the ease.js test suite.
+#
+#  Copyright (C) 2012  Mike Gerwitz
+#
+#  This file is part of ease.js.
+#
+#  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/>.
+##
 
 tests := $(shell find . \
 	-name 'test-*' \
diff --git a/tools/combine b/tools/combine
index fc6efc3..d0f188a 100755
--- a/tools/combine
+++ b/tools/combine
@@ -1,20 +1,20 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 #
-#  Copyright (C) 2010,2011 Mike Gerwitz
+#  Copyright (C) 2012  Mike Gerwitz
 #
 #  This file is part of ease.js.
 #
-#  ease.js is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the
-#  terms of the GNU Lesser 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 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 Lesser General Public License
-#  for more details.
+#  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 Lesser General Public License
+#  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 #  along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 # #
 
diff --git a/tools/linechk b/tools/linechk
index aeaae52..51579a2 100755
--- a/tools/linechk
+++ b/tools/linechk
@@ -4,20 +4,22 @@
 #
 # For a list of ignored patterns, see chk-linelen-ignores
 #
-#   Copyright (C) 2012  Mike Gerwitz
+#  Copyright (C) 2012  Mike Gerwitz
 #
-#   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 file is part of ease.js.
 #
-#   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.
+#  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.
 #
-#   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-#   along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#  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/>.
 ##
 
 root="${1:-.}"
diff --git a/tools/mkexterns b/tools/mkexterns
index f2e83b5..7fa55a6 100755
--- a/tools/mkexterns
+++ b/tools/mkexterns
@@ -4,6 +4,23 @@
 # have restricted scope. This means that they cannot be used as types in other
 # modules. Therefore, to permit this, we must generate an extern file containing
 # basic definitions of each.
+#
+#  Copyright (C) 2012  Mike Gerwitz
+#
+#  This file is part of ease.js.
+#
+#  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/>.
 # #
 
 # all CamelCase modules are likely to be ctors
diff --git a/tools/rmtrail b/tools/rmtrail
index be899c9..fb0d0f2 100755
--- a/tools/rmtrail
+++ b/tools/rmtrail
@@ -9,21 +9,21 @@
 # to keep it as simple (and fast) as possible. The below implementation is
 # suitable for our needs.
 #
-#  Copyright (C) 2010,2011 Mike Gerwitz
+#  Copyright (C) 2012  Mike Gerwitz
 #
 #  This file is part of ease.js.
 #
-#  ease.js is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the
-#  terms of the GNU Lesser 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 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 Lesser General Public License
-#  for more details.
+#  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 Lesser General Public License
+#  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 #  along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 # #
 
diff --git a/tools/signchk b/tools/signchk
index cc5fd8c..bff82f1 100755
--- a/tools/signchk
+++ b/tools/signchk
@@ -5,20 +5,22 @@
 # Allows for automated detection of potential attacks or false authorship of
 # commits by validating signatures against trusted public GPG keys.
 #
-#   Copyright (C) 2012  Mike Gerwitz
+#  Copyright (C) 2012  Mike Gerwitz
 #
-#   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 file is part of ease.js.
 #
-#   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.
+#  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.
 #
-#   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-#   along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#  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/>.
 ##
 
 # default to last unsigned commit (specific to ease.js)
diff --git a/tools/verset b/tools/verset
index 69fefd3..3f4dc38 100755
--- a/tools/verset
+++ b/tools/verset
@@ -1,6 +1,23 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 #
 # Simple version update script
+#
+#  Copyright (C) 2012  Mike Gerwitz
+#
+#  This file is part of ease.js.
+#
+#  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/>.
 ##
 
 major="$1"