diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index 124c6602..68ec1880 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+This file is licensed under the terms of the expat license, see the file EXPAT.
+
 Developers:
     Christian Dywan <christian@twotoasts.de>
 
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 4dcb4741..4979a3e3 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+This file is licensed under the terms of the expat license, see the file EXPAT.
+
 v0.0.21:
  + Update some translations
  + Show progress in location when statusbar is hidden
diff --git a/EXPAT b/EXPAT
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7da1ab30
--- /dev/null
+++ b/EXPAT
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
+a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
+"Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
+without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
+distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
+permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
+the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included
+in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
+EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
+MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.
+IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY
+CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT,
+TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE
+SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
diff --git a/HACKING b/HACKING
index c1fd5339..88342471 100644
--- a/HACKING
+++ b/HACKING
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+This file is licensed under the terms of the expat license, see the file EXPAT.
+
 It is 4 spaces, no tabs, preferrably at 80 columns per line.
 
 The preferred coding style is explained by example.
diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index 96ddec5b..9fe73038 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+This file is licensed under the terms of the expat license, see the file EXPAT.
+
 +++ Installing Midori +++
 
 Building and installing Midori is straightforward.
diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 9a6151c4..9e2ee96e 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+# This file is licensed under the terms of the expat license, see the file EXPAT.
+
 AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = gnu
 
 SUBDIRS = katze midori po icons
diff --git a/README b/README
index 4a350946..23a69fb7 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+This file is licensed under the terms of the expat license, see the file EXPAT.
+
 Midori is a lightweight web browser.
 
 * Full integration with GTK+2.
diff --git a/TODO b/TODO
index af976e1f..58e019ac 100644
--- a/TODO
+++ b/TODO
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+This file is licensed under the terms of the expat license, see the file EXPAT.
+
 TODO:
  . Revamp bookmarks UI, including creating of bookmark folders
  . Use an update timeout in KatzePropertyProxy instead of only focus-out
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index fa102248..2638da05 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+# This file is licensed under the terms of the expat license, see the file EXPAT.
 # Register ourselves to autoconf
 AC_INIT([midori], [0.0.21], [http://www.twotoasts.de/bugs])
 AC_CONFIG_SRCDIR([midori/midori-stock.h])
diff --git a/docs/api/wscript_build b/docs/api/wscript_build
index 7cba870e..7733da71 100644
--- a/docs/api/wscript_build
+++ b/docs/api/wscript_build
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #! /usr/bin/env python
 # WAF build script for midori
+# This file is licensed under the terms of the expat license, see the file EXPAT.
 
 import pproc as subprocess
 
diff --git a/docs/user/midori.css b/docs/user/midori.css
index 57048efe..eb96e13e 100644
--- a/docs/user/midori.css
+++ b/docs/user/midori.css
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
 :Author: Christian Dywan
 :Contact: christian@twotoasts.de
-:Copyright: This stylesheet has been placed in the public domain.
+:Copyright: This file is licensed under the terms of the expat license, see the file EXPAT.
 
 Stylesheet for Midori's documentation based on a version of Enrico Troeger.
 */
diff --git a/icons/Makefile.am b/icons/Makefile.am
index b03110ca..1ca619c3 100644
--- a/icons/Makefile.am
+++ b/icons/Makefile.am
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+# This file is licensed under the terms of the expat license, see the file EXPAT.
+
 iconsdir = $(datadir)/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps
 icons_DATA = scalable/midori.svg
 
diff --git a/icons/wscript_build b/icons/wscript_build
index 35cdcbf9..2896e0cf 100644
--- a/icons/wscript_build
+++ b/icons/wscript_build
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #! /usr/bin/env python
 # WAF build script for midori
+# This file is licensed under the terms of the expat license, see the file EXPAT.
 
 def add_image (bld, install_files, category, name):
     import os
diff --git a/katze/Makefile.am b/katze/Makefile.am
index f357f6a5..a6b17545 100644
--- a/katze/Makefile.am
+++ b/katze/Makefile.am
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+# This file is licensed under the terms of the expat license, see the file EXPAT.
+
 INCLUDES = \
     $(GTK_CFLAGS)    \
     $(LIBXML_CFLAGS)
diff --git a/katze/wscript_build b/katze/wscript_build
index efa43b5e..b3145552 100644
--- a/katze/wscript_build
+++ b/katze/wscript_build
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #! /usr/bin/env python
 # WAF build script for midori
+# This file is licensed under the terms of the expat license, see the file EXPAT.
 
 obj = bld.create_obj ('cc', 'staticlib')
 obj.name = 'katze'
diff --git a/legacy.sh b/legacy.sh
index dd4632a3..70867688 100755
--- a/legacy.sh
+++ b/legacy.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/sh
+# This file is licensed under the terms of the expat license, see the file EXPAT.
 
 echo "no" | glib-gettextize --force --copy
 intltoolize --copy --force --automake
diff --git a/midori/Makefile.am b/midori/Makefile.am
index 627c49a5..6219a8ea 100644
--- a/midori/Makefile.am
+++ b/midori/Makefile.am
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+# This file is licensed under the terms of the expat license, see the file EXPAT.
+
 INCLUDES = \
     $(UNIQUE_CFLAGS)        \
     $(GIO_CFLAGS)           \
diff --git a/midori/wscript_build b/midori/wscript_build
index 0dfb01a3..af1c06e8 100644
--- a/midori/wscript_build
+++ b/midori/wscript_build
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #! /usr/bin/env python
 # WAF build script for midori
+# This file is licensed under the terms of the expat license, see the file EXPAT.
 
 obj = bld.create_obj ('cc', 'program')
 obj.target = 'midori'
diff --git a/po/wscript_build b/po/wscript_build
index 149046b6..fe03f6c6 100644
--- a/po/wscript_build
+++ b/po/wscript_build
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #! /usr/bin/env python
 # WAF build script for midori
+# This file is licensed under the terms of the expat license, see the file EXPAT.
 
 import Params
 import pproc as subprocess
diff --git a/wscript b/wscript
index 76e1c4da..b872cfda 100644
--- a/wscript
+++ b/wscript
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #! /usr/bin/env python
 # WAF build script for midori
+# This file is licensed under the terms of the expat license, see the file EXPAT.
 
 import Params
 import pproc as subprocess