diff --git a/sanoid b/sanoid
index fc8f853..808bf38 100755
--- a/sanoid
+++ b/sanoid
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 #!/usr/bin/perl
 
+# this software is licensed for use under the Free Software Foundation's GPL v3.0 license, as retrieved
+# from http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html on 2014-11-17.  A copy should also be available in this
+# project's Git repository at https://github.com/jrssystemsnet/sanoid/blob/master/LICENSE.
+
 use strict;
 use Config::IniFiles;   # read samba-style conf file
 use File::Path;         # for rmtree command in use_prune
diff --git a/syncoid b/syncoid
index 7508e49..2a99292 100755
--- a/syncoid
+++ b/syncoid
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 #!/usr/bin/perl
 
+# this software is licensed for use under the Free Software Foundation's GPL v3.0 license, as retrieved 
+# from http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html on 2014-11-17.  A copy should also be available in this
+# project's Git repository at https://github.com/jrssystemsnet/sanoid/blob/master/LICENSE.
+
 use strict;
 use Data::Dumper;
 use Time::Local;