--- a/etc/NEWS	Mon Dec 06 23:03:25 2010 +0100
+++ b/etc/NEWS	Sun Dec 12 00:20:02 2010 +0100
@@ -1,4 +1,27 @@
 -*- mode:outline -*-
+
+Copyright (C) 1998-2000 Hrvoje Niksic
+Copyright (C) 2000-2001 Michael Sperber
+Copyright (C) 2001 Ben Wing
+Copyright (C) 2001 Didier Verna
+Copyright (C) 2004 Stephen Turnbull
+Copyright (C) 2005-2006 Aidan Kehoe
+
+This file is part of XEmacs.
+
+XEmacs 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.
+
+XEmacs 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 XEmacs.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
 
 * Introduction
 ==============