diff --git a/lib/rb/README b/lib/rb/README
index a62d6ea..d78e352 100644
--- a/lib/rb/README
+++ b/lib/rb/README
@@ -1,6 +1,25 @@
 Thrift Ruby Software Library
     http://incubator.apache.org/thrift/
 
+== LICENSE:
+
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+
 == DESCRIPTION:
 
 Thrift is a strongly-typed language-agnostic RPC system.
@@ -22,8 +41,3 @@
 This section should get written by someone with the time and inclination.
 In the meantime, look at existing code, such as the benchmark or the tutorial
 in the full thrift distribution.
-
-== LICENSE:
-
-Thrift is distributed under the Apache Software License.
-Please see the included LICENSE file.