diff --git a/lib/cocoa/README b/lib/cocoa/README
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bbe3c93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/cocoa/README
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+Thrift Cocoa Software Library
+
+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.
diff --git a/lib/cpp/README b/lib/cpp/README
index 8304c31..576d017 100644
--- a/lib/cpp/README
+++ b/lib/cpp/README
@@ -1,7 +1,24 @@
 Thrift C++ Software Library
 
-Thrift is distributed under the Thrift open source software license.
-Please see the included LICENSE file.
+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.
 
 Using Thrift with C++
 =====================
diff --git a/lib/csharp/README b/lib/csharp/README
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b7dc5de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/csharp/README
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+Thrift C# Software Library
+
+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.
+
+Using Thrift with C#
+====================
+
+Thrift requires Mono >= 1.2.6 or .NET framework >= 3.5
diff --git a/lib/erl/README b/lib/erl/README
index 815e1fb..ddb6946 100644
--- a/lib/erl/README
+++ b/lib/erl/README
@@ -1,3 +1,28 @@
+Thrift Erlang Software Library
+
+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.
+
+Example
+=======
+
 Example session using thrift_client:
 
 118> f(), {ok, C} = thrift_client:start_link("localhost", 9090, thriftTest_thrif
diff --git a/lib/hs/README b/lib/hs/README
index 5510de1..e58c8c9 100644
--- a/lib/hs/README
+++ b/lib/hs/README
@@ -1,5 +1,25 @@
 Haskell Thrift Bindings
 
+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.
+
 Running
 =======
 
diff --git a/lib/hs/Setup.lhs b/lib/hs/Setup.lhs
index 5bde0de..c9e6d97 100644
--- a/lib/hs/Setup.lhs
+++ b/lib/hs/Setup.lhs
@@ -1,3 +1,23 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env runhaskell
+
+#
+# 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.
+#
+
 > import Distribution.Simple
 > main = defaultMain
diff --git a/lib/java/README b/lib/java/README
index 0970de4..6b8d351 100644
--- a/lib/java/README
+++ b/lib/java/README
@@ -1,7 +1,24 @@
 Thrift Java Software Library
 
-Thrift is distributed under the Thrift open source software license.
-Please see the included LICENSE file.
+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.
 
 Using Thrift with Java
 ======================
diff --git a/lib/java/test/TestClient b/lib/java/test/TestClient
index b848755..bd3c996 100755
--- a/lib/java/test/TestClient
+++ b/lib/java/test/TestClient
@@ -1,2 +1,22 @@
 #!/bin/bash -v
+
+#
+# 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.
+#
+
 java -cp thrifttest.jar:../../lib/java/libthrift.jar org.apache.thrift.test.TestClient $*
diff --git a/lib/java/test/TestNonblockingServer b/lib/java/test/TestNonblockingServer
index f2c596b..070991c 100644
--- a/lib/java/test/TestNonblockingServer
+++ b/lib/java/test/TestNonblockingServer
@@ -1,2 +1,22 @@
 #!/bin/bash -v
+
+#
+# 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.
+#
+
 java -server -Xmx256m -cp thrifttest.jar:../../lib/java/libthrift.jar org.apache.thrift.test.TestNonblockingServer $*
diff --git a/lib/java/test/TestServer b/lib/java/test/TestServer
index 82a6d2a..0d36b58 100755
--- a/lib/java/test/TestServer
+++ b/lib/java/test/TestServer
@@ -1,2 +1,22 @@
 #!/bin/bash -v
+
+#
+# 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.
+#
+
 java -server -cp thrifttest.jar:../../lib/java/libthrift.jar org.apache.thrift.test.TestServer $*
diff --git a/lib/ocaml/README b/lib/ocaml/README
index 222a4b9..5a47a42 100644
--- a/lib/ocaml/README
+++ b/lib/ocaml/README
@@ -1,5 +1,29 @@
+Thrift OCaml Software Library
+
+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.
+
+
 Library
--------
+=======
+
 The library abstract classes, exceptions, and general use functions
 are mostly jammed in Thrift.ml (an exception being
 TServer).
diff --git a/lib/perl/README b/lib/perl/README
index 7716c2e..691488b 100644
--- a/lib/perl/README
+++ b/lib/perl/README
@@ -1,7 +1,24 @@
 Thrift Perl Software Library
 
-Thrift is distributed under the Thrift open source software license.
-Please see the included LICENSE file.
+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.
 
 Using Thrift with Perl
 =====================
diff --git a/lib/php/README b/lib/php/README
index 76479b3..bb566f4 100644
--- a/lib/php/README
+++ b/lib/php/README
@@ -1,7 +1,24 @@
 Thrift PHP Software Library
 
-Thrift is distributed under the Thrift open source software license.
-Please see the included LICENSE file.
+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.
 
 Using Thrift with PHP
 =====================
diff --git a/lib/php/README.apache b/lib/php/README.apache
index 501343d..8c41833 100644
--- a/lib/php/README.apache
+++ b/lib/php/README.apache
@@ -1,7 +1,24 @@
 Thrift PHP/Apache Integration
 
-Thrift is distributed under the Thrift open source software license.
-Please see the included LICENSE file.
+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.
 
 Building PHP Thrift Services with Apache
 ========================================
diff --git a/lib/py/README b/lib/py/README
index 9d9c591..29b8c73 100644
--- a/lib/py/README
+++ b/lib/py/README
@@ -1,7 +1,24 @@
 Thrift Python Software Library
 
-Thrift is distributed under the Thrift open source software license.
-Please see the included LICENSE file.
+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.
 
 Using Thrift with Python
 ========================
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.
diff --git a/lib/st/README b/lib/st/README
index 20f47c5..be865b8 100644
--- a/lib/st/README
+++ b/lib/st/README
@@ -1,5 +1,30 @@
+Thrift SmallTalk Software Library
+
 Last updated Nov 2007
 
+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.
+
+Library
+=======
+
 To get started, just file in thrift.st with Squeak, run thrift -st
 on the tutorial .thrift files (and file in the resulting code), and
 then: