diff --git a/etc/ORG-NEWS b/etc/ORG-NEWS
index 56ecda860..e0d9ccca7 100644
--- a/etc/ORG-NEWS
+++ b/etc/ORG-NEWS
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
-ORG NEWS                                        -*- org -*-
+ORG NEWS -- history of user-visible changes.           -*- org -*-
 
+Copyright (C) 2012  Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+See the end of the file for license conditions.
+
+Please send Org bug reports to emacs-orgmode@gnu.org.
 
 * Incompatible changes
 
@@ -943,3 +947,19 @@ to mean anything.
     by viewing from the agenda.
 
     This was a request by Matt Lundin.
+* License
+
+This file is part of GNU Emacs.
+
+GNU Emacs 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.
+
+GNU Emacs 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 GNU Emacs.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.