diff --git a/sample-scripts/bouncingball.pl b/sample-scripts/bouncingball.pl
index c13243e3..d4572867 100644
--- a/sample-scripts/bouncingball.pl
+++ b/sample-scripts/bouncingball.pl
@@ -1,5 +1,26 @@
 #!/usr/bin/perl
 
+# Copyright (C) 1999 Carsten Haitzler, Geoff Harrison and various contributors
+# 
+# Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+# of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to
+# deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the
+# rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or
+# sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+# furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+# 
+# The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+# all copies of the Software, its documentation and marketing & publicity
+# materials, and acknowledgment shall be given in the documentation, materials
+# and software packages that this Software was used.
+# 
+# THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+# IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+# FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL
+# THE AUTHORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER
+# IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN
+# CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+
 # This is a little script that will create a window that says
 # "Follow the Bouncing Ball" and then drops it to the bottom of the
 # screen and slowly bounces it around.
diff --git a/sample-scripts/lcdmover.sh b/sample-scripts/lcdmover.sh
index 9bbcfdef..718536e5 100755
--- a/sample-scripts/lcdmover.sh
+++ b/sample-scripts/lcdmover.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,26 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
+# Copyright (C) 1999 Carsten Haitzler, Geoff Harrison and various contributors
+# 
+# Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+# of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to
+# deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the
+# rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or
+# sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+# furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+# 
+# The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+# all copies of the Software, its documentation and marketing & publicity
+# materials, and acknowledgment shall be given in the documentation, materials
+# and software packages that this Software was used.
+# 
+# THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+# IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+# FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL
+# THE AUTHORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER
+# IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN
+# CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+
 # Use: none!
 # instructions: move the lucy in the sky with diamonds window and see what
 # happends to the other window.
diff --git a/sample-scripts/testroller.pl b/sample-scripts/testroller.pl
index c7897da2..2ddd9b4e 100644
--- a/sample-scripts/testroller.pl
+++ b/sample-scripts/testroller.pl
@@ -1,5 +1,26 @@
 #!/usr/bin/perl
 
+# Copyright (C) 1999 Carsten Haitzler, Geoff Harrison and various contributors
+# 
+# Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+# of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to
+# deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the
+# rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or
+# sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+# furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+# 
+# The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+# all copies of the Software, its documentation and marketing & publicity
+# materials, and acknowledgment shall be given in the documentation, materials
+# and software packages that this Software was used.
+# 
+# THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+# IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+# FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL
+# THE AUTHORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER
+# IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN
+# CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+
 # This script is still VERY VERY VERY early on in development
 # but I wanted to give you folks an idea of why the IPC was being
 # set up the way it was.  this is just a quick hack.  expect better