diff --git a/qemu-sockets.c b/qemu-sockets.c
index 77d9921a79..509d2a594e 100644
--- a/qemu-sockets.c
+++ b/qemu-sockets.c
@@ -1,3 +1,17 @@
+/*
+ *  inet and unix socket functions for qemu
+ *
+ *  (c) 2008 Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@redhat.com>
+ *
+ *  This program 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; under version 2 of the License.
+ *
+ *  This program 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.
+ */
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>