diff --git a/libguile/readline.c b/libguile/readline.c
index 36705b3e1..225361f48 100644
--- a/libguile/readline.c
+++ b/libguile/readline.c
@@ -1,8 +1,51 @@
-/* need copyright assignment from Daniel Risacher */
+/* readline.c --- line editing support for Guile */
+
+/*	Copyright (C) 1997 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ * 
+ * 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; either version 2, or (at your option)
+ * any later version.
+ * 
+ * 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.
+ * 
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this software; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to
+ * the Free Software Foundation, 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
+ *
+ * As a special exception, the Free Software Foundation gives permission
+ * for additional uses of the text contained in its release of GUILE.
+ *
+ * The exception is that, if you link the GUILE library with other files
+ * to produce an executable, this does not by itself cause the
+ * resulting executable to be covered by the GNU General Public License.
+ * Your use of that executable is in no way restricted on account of
+ * linking the GUILE library code into it.
+ *
+ * This exception does not however invalidate any other reasons why
+ * the executable file might be covered by the GNU General Public License.
+ *
+ * This exception applies only to the code released by the
+ * Free Software Foundation under the name GUILE.  If you copy
+ * code from other Free Software Foundation releases into a copy of
+ * GUILE, as the General Public License permits, the exception does
+ * not apply to the code that you add in this way.  To avoid misleading
+ * anyone as to the status of such modified files, you must delete
+ * this exception notice from them.
+ *
+ * If you write modifications of your own for GUILE, it is your choice
+ * whether to permit this exception to apply to your modifications.
+ * If you do not wish that, delete this exception notice.  
+ */
+
 
 #include "_scm.h"
 #ifdef HAVE_LIBREADLINE
 #include <libguile.h>
+#include <readline.h>
 #include <gh.h>
 #include <readline/readline.h>
 #include <readline/history.h>
diff --git a/libguile/readline.h b/libguile/readline.h
index 91ca2832e..5a9417a4e 100644
--- a/libguile/readline.h
+++ b/libguile/readline.h
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-/* classes: h_files */
-
 #ifndef READLINEH
 #define READLINEH