diff --git a/harbour/ChangeLog b/harbour/ChangeLog
index 7205495a9e..ef6083bc35 100644
--- a/harbour/ChangeLog
+++ b/harbour/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+19990915-14:14 GMT+1 Victor Szel <info@szelvesz.hu>
+  * doc/license.txt
+    + Added a text file containing the license text.
+  * doc/hdr_tpl.txt
+    ! Typo fixed (v1.8)
+
 19990915-14:04 GMT+1 Victor Szel <info@szelvesz.hu>
   * source/rtl/dir.c
     include/directry.ch
diff --git a/harbour/doc/hdr_tpl.txt b/harbour/doc/hdr_tpl.txt
index e9da87acfe..9a009f71f9 100644
--- a/harbour/doc/hdr_tpl.txt
+++ b/harbour/doc/hdr_tpl.txt
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ FILE HEADER TEMPLATE (OPTIONAL ADDITION FOR PARTIAL COPYRIGHTS)
  * Copyright 1999 {name} <{e-mail address}>
  *    {function or subsystem name}
  *
- * See doc/licence.txt for licensing terms.
+ * See doc/license.txt for licensing terms.
  *
  */
 
@@ -136,6 +136,7 @@ FUNCTION HEADER EXAMPLE
  * History of this file
  * ====================
  *
+ * V 1.8    Victor Szel                 licence -> license
  * V 1.7    Victor Szel                 History separated from the file header
  *                                      template. Slight changes in the format
  *                                      of the header. Removed "(proposal)"
diff --git a/harbour/doc/license.txt b/harbour/doc/license.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4f13b86fd8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/harbour/doc/license.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+/*
+ * $Id$
+ */
+
+ THE HARBOUR PROJECT LICENSE
+ ===========================
+
+ 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 of the License, or
+ (at your option) any later version, with one exception:
+
+ The exception is that if you link the Harbour Runtime Library (HRL)
+ and/or the Harbour Virtual Machine (HVM) 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 HRL
+ and/or HVM code into it.
+
+ 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 program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA (or visit
+ their web site at http://www.gnu.org/).
+