diff --git a/docs/COPYRIGHT.source_code.txt b/docs/COPYRIGHT.source_code.txt
index b134940c..dec70a72 100644
--- a/docs/COPYRIGHT.source_code.txt
+++ b/docs/COPYRIGHT.source_code.txt
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ This software may be redistributed freely, but all redistributions must retain
 all occurences of the above copyright notice and web site addresses that are
 currently in place and must provide full source code with ALL modifications.
 
-
+On debian systems please find license information in: /usr/share/common-licenses
 
 
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
diff --git a/docs/README.compiling-linux.txt b/docs/README.compiling-linux.txt
index 98791d7c..3e0204e7 100644
--- a/docs/README.compiling-linux.txt
+++ b/docs/README.compiling-linux.txt
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ endian CPUs like PPC (though some unfinished patches for vanilla Glest float
 around on the Glest boards, e.g. http://glest.org/glest_board/?topic=1426).
 
 
+On debian systems please find license information in: /usr/share/common-licenses
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 2. Building and Installation
diff --git a/docs/README.compiling-windows.txt b/docs/README.compiling-windows.txt
index 42e88b34..11511520 100644
--- a/docs/README.compiling-windows.txt
+++ b/docs/README.compiling-windows.txt
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Developed on Windows with Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Express (free version),
 little endian CPU. Compiling using the mingw32 toolset is now possible, which
 also allows for cross compiling.
 
-
+On debian systems please find license information in: /usr/share/common-licenses
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 2. Building and Installation
diff --git a/docs/gnu_gpl_3.0.txt b/docs/gnu_gpl_3.0.txt
index 94a9ed02..b86cf5d8 100644
--- a/docs/gnu_gpl_3.0.txt
+++ b/docs/gnu_gpl_3.0.txt
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
  Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies
  of this license document, but changing it is not allowed.
 
+On debian systems please find license information in: /usr/share/common-licenses
+
                             Preamble
 
   The GNU General Public License is a free, copyleft license for