diff --git a/example-clients/alias.c b/example-clients/alias.c
index dafbb9c3..6f7d2079 100644
--- a/example-clients/alias.c
+++ b/example-clients/alias.c
@@ -1,10 +1,28 @@
+/*
+    Copyright (C) 2008
+    
+    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.
+
+    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.
+*/
+
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <getopt.h>
-//#include <config.h>
 #include <jack/jack.h>
+//#include <config.h>
 
 char * my_name;
 
diff --git a/example-clients/capture_client.c b/example-clients/capture_client.c
index bd0b0381..72a2467f 100644
--- a/example-clients/capture_client.c
+++ b/example-clients/capture_client.c
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 
     * 2002/08/23 - modify for libsndfile 1.0.0 <andy@alsaplayer.org>
     * 2003/05/26 - use ringbuffers - joq
-    
 */
 
 #include <stdio.h>
diff --git a/example-clients/echo.cpp b/example-clients/echo.cpp
index 1244be5c..2fc08a1d 100644
--- a/example-clients/echo.cpp
+++ b/example-clients/echo.cpp
@@ -1,3 +1,21 @@
+/*
+ Copyright (C) 2008 Grame 
+  
+ 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.
+
+ 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.
+*/
+
 /* link with  */
 #include <math.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
diff --git a/example-clients/freeverb.cpp b/example-clients/freeverb.cpp
index 71c1c7fe..312691c0 100644
--- a/example-clients/freeverb.cpp
+++ b/example-clients/freeverb.cpp
@@ -1,3 +1,21 @@
+/*
+ Copyright (C) 2008 Grame 
+  
+ 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.
+
+ 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.
+*/
+
 /* link with  */
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
@@ -11,7 +29,7 @@
 #include <string>
 #include <map>
 #include <iostream>
-#include <jack/jack.h>
+#include <jack/jack.h>
 
 #include <windows.h>
 
diff --git a/example-clients/internal_metro.h b/example-clients/internal_metro.h
index a603f62c..bbe156a8 100644
--- a/example-clients/internal_metro.h
+++ b/example-clients/internal_metro.h
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@
  You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
  along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software 
  Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
-
- $Id: internal_metro.h,v 1.2.2.1 2006/06/20 14:44:00 letz Exp $
 */
 
 #ifndef __internal_metro__
diff --git a/example-clients/ipload.c b/example-clients/ipload.c
index 287bf12e..665ad7ad 100644
--- a/example-clients/ipload.c
+++ b/example-clients/ipload.c
@@ -1,3 +1,19 @@
+/*
+ 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.
+
+ 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.
+*/
+
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
diff --git a/example-clients/ipunload.c b/example-clients/ipunload.c
index 25fa846c..baedfc1e 100644
--- a/example-clients/ipunload.c
+++ b/example-clients/ipunload.c
@@ -1,3 +1,19 @@
+/*
+ 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.
+
+ 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.
+*/
+
 #include <string.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
diff --git a/example-clients/monitor_client.c b/example-clients/monitor_client.c
index d4a2e4d6..0a89b17c 100644
--- a/example-clients/monitor_client.c
+++ b/example-clients/monitor_client.c
@@ -1,3 +1,19 @@
+/*
+    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.
+
+    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.
+*/
+
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
@@ -10,7 +26,6 @@
 
 int
 main (int argc, char *argv[])
-
 {
 	jack_client_t *client;
 	char *my_name = strrchr(argv[0], '/');
diff --git a/example-clients/showtime.c b/example-clients/showtime.c
index d6c09337..af413e89 100644
--- a/example-clients/showtime.c
+++ b/example-clients/showtime.c
@@ -1,3 +1,19 @@
+/*
+    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.
+
+    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.
+*/
+
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <unistd.h>