Index: src/uk/me/parabola/mkgmap/build/MapBuilder.java
===================================================================
--- src/uk/me/parabola/mkgmap/build/MapBuilder.java	(Revision 2109)
+++ src/uk/me/parabola/mkgmap/build/MapBuilder.java	(Arbeitskopie)
@@ -21,6 +21,11 @@
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.io.BufferedReader;
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
+import java.io.FileReader;
+import java.io.IOException;
 
 import uk.me.parabola.imgfmt.app.Coord;
 import uk.me.parabola.imgfmt.app.Exit;
@@ -51,6 +56,7 @@
 import uk.me.parabola.imgfmt.app.trergn.Subdivision;
 import uk.me.parabola.imgfmt.app.trergn.TREFile;
 import uk.me.parabola.imgfmt.app.trergn.Zoom;
+import uk.me.parabola.imgfmt.ExitException;
 import uk.me.parabola.log.Logger;
 import uk.me.parabola.mkgmap.Version;
 import uk.me.parabola.mkgmap.filters.BaseFilter;
@@ -125,6 +131,8 @@
 	
 	private LBLFile lblFile;
 
+	private String licenseFileName;
+
 	public MapBuilder() {
 		regionName = null;
 		locator = new Locator();
@@ -149,6 +157,8 @@
 			poiAddresses = false;
 
 		routeCenterBoundaryType = props.getProperty("route-center-boundary", 0);
+
+		licenseFileName = props.getProperty("license-file", null);
 		
 		locator = new Locator(props);
 	}
@@ -695,19 +705,40 @@
 		//
 		// We use it to add copyright information that there is no room for
 		// elsewhere.
-		map.addInfo("OpenStreetMap and contributors");
-		map.addInfo("www.openstreetmap.org");
-		map.addInfo("Map data licenced under Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 2.0");
-		map.addInfo("http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/");
+		if (licenseFileName != null) {
+		    File file = new File(licenseFileName);
+		    StringBuffer contents = new StringBuffer();
+		    BufferedReader reader = null;
 
-		// Pad the version number with spaces so that version
-		// strings that are different lengths do not change the size and
-		// offsets of the following sections.
-		map.addInfo("Map created with mkgmap-r"
+		    try {
+			reader = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(file));
+			String text = null;
+ 
+			// repeat until all lines is read
+			while ((text = reader.readLine()) != null) {
+			    map.addInfo(text);
+			}
+
+			reader.close();
+		    } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
+			throw new ExitException("Could not open license file " + licenseFileName);
+		    } catch (IOException e) {
+			throw new ExitException("Error reading license file " + licenseFileName);
+		    }
+		} else {
+		    map.addInfo("OpenStreetMap and contributors");
+		    map.addInfo("www.openstreetmap.org");
+		    map.addInfo("Map data licenced under Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 2.0");
+		    map.addInfo("http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/");
+
+		    // Pad the version number with spaces so that version
+		    // strings that are different lengths do not change the size and
+		    // offsets of the following sections.
+		    map.addInfo("Map created with mkgmap-r"
 				+ String.format("%-10s", Version.VERSION));
 
-		map.addInfo("Program released under the GPL");
-
+		    map.addInfo("Program released under the GPL");
+		}
 		// There has to be (at least) two copyright messages or else the map
 		// does not show up.  The second one will be displayed at startup,
 		// although the conditions where that happens are not known.
Index: src/uk/me/parabola/mkgmap/reader/osm/OsmMapDataSource.java
===================================================================
--- src/uk/me/parabola/mkgmap/reader/osm/OsmMapDataSource.java	(Revision 2109)
+++ src/uk/me/parabola/mkgmap/reader/osm/OsmMapDataSource.java	(Arbeitskopie)
@@ -112,10 +112,9 @@
 	 * @return A list of copyright messages as a String array.
 	 */
 	public String[] copyrightMessages() {
-		return new String[] {
-				"OpenStreetMap.org contributors",
-				"See: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Attribution"
-		};
+		String note = getConfig().getProperty("copyright-message", 
+		"OpenStreetMap.org contributors. See: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Attribution");
+		return new String[] { note };
 	}
 
 	protected void setStyle(Style style) {
Index: resources/help/en/options
===================================================================
--- resources/help/en/options	(Revision 2109)
+++ resources/help/en/options	(Arbeitskopie)
@@ -230,6 +230,12 @@
 	number used in the overview map and tdb file.  The default
 	number is 63240000.
 
+--copyright-message=note
+	Specify a copyright message for files that do not contain one.
+
+--license-file=file
+	Specify a file which content will be added as license.
+
 Optimization options:
 
 --reduce-point-density=NUM
