diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
index 88e0e2f2b2..4dc9a31234 100644
--- a/LICENSE
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -5,7 +5,10 @@ bitbake/COPYING (GPLv2)
 meta/COPYING.MIT (MIT)
 meta-extras/COPYING.MIT (MIT)
 
-which cover the components in those subdirectories.
+which cover the components in those subdirectories. This means all 
+metadata is MIT licensed unless otherwise stated. Source code included 
+in tree for individual recipes is under the LICENSE stated in the .bb 
+file for those software projects unless otherwise stated.
 
 License information for any other files is either explicitly stated 
 or defaults to GPL version 2.