diff --git a/include/linux/virtio_9p.h b/include/linux/virtio_9p.h
index 8eff0b53910b961ac76b662267c620a92a693a6f..b3c4a60ceeb305ffc9a670e57c08a580ab36798c 100644
--- a/include/linux/virtio_9p.h
+++ b/include/linux/virtio_9p.h
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #ifndef _LINUX_VIRTIO_9P_H
 #define _LINUX_VIRTIO_9P_H
+/* This header is BSD licensed so anyone can use the definitions to implement
+ * compatible drivers/servers. */
 #include <linux/virtio_config.h>
 
 /* The ID for virtio console */
diff --git a/include/linux/virtio_balloon.h b/include/linux/virtio_balloon.h
index 979524ee75b7eeec0fac53aeb01c0fa1592911fc..c30c7bfbf39bcb0f26507b88a9e82ec336d6eff6 100644
--- a/include/linux/virtio_balloon.h
+++ b/include/linux/virtio_balloon.h
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #ifndef _LINUX_VIRTIO_BALLOON_H
 #define _LINUX_VIRTIO_BALLOON_H
+/* This header is BSD licensed so anyone can use the definitions to implement
+ * compatible drivers/servers. */
 #include <linux/virtio_config.h>
 
 /* The ID for virtio_balloon */
diff --git a/include/linux/virtio_blk.h b/include/linux/virtio_blk.h
index 5f79a5f9de796b297c86f2647acfce713a533826..6a66c7f30bcb52c0fa4f73a466f55d996818dd31 100644
--- a/include/linux/virtio_blk.h
+++ b/include/linux/virtio_blk.h
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #ifndef _LINUX_VIRTIO_BLK_H
 #define _LINUX_VIRTIO_BLK_H
+/* This header is BSD licensed so anyone can use the definitions to implement
+ * compatible drivers/servers. */
 #include <linux/virtio_config.h>
 
 /* The ID for virtio_block */
diff --git a/include/linux/virtio_config.h b/include/linux/virtio_config.h
index f364bbf63c3413547738ae4028b399577bc76650..7eb4b34d13bb719e6e44f1225f721830dd5b7d56 100644
--- a/include/linux/virtio_config.h
+++ b/include/linux/virtio_config.h
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 #ifndef _LINUX_VIRTIO_CONFIG_H
 #define _LINUX_VIRTIO_CONFIG_H
+/* This header, excluding the #ifdef __KERNEL__ part, is BSD licensed so
+ * anyone can use the definitions to implement compatible drivers/servers. */
+
 /* Virtio devices use a standardized configuration space to define their
  * features and pass configuration information, but each implementation can
  * store and access that space differently. */
diff --git a/include/linux/virtio_console.h b/include/linux/virtio_console.h
index ed2d4ead7eb7ad67f0531f299e2076be201a1e92..19a0da0dba41203a59d5d2bce2762d2c2b78a240 100644
--- a/include/linux/virtio_console.h
+++ b/include/linux/virtio_console.h
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 #ifndef _LINUX_VIRTIO_CONSOLE_H
 #define _LINUX_VIRTIO_CONSOLE_H
 #include <linux/virtio_config.h>
+/* This header, excluding the #ifdef __KERNEL__ part, is BSD licensed so
+ * anyone can use the definitions to implement compatible drivers/servers. */
 
 /* The ID for virtio console */
 #define VIRTIO_ID_CONSOLE	3
diff --git a/include/linux/virtio_net.h b/include/linux/virtio_net.h
index 38c0571820fbffa6851fb1dd2707a925d94e6b81..5e33761b9b8a9d7c038d6e062221f5f68a0def3b 100644
--- a/include/linux/virtio_net.h
+++ b/include/linux/virtio_net.h
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #ifndef _LINUX_VIRTIO_NET_H
 #define _LINUX_VIRTIO_NET_H
+/* This header is BSD licensed so anyone can use the definitions to implement
+ * compatible drivers/servers. */
 #include <linux/virtio_config.h>
 
 /* The ID for virtio_net */
diff --git a/include/linux/virtio_pci.h b/include/linux/virtio_pci.h
index b3151659cf497872578d0f4b37da6577cf7d050b..cdef3574293274eb7fa61d7a34c9315cfbe6ab88 100644
--- a/include/linux/virtio_pci.h
+++ b/include/linux/virtio_pci.h
@@ -9,9 +9,8 @@
  * Authors:
  *  Anthony Liguori  <aliguori@us.ibm.com>
  *
- * This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2 or later.
- * See the COPYING file in the top-level directory.
- *
+ * This header is BSD licensed so anyone can use the definitions to implement
+ * compatible drivers/servers.
  */
 
 #ifndef _LINUX_VIRTIO_PCI_H
diff --git a/include/linux/virtio_rng.h b/include/linux/virtio_rng.h
index 331afb6c9f6282a21b9efb7972a161563122974e..1a85dab8a940c31b66cb1a5a36de381418b20739 100644
--- a/include/linux/virtio_rng.h
+++ b/include/linux/virtio_rng.h
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #ifndef _LINUX_VIRTIO_RNG_H
 #define _LINUX_VIRTIO_RNG_H
+/* This header is BSD licensed so anyone can use the definitions to implement
+ * compatible drivers/servers. */
 #include <linux/virtio_config.h>
 
 /* The ID for virtio_rng */