diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index f31fa4c6c..2d5f5661b 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,22 @@
+#***********************************************************************
+#*                   GNU Lesser General Public License
+#*
+#* This file is part of the GFDL Flexible Modeling System (FMS).
+#*
+#* FMS is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
+#* the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+#* the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at
+#* your option) any later version.
+#*
+#* FMS 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 Lesser General Public
+#* License along with FMS.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#***********************************************************************
+
 # This Travis-CI file for testing the build, and eventually the
 # functionality of the libfms library.
 #