diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index b5a83838..18baff53 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -24332,3 +24332,6 @@
 	fail with the message "Voicetrack Found".
 2023-08-04 Fred Gleason <fredg@paravelsystems.com>
 	* Added a rivendell(7) man page.
+2023-08-04 Fred Gleason <fredg@paravelsystems.com>
+	* Added copyright and license notices to the standard '--version'
+	output.
diff --git a/lib/rd.h b/lib/rd.h
index 04e71690..25c2d841 100644
--- a/lib/rd.h
+++ b/lib/rd.h
@@ -21,11 +21,18 @@
 #ifndef RD_H
 #define RD_H
 
+#include <QObject>
+
 /*
  * Copyright Notice
  */
 #define RD_COPYRIGHT_NOTICE "© 2002-2023 Fred Gleason"
 
+/*
+ * License Notice
+ */
+#define RD_LICENSE_NOTICE QObject::tr("This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.")
+
 /*
  * Default Configuration File
  */
diff --git a/lib/rdcmd_switch.cpp b/lib/rdcmd_switch.cpp
index 694e5fe2..c08f4301 100644
--- a/lib/rdcmd_switch.cpp
+++ b/lib/rdcmd_switch.cpp
@@ -26,7 +26,9 @@
 #include <QMessageBox>
 #include <QStyleFactory>
 
-#include <rdcmd_switch.h>
+#include "rd.h"
+#include "rdcmd_switch.h"
+#include "rdconf.h"
 
 RDCmdSwitch::RDCmdSwitch(const QString &modname,const QString &usage)
 {
@@ -38,6 +40,8 @@ RDCmdSwitch::RDCmdSwitch(const QString &modname,const QString &usage)
     QString value=args.at(i);
     if(value=="--version") {
       printf("Rivendell v%s [%s]\n",VERSION,modname.toUtf8().constData());
+      printf("%s\n",RD_COPYRIGHT_NOTICE);
+      printf("%s\n",RDWrapText(RD_LICENSE_NOTICE,78).toUtf8().constData());
       exit(0);
     }
     if(value=="--help") {
@@ -93,6 +97,7 @@ RDCmdSwitch::RDCmdSwitch(int argc,char *argv[],const QString &modname,
     QString value=QString::fromUtf8(argv[i]);
     if(value=="--version") {
       printf("Rivendell v%s [%s]\n",VERSION,modname.toUtf8().constData());
+      printf("%s\n",RD_COPYRIGHT_NOTICE);
       exit(0);
     }
     if(value=="--help") {
diff --git a/lib/rdconf.cpp b/lib/rdconf.cpp
index 51766f10..52fcfa28 100644
--- a/lib/rdconf.cpp
+++ b/lib/rdconf.cpp
@@ -1179,3 +1179,25 @@ QString RDMimeType(const QByteArray &data,bool *ok)
 
   return ret;
 }
+
+
+QString RDWrapText(const QString &str,int width)
+{
+  QString line;
+  QString ret;
+  QStringList f0=str.split(" ",QString::KeepEmptyParts);
+  int fn=0;
+
+  while(fn<f0.size()) {
+    if((line.length()+1+f0.at(fn).length())<width) {
+      line+=" "+f0.at(fn++);
+    }
+    else {
+      ret+=line.trimmed()+"\n";
+      line="";
+    }
+  }
+  ret+=line.trimmed()+"\n";
+  
+  return ret.trimmed();
+}
diff --git a/lib/rdconf.h b/lib/rdconf.h
index b7ba3602..7d47d436 100644
--- a/lib/rdconf.h
+++ b/lib/rdconf.h
@@ -113,6 +113,6 @@ int RDCheckExitCode(RDConfig *config,const QString &msg,int exit_code);
 int RDCheckReturnCode(const QString &msg,int code,int ok_value);
 QString RDMimeType(const QString &filename,bool *ok);
 QString RDMimeType(const QByteArray &data,bool *ok);
-
+QString RDWrapText(const QString &str,int width);
 
 #endif   // RDCONF_H