diff --git a/build/license.txt b/build/license.txt
index 5e399dea55..02a66f7b5f 100644
--- a/build/license.txt
+++ b/build/license.txt
@@ -23,26 +23,6 @@
  *
  *--------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 
-/**  
-*  
-*  Contains portions of Rico <http://openrico.org/>
-* 
-*  Copyright 2005 Sabre Airline Solutions  
-*  
-*  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you
-*  may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You
-*  may obtain a copy of the License at
-*  
-*         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0  
-*  
-*  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-*  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-*  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or
-*  implied. See the License for the specific language governing
-*  permissions and limitations under the License. 
-*
-**/
-
 /**
  * Contains XMLHttpRequest.js <http://code.google.com/p/xmlhttprequest/>
  * Copyright 2007 Sergey Ilinsky (http://www.ilinsky.com)
diff --git a/lib/Rico/Color.js b/lib/Rico/Color.js
index 12f5284f77..7d9ab6f579 100644
--- a/lib/Rico/Color.js
+++ b/lib/Rico/Color.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 /** 
+ * @requires Rico/license.js
  * @requires OpenLayers/Console.js
  * @requires OpenLayers/BaseTypes/Class.js
  * @requires OpenLayers/BaseTypes/Element.js
@@ -8,8 +9,6 @@
 /*
  * This file has been edited substantially from the Rico-released version by
  * the OpenLayers development team.
- *
- * This file is licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0.
  */
 
 OpenLayers.Console.warn("OpenLayers.Rico is deprecated");
diff --git a/lib/Rico/license.js b/lib/Rico/license.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..aad5cf3a49
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/Rico/license.js
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+/**
+ * @license Apache 2 
+ *  
+ * Contains portions of Rico <http://openrico.org/>
+ * 
+ * Copyright 2005 Sabre Airline Solutions  
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you
+ * may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You
+ * may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0  
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or
+ * implied. See the License for the specific language governing
+ * permissions and limitations under the License. 
+ */