diff -ur ratpoison/src/actions.c ratpoison-license/src/actions.c
--- ratpoison/src/actions.c	Fri Oct 19 00:47:45 2001
+++ ratpoison-license/src/actions.c	Sat Oct 27 04:16:54 2001
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
  * the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330,
  * Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
  */
+
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <sys/wait.h>
@@ -49,6 +50,7 @@
     {"focuslast",	cmd_focuslast,	arg_VOID},
     {"meta",		cmd_meta,	arg_STRING},
     {"help",		cmd_help,	arg_VOID},
+    {"license",		cmd_license,	arg_VOID},
     {"hsplit",		cmd_h_split,	arg_VOID},
     {"kill", 		cmd_kill, 	arg_VOID},
     {"redisplay", 	cmd_redisplay,	arg_VOID},
@@ -103,7 +105,6 @@
        implemented.  See the screen documentation for what should be
        emulated with these commands */
 #if 0
-    {"license",		cmd_unimplemented,	arg_VOID},
     {"msgminwait",	cmd_unimplemented,	arg_VOID},
     {"nethack",		cmd_unimplemented,	arg_VOID},
     {"sleep",		cmd_unimplemented,	arg_VOID},
@@ -308,6 +309,7 @@
   add_keybinding (XK_f, 0, "curframe");
   add_keybinding (XK_f, RP_CONTROL_MASK, "curframe");
   add_keybinding (XK_question, 0, "help");
+  add_keybinding (XK_comma, 0, "license");
 }
 
 /* return a KeySym from a string that contains either a hex value or
@@ -1316,6 +1318,95 @@
 	    }
 	}
     }
+
+  XMaskEvent (dpy, KeyPressMask, &ev);
+  XUnmapWindow (dpy, s->help_window);
+  XSetInputFocus (dpy, fwin, revert, CurrentTime);
+
+  return NULL;
+}
+
+
+char *
+cmd_license (int interactive, void *data)
+{
+  screen_info *s = current_screen();
+  XEvent ev;
+  Window fwin;			/* Window currently in focus */
+  int revert;			
+  int x = 10;
+  int y = 10;
+  char *row;
+  int rowlength;
+  int text_offset = 0;
+  int newline;
+  char *license_text = \
+
+  PACKAGE " version " VERSION "\n" \
+  "\n" \
+  "Copyright (C) 2000, 2001 Shawn Betts\n" \
+  "\n" \
+  "ratpoison is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify " \
+  "it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by " \
+  "the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) " \
+  "any later version.\n" \
+  "\n" \
+  "ratpoison 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.\n" \
+  "\n" \
+  "You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License " \
+  "along with this software; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to " \
+  "the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, " \
+  "Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA\n" \
+  "\n" \
+  "Send bugreports, fixes, enhancements, t-shirts, money, beer & pizza " \
+  "to address@hidden or visit " \
+  "http://ratpoison.sourceforge.net/\n" \
+  "\n" \
+  "[Press any key to end.] " \
+  ;
+
+  XMapRaised (dpy, s->help_window);
+
+  XGetInputFocus (dpy, &fwin, &revert);
+  XSetInputFocus (dpy, s->help_window, RevertToPointerRoot, CurrentTime);
+
+  rowlength = (s->root_attr.width - 2 * x) / XTextWidth (defaults.font, " ", 1);
+
+  row = xmalloc (rowlength + 1);
+
+  for(text_offset = 0; text_offset < strlen(license_text); text_offset++)
+  {
+    if(!strncpy(row, license_text + text_offset, rowlength))
+	    return -1;
+
+    row[rowlength] = '\0';
+
+    if((newline = strchr(row, '\n')))
+    {
+      newline -= (int) row;	/* FIXME this generates an ugly warning, i don't know how to fix it */
+      row[newline] = '\0';
+      text_offset += newline;
+    }
+    else if ((newline = strrchr(row, ' ')))
+    {
+      newline -= (int) row;	/* FIXME this generates an ugly warning, i don't know how to fix it */
+      row[newline] = '\0';
+      text_offset += newline;
+    }
+    else
+      text_offset += rowlength - 1;
+
+    XDrawString (dpy, s->help_window, s->normal_gc,
+	         x, y + defaults.font->max_bounds.ascent,
+	         row, strlen (row));
+
+    y += FONT_HEIGHT (defaults.font);
+  }
+
+  free(row);
 
   XMaskEvent (dpy, KeyPressMask, &ev);
   XUnmapWindow (dpy, s->help_window);
diff -ur ratpoison/src/actions.h ratpoison-license/src/actions.h
--- ratpoison/src/actions.h	Fri Oct 19 00:47:45 2001
+++ ratpoison-license/src/actions.h	Sat Oct 27 02:59:59 2001
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@
 char * cmd_banish (int interactive, void *data);
 char * cmd_curframe (int interactive, void *data);
 char * cmd_help (int interactive, void *data);
+char * cmd_license (int interactive, void *data);
 char * cmd_quit(int interactive, void *data);
 char * cmd_number (int interactive, void *data);
 char * cmd_rudeness (int interactive, void *data);