diff --git a/_includes/footer.html b/_includes/footer.html
index 232421ab4fc..83bff10487f 100644
--- a/_includes/footer.html
+++ b/_includes/footer.html
@@ -14,6 +14,13 @@
           <a href="/tos">terms</a> &bull;
           <a href="http://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/">privacy</a>
         </p>
+        <p class="licenses">
+          Except as otherwise noted,
+          this work is licensed under a
+          <a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/">Creative
+          Commons Attribution 4.0 International License</a>,
+          and code samples are licensed under the BSD License.
+        </p>
       </div>
     </div>
 
diff --git a/_sass/_base.scss b/_sass/_base.scss
index e93ecde81d7..3b3e8eded94 100644
--- a/_sass/_base.scss
+++ b/_sass/_base.scss
@@ -207,3 +207,11 @@ pre {
 .terms {
   font-size: 14px;
 }
+
+/**
+ * The licenses used for the content.
+ */
+.licenses {
+  font-size: 10px;
+  width: 66%;
+}