diff --git a/haiku-apps/deskbareyes/deskbareyes-0.1.1.recipe b/haiku-apps/deskbareyes/deskbareyes-0.1.1.recipe
index 760ee7ea7..ad6a8eb0a 100644
--- a/haiku-apps/deskbareyes/deskbareyes-0.1.1.recipe
+++ b/haiku-apps/deskbareyes/deskbareyes-0.1.1.recipe
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ COPYRIGHT="2005 Peter Stegemann, Richard & Mark Erben"
 LICENSE="deskbareyes"
 REVISION="1"
 SOURCE_URI="https://github.com/HaikuArchives/DeskbarEyes/archive/$portVersion.tar.gz"
-CHECKSUM_SHA256="18d83b9456f9976906e4a9e24e935f557111bbae94074dbfa82f1d6de16f588b"
+CHECKSUM_SHA256="8a9af62035203c7470cabdae1965adc69dc7b0d90058a410af99d0484b8ad509"
 SOURCE_FILENAME="DeskbarEyes-$portVersion.tar.gz"
 SOURCE_DIR="DeskbarEyes-$portVersion"
 
@@ -39,9 +39,6 @@ INSTALL()
 	cp DeskbarEyes $appsDir/DeskbarEyes
 	mimeset -f $appsDir/DeskbarEyes/DeskbarEyes	
 
-	mkdir -p $dataDir/licenses
-	cp licenses/deskbareyes $dataDir/licenses
-
 	# Add a symlink to the Desktop applets directory in Deskbar
 	desktopAppletsDir="$dataDir/deskbar/menu/Desktop applets"
 	mkdir -p "$desktopAppletsDir"
diff --git a/haiku-apps/deskbareyes/licenses/deskbareyes b/haiku-apps/deskbareyes/licenses/deskbareyes
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4d3d2ba08
--- /dev/null
+++ b/haiku-apps/deskbareyes/licenses/deskbareyes
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+This application predates our current obsession with licenses.
+
+In the absence of evidence to the contrary, and since source code is supplied, deskbareyes is regarded as Public Domain software. Please contact the author to double-check this status  this if you plan to use this code in your own project.
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