diff --git a/steps/perl-5.12.5/files/Compress-Raw-Zlib_config.in b/steps/perl-5.12.5/files/Compress-Raw-Zlib_config.in
index 3bbcf2f4..cbad2f99 100644
--- a/steps/perl-5.12.5/files/Compress-Raw-Zlib_config.in
+++ b/steps/perl-5.12.5/files/Compress-Raw-Zlib_config.in
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 fosslinux <fosslinux@aussies.space>
+# 
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+
 BUILD_ZLIB      = False
 INCLUDE         = /usr/include
 LIB             = /usr/lib/i386-unknown-linux-musl
diff --git a/steps/perl-5.12.5/patches/a2p-c-bison.patch b/steps/perl-5.12.5/patches/a2p-c-bison.patch
index 2b5a5aa3..611633e1 100644
--- a/steps/perl-5.12.5/patches/a2p-c-bison.patch
+++ b/steps/perl-5.12.5/patches/a2p-c-bison.patch
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 fosslinux <fosslinux@aussies.space>
+
+SPDX-License-Identifier: Artistic-1.0
+
+Older versions of Bison produced 4 spaces before `goto yyerrlab`,
+but ours produces more.
+
 --- perl-5.12.5/x2p/Makefile.SH	2025-07-17 18:07:55.350717970 +1000
 +++ perl-5.12.5/x2p/Makefile.SH	2025-07-17 18:09:02.340711269 +1000
 @@ -123,7 +123,7 @@
diff --git a/steps/perl-5.8.9/patches/0001-Revert-Patch-Configure-doesn-t-pick-up-Hash-Util-Fie.patch b/steps/perl-5.8.9/patches/0001-Revert-Patch-Configure-doesn-t-pick-up-Hash-Util-Fie.patch
index 1c75e8a6..2f0b4cb9 100644
--- a/steps/perl-5.8.9/patches/0001-Revert-Patch-Configure-doesn-t-pick-up-Hash-Util-Fie.patch
+++ b/steps/perl-5.8.9/patches/0001-Revert-Patch-Configure-doesn-t-pick-up-Hash-Util-Fie.patch
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 fosslinux <fosslinux@aussies.space>
+
+SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+
 From 0db0a3cd0dd78965cea62c7cfc3724e31fba4e8d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
 From: fosslinux <fosslinux@aussies.space>
 Date: Sun, 13 Jul 2025 13:39:45 +1000
diff --git a/steps/perl-5.8.9/patches/a2p-c-bison.patch b/steps/perl-5.8.9/patches/a2p-c-bison.patch
index 009f1c23..5ea9ede8 100644
--- a/steps/perl-5.8.9/patches/a2p-c-bison.patch
+++ b/steps/perl-5.8.9/patches/a2p-c-bison.patch
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 fosslinux <fosslinux@aussies.space>
+
+SPDX-License-Identifier: Artistic-1.0
+
+Older versions of Bison produced 4 spaces before `goto yyerrlab`,
+but ours produces more.
+
 --- perl-5.8.9/x2p/Makefile.SH	2025-07-17 18:07:55.350717970 +1000
 +++ perl-5.8.9/x2p/Makefile.SH	2025-07-17 18:09:02.340711269 +1000
 @@ -123,7 +123,7 @@