diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 15b10089f84b7d86d9c8b74e4bacd4583cb37baa..6803949669ef3e0160a5a4f22fabbabecc958b4b 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# $Id: Makefile,v 1.72 2002/05/30 14:35:10 nilsson Exp $
+# $Id: Makefile,v 1.73 2002/05/31 22:21:25 nilsson Exp $
 #
 # Meta Makefile
 #
@@ -146,6 +146,12 @@ documentation:
 
 doc: documentation
 
+legal: bin/pike
+	bin/pike -e 'Stdio.write_file("COPYRIGHT", \
+	  Tools.Legal.Copyright.get_text());'
+	bin/pike -e 'Stdio.write_file("COPYING", \
+	  Tools.Legal.License.get_text());'
+
 # Don't make bin/pike if we're recursing with a $(METATARGET) since we
 # don't want the backquote expression which usually is part of
 # $(BUILDDIR) to be expanded in that script. It's better to evaluate