diff --git a/Annex/DirHashes.hs b/Annex/DirHashes.hs
index 5910479c83..b150b44f2a 100644
--- a/Annex/DirHashes.hs
+++ b/Annex/DirHashes.hs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
  -
  - Copyright 2010-2017 Joey Hess <id@joeyh.name>
  -
- - Licensed under the GNU AGPL version 3 or higher.
+ - Licensed under the GNU GPL version 3 or higher.
  -}
 
 module Annex.DirHashes (
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@ module Annex.DirHashes (
 	display_32bits_as_dir
 ) where
 
-import Data.Bits
-import Data.Word
 import Data.Default
 import qualified Data.ByteArray
 
@@ -27,6 +25,7 @@ import Key
 import Types.GitConfig
 import Types.Difference
 import Utility.Hash
+import Utility.MD5
 
 type Hasher = Key -> FilePath
 
@@ -78,21 +77,3 @@ hashDirMixed n k = hashDirs n 2 $ take 4 $ concatMap display_32bits_as_dir $
 		(shiftL b4 24 .|. shiftL b3 16 .|. shiftL b2 8 .|. b1)
 		: encodeWord32 rest
 	encodeWord32 _ = []
-
-{- modified version of display_32bits_as_hex from Data.Hash.MD5
- - in MissingH
- -   Copyright (C) 2001 Ian Lynagh 
- -   License: Either BSD or GPL
- -}
-display_32bits_as_dir :: Word32 -> String
-display_32bits_as_dir w = trim $ swap_pairs cs
-  where
-	-- Need 32 characters to use. To avoid inaverdently making
-	-- a real word, use letters that appear less frequently.
-	chars = ['0'..'9'] ++ "zqjxkmvwgpfZQJXKMVWGPF"
-	cs = map (\x -> getc $ (shiftR w (6*x)) .&. 31) [0..7]
-	getc n = chars !! fromIntegral n
-	swap_pairs (x1:x2:xs) = x2:x1:swap_pairs xs
-	swap_pairs _ = []
-	-- Last 2 will always be 00, so omit.
-	trim = take 6
diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index ebc8c7f73f..56b47edf20 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ git-annex (7.20190709) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
   * Windows problems with long filenames should be fixed now,
     since the Windows build is made with a newer ghc version that works
     around the problems.
+  * Corrected some license statements.
 
  -- Joey Hess <id@joeyh.name>  Mon, 08 Jul 2019 08:59:54 -0400
 
diff --git a/COPYRIGHT b/COPYRIGHT
index dd4574cb7e..fd94655fbf 100644
--- a/COPYRIGHT
+++ b/COPYRIGHT
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ License: AGPL-3+
 Files: Remote/Ddar.hs
 Copyright: © 2011 Joey Hess <id@joeyh.name>
            © 2014 Robie Basak <robie@justgohome.co.uk>
-License: AGPL-3+
+License: GPL-3+
 
 Files: Utility/ThreadScheduler.hs
 Copyright: 2011 Bas van Dijk & Roel van Dijk
@@ -36,10 +36,11 @@ Copyright: 2007 Henrik Nyh <http://henrik.nyh.se/>
 License: icon-license
   Free to modify and redistribute with due credit, and obviously free to use.
 
-Files: Annex/DirHashes.hs
+Files: Utility/MD5.hs
 Copyright: 2001 Ian Lynagh
-           2010-2015 Joey Hess <id@joeyh.name>
-License: AGPL-3+
+License: GPL-2
+ The full text of version 2 of the GPL is distributed in
+ /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL-2 on Debian systems.
 
 Files: doc/tips/automatically_adding_metadata/pre-commit-annex 
 Copyright: 2014 Joey Hess <id@joeyh.name>
diff --git a/Remote/Ddar.hs b/Remote/Ddar.hs
index 269dd8b0b0..250fd90293 100644
--- a/Remote/Ddar.hs
+++ b/Remote/Ddar.hs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  - Copyright 2011 Joey Hess <id@joeyh.name>
  - Copyright 2014 Robie Basak <robie@justgohome.co.uk>
  -
- - Licensed under the GNU AGPL version 3 or higher.
+ - Licensed under the GNU GPL version 3 or higher.
  -}
 
 module Remote.Ddar (remote) where
diff --git a/Utility/MD5.hs b/Utility/MD5.hs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d0475bf480
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Utility/MD5.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+{- modified version of MD5 from http://www.cs.ox.ac.uk/people/ian.lynagh/md5
+ -
+ - Copyright (C) 2001 Ian Lynagh 
+ - License: GPL 2
+ -}
+
+module Utility.MD5 where
+
+import Data.Bits
+import Data.Word
+
+display_32bits_as_dir :: Word32 -> String
+display_32bits_as_dir w = trim $ swap_pairs cs
+  where
+	-- Need 32 characters to use. To avoid inaverdently making
+	-- a real word, use letters that appear less frequently.
+	chars = ['0'..'9'] ++ "zqjxkmvwgpfZQJXKMVWGPF"
+	cs = map (\x -> getc $ (shiftR w (6*x)) .&. 31) [0..7]
+	getc n = chars !! fromIntegral n
+	swap_pairs (x1:x2:xs) = x2:x1:swap_pairs xs
+	swap_pairs _ = []
+	-- Last 2 will always be 00, so omit.
+	trim = take 6
diff --git a/git-annex.cabal b/git-annex.cabal
index 1bfe94de25..4571255992 100644
--- a/git-annex.cabal
+++ b/git-annex.cabal
@@ -1056,6 +1056,7 @@ Executable git-annex
     Utility.Lsof
     Utility.MagicWormhole
     Utility.Matcher
+    Utility.MD5
     Utility.Metered
     Utility.Misc
     Utility.Monad