diff --git a/news/c-nocem/Makefile b/news/c-nocem/Makefile
index 65a98d9b309d..fcb6b9895584 100644
--- a/news/c-nocem/Makefile
+++ b/news/c-nocem/Makefile
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ MASTER_SITES=	http://sites.inka.de/~bigred/sw/ \
 MAINTAINER=	dinoex@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	NoCeM for C News and INN
 
+LICENSE=	PD
+
 FETCH_DEPENDS=	${DISTDIR}/c-news/c-news.tar.Z:${CNEWS_PORT}:checksum
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	${CNEWSWRK}/conf/substitutions:${CNEWS_PORT}:configure
 BUILD_DEPENDS+=	${LOCALBASE}/lib/libcnews.a:${CNEWS_PORT} \
diff --git a/news/c-nocem/files/patch-c-nocem.in b/news/c-nocem/files/patch-c-nocem.in
index b2974509605e..d839b4c0b1ef 100644
--- a/news/c-nocem/files/patch-c-nocem.in
+++ b/news/c-nocem/files/patch-c-nocem.in
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
---- c-nocem.in.orig	2000-05-23 11:39:01.000000000 +0200
-+++ c-nocem.in	2013-09-23 20:20:58.000000000 +0200
+--- c-nocem.in.orig	2000-05-23 09:39:01 UTC
++++ c-nocem.in
 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 -#!@PERL@ -w
 +#!@PERL@
  # and once again for Emacs: -*-perl-*-
  
  # NoCeM in the spool for C News and INN - grand unified program
-@@ -30,9 +30,9 @@
+@@ -30,9 +30,9 @@ $tmp="@newstmp@"; # create this director
  $logfile="@newslogfile@";
  $ENV{'PATH'}="@newspath@";
  
diff --git a/news/c-nocem/files/patch-configure b/news/c-nocem/files/patch-configure
index 6e65449f6b71..a76d9fc37418 100644
--- a/news/c-nocem/files/patch-configure
+++ b/news/c-nocem/files/patch-configure
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
---- configure.orig	Sun Jun 13 18:58:35 1999
-+++ configure	Tue Jun 15 08:15:07 1999
-@@ -1271,8 +1271,8 @@
+--- configure.orig	2001-05-22 12:49:44 UTC
++++ configure
+@@ -1276,8 +1276,8 @@ if test "X$nsys" = "Xcnews" ; then
  #define CNEWS 1
  EOF
  
@@ -9,5 +9,5 @@
 +  CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS -I$prefix/include"
 +  LIBS="-L$prefix/lib -lcnews $LIBS"
    PROGS="fastcancel"
-   
- newslib=`$AWK '/^'NEWSCTL'[^A-Z_]/ {print $'2'}' $nsrc/conf/substitutions`
+   echo $ac_n "checking for newslib""... $ac_c" 1>&6
+ echo "configure:1284: checking for newslib" >&5
diff --git a/news/c-nocem/pkg-descr b/news/c-nocem/pkg-descr
index 4825bcde4e42..ffd0f932ad34 100644
--- a/news/c-nocem/pkg-descr
+++ b/news/c-nocem/pkg-descr
@@ -17,4 +17,6 @@
    c-nocem is designed for easy setup and fast run and needs no
    maintenance.
 
+The software is in the public domain.
+
 WWW: http://sites.inka.de/~bigred/sw/c-nocem.html