diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/apr-util/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/apr-util/default.nix
index 4e2de01e9adb..fe159afe6854 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/apr-util/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/apr-util/default.nix
@@ -61,10 +61,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     inherit sslSupport bdbSupport ldapSupport;
   };
 
-  meta = {
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     homepage = http://apr.apache.org/;
     description = "A companion library to APR, the Apache Portable Runtime";
-    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.eelco ];
-    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.unix;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.eelco ];
+    platforms = platforms.unix;
+    license = licenses.asl20;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/apr/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/apr/default.nix
index 8c31c89947cd..ea84609868cf 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/apr/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/apr/default.nix
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     homepage = http://apr.apache.org/;
     description = "The Apache Portable Runtime library";
     platforms = platforms.all;
+    license = licenses.asl20;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.eelco ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/boringssl/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/boringssl/default.nix
index ff48ffe67f0a..9d65fb554ffe 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/boringssl/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/boringssl/default.nix
@@ -27,10 +27,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     mv ../include/openssl $out/include
   '';
 
-  meta = {
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "Free TLS/SSL implementation";
     homepage    = "https://boringssl.googlesource.com";
-    platforms   = stdenv.lib.platforms.all;
-    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.thoughtpolice ];
+    platforms   = platforms.all;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.thoughtpolice ];
+    license = with licenses; [ openssl isc mit bsd3 ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/cln/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/cln/default.nix
index e39386dca3f4..7764e9c67ed2 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/cln/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/cln/default.nix
@@ -11,10 +11,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   buildInputs = [ gmp ];
 
-  meta = {
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "C/C++ library for numbers, a part of GiNaC";
     homepage = http://www.ginac.de/CLN/;
-    maintainers = [ ];
-    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.unix; # Once had cygwin problems
+    license = licenses.gpl2;
+    platforms = platforms.unix; # Once had cygwin problems
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/clucene-core/2.x.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/clucene-core/2.x.nix
index 0db253bbec26..a14dec370479 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/clucene-core/2.x.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/clucene-core/2.x.nix
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   doCheck = false; # fails with "Unable to find executable: /build/clucene-core-2.3.3.4/build/bin/cl_test"
 
-  meta = {
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "Core library for full-featured text search engine";
     longDescription = ''
       CLucene is a high-performance, scalable, cross platform, full-featured,
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       CLucene is a port of the very popular Java Lucene text search engine API.
     '';
     homepage = http://clucene.sourceforge.net;
-    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.unix;
+    platforms = platforms.unix;
+    license = with licenses; [ asl20 lgpl2 ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/clucene-core/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/clucene-core/default.nix
index b65e794a92aa..8451b0853729 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/clucene-core/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/clucene-core/default.nix
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   patches = [ ./gcc6.patch ];
 
-  meta = {
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "Core library for full-featured text search engine";
     longDescription = ''
       CLucene is a high-performance, scalable, cross platform, full-featured,
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       CLucene is a port of the very popular Java Lucene text search engine API.
     '';
     homepage = http://clucene.sourceforge.net;
-    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+    license = with licenses; [ asl20 lgpl2 ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/cmark/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/cmark/default.nix
index 81df7e863193..fce02dac950f 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/cmark/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/cmark/default.nix
@@ -23,5 +23,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     homepage = https://github.com/jgm/cmark;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.michelk ];
     platforms = platforms.unix;
+    license = licenses.bsd2;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/cogl/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/cogl/default.nix
index c624f9537fb3..085bab6475c2 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/cogl/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/cogl/default.nix
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       render without stepping on each other's toes.
     '';
 
-    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.mesaPlatforms;
+    platforms = platforms.mesaPlatforms;
+    license = with licenses; [ mit bsd3 publicDomain sgi-b-20 ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/ctpl/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/ctpl/default.nix
index d50aca1679b8..fd81de5139d6 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/ctpl/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/ctpl/default.nix
@@ -17,5 +17,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     description = "Template engine library written in C";
     platforms = platforms.linux;
     maintainers = [ maintainers.lethalman ];
+    license = licenses.gpl3Plus;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/ctpp2/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/ctpp2/default.nix
index 55835cdb63db..5a2a53ef24d5 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/ctpp2/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/ctpp2/default.nix
@@ -18,10 +18,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   doCheck = false; # fails
 
-  meta = {
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "A high performance templating engine";
     homepage = http://ctpp.havoc.ru;
-    maintainers = with stdenv.lib.maintainers; [ robbinch ];
-    platforms = with stdenv.lib.platforms; linux;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.robbinch ];
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+    license = licenses.bsd2;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/cyrus-sasl/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/cyrus-sasl/default.nix
index 7a9e3991aadb..87752867c350 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/cyrus-sasl/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/cyrus-sasl/default.nix
@@ -58,5 +58,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     homepage = http://cyrusimap.web.cmu.edu/;
     description = "Library for adding authentication support to connection-based protocols";
     platforms = platforms.unix;
+    license = licenses.bsdOriginal;
   };
 }