diff --git a/docs/fabric/FABRIC-3.md b/docs/fabric/FABRIC-3.md
index 2f797b77..fb54ce0f 100644
--- a/docs/fabric/FABRIC-3.md
+++ b/docs/fabric/FABRIC-3.md
@@ -6454,3 +6454,8 @@ Plan `2026-10-29-stick-5`, Task 2; `STICK.md` 5a (its 2 TiB cap amended to 256 G
 - **Ruled:** the 32 others **keep "StarForth License" as they are** -- `docs/patent/` (the patent
   figures), `docs/formal/` (the citable volumes) and the generated reports under
   `docs/working/experiments/`. Not to be swept.
+- **The header scan** (2026-11-10): of 788 source files, 394 had no licence header at all -- most of
+  v4 among them. **Ruled:** the SPDX form (`SPDX-License-Identifier: LicenseRef-Starship-1.0` and the
+  copyright line), and the capsules (`.4th`, `.f18`) and proofs (`.thy`) left for a ruling of their
+  own. 253 files given it (3bd81097); `tools/kconfig/` keeps its own GPL-2.0, `docs/working/` and the
+  generated `v4/system/post_cases.c` are not touched. Comments only: three ISAs build, test-32 clean.