diff --git a/openbsc/src/Makefile.am b/openbsc/src/Makefile.am
index a21cb80..1d18475 100644
--- a/openbsc/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/openbsc/src/Makefile.am
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 		input/misdn.c input/ipaccess.c \
 		talloc_ctx.c system_information.c rest_octets.c \
 		rtp_proxy.c bts_siemens_bs11.c bts_ipaccess_nanobts.c \
-		bts_unknown.c
+		bts_unknown.c bsc_version.c
 
 libmsc_a_SOURCES = gsm_subscriber.c db.c telnet_interface.c \
 		mncc.c gsm_04_08.c gsm_04_11.c transaction.c \
diff --git a/openbsc/src/bsc_init.c b/openbsc/src/bsc_init.c
index 957ccfb..f343662 100644
--- a/openbsc/src/bsc_init.c
+++ b/openbsc/src/bsc_init.c
@@ -33,25 +33,11 @@
 #include <openbsc/signal.h>
 #include <osmocore/talloc.h>
 
-#include "bscconfig.h"
-
-
 /* global pointer to the gsm network data structure */
 extern struct gsm_network *bsc_gsmnet;
 
 static void patch_nm_tables(struct gsm_bts *bts);
 
-
-const char *openbsc_version = "OpenBSC " PACKAGE_VERSION;
-const char *openbsc_copyright =
-	"Copyright (C) 2008-2010 Harald Welte, Holger Freyther\n"
-	"Contributions by Daniel Willmann, Jan Lübbe,Stefan Schmidt\n"
-	"Dieter Spaar, Andreas Eversberg\n\n"
-	"License GPLv2+: GNU GPL version 2 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>\n"
-	"This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.\n"
-	"There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.\n";
-
-
 /* The following definitions are for OM and NM packets that we cannot yet
  * generate by code but we just pass on */
 
diff --git a/openbsc/src/bsc_version.c b/openbsc/src/bsc_version.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0266194
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openbsc/src/bsc_version.c
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+/* Hold the copyright and version string */
+/* (C) 2010 by Harald Welte <laforge@gnumonks.org>
+ * All Rights Reserved
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
+ * with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+ * 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ */
+
+#include "bscconfig.h"
+
+const char *openbsc_version = "OpenBSC " PACKAGE_VERSION;
+const char *openbsc_copyright =
+	"Copyright (C) 2008-2010 Harald Welte, Holger Freyther\n"
+	"Contributions by Daniel Willmann, Jan Lübbe,Stefan Schmidt\n"
+	"Dieter Spaar, Andreas Eversberg\n\n"
+	"License GPLv2+: GNU GPL version 2 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>\n"
+	"This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.\n"
+	"There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.\n";
+
+