diff --git a/docs/hardware.md b/docs/hardware.md
index c7249dd..5d29ad4 100644
--- a/docs/hardware.md
+++ b/docs/hardware.md
@@ -114,8 +114,10 @@ font: the script and the inventory move in the same commit or the test fails.
 > bundles it and never redistributes it; it names a path on the console's own filesystem.
 > The two scripts share one copy of the donor, alias and keeper tables — the 6×8 one reads
 > them out of the 6×12 one, between its `shared generator` marker lines — so a glyph added
-> in one place lands in both fonts. The XIAO firmware patch and builder reference MeshCore,
-> which is under the MIT License — see [`scripts/xiao-radio/LICENSE.MeshCore`](../scripts/xiao-radio/LICENSE.MeshCore).
+> in one place lands in both fonts. To permit this sharing, the shared generator block in
+> the 6×12 script (Apache-2.0) is additionally offered under GPL-2.0-only by its source
+> file. The XIAO firmware patch and builder reference MeshCore, which is under the MIT
+> License — see [`scripts/xiao-radio/LICENSE.MeshCore`](../scripts/xiao-radio/LICENSE.MeshCore).
 
 ---
 
diff --git a/scripts/calculinux-console-font-6x8.sh b/scripts/calculinux-console-font-6x8.sh
index 7b81cf7..ae6fa2c 100644
--- a/scripts/calculinux-console-font-6x8.sh
+++ b/scripts/calculinux-console-font-6x8.sh
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@
 # calculinux-console-font.sh (Apache-2.0), between its "shared generator (BEGIN)" and
 # "(END)" marker lines, and exec'd -- so the two fonts can never drift, and a repo test
 # that parses those tables has exactly one file to parse. That file must sit beside this
-# one; point SHARED at it if it does not.
+# one; point SHARED at it if it does not. The shared generator is additionally offered
+# under GPL-2.0-only by its source file, permitting its extraction and use here.
 #
 # WHAT IS ONLY HERE. The GPL-2.0 base bitmap, its CP437 unicode mapping, and the same 18
 # marks redrawn for the shorter cell (MARKS8).
diff --git a/scripts/calculinux-console-font.sh b/scripts/calculinux-console-font.sh
index da03538..d99eb62 100644
--- a/scripts/calculinux-console-font.sh
+++ b/scripts/calculinux-console-font.sh
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@
 # clearly marked file is the point of the split. The two scripts share ONE copy of the
 # donor / alias / keeper tables and the whole generator -- the block between the
 # "shared generator" markers below, which the 6x8 script extracts from this file and execs.
-# Edit those tables here and both fonts move together.
+# Edit those tables here and both fonts move together. The shared generator block is
+# additionally offered under GPL-2.0-only, to permit its use by calculinux-console-font-6x8.sh.
 #
 # Both fonts install into /usr/share/consolefonts. Flip live with
 # `setfont /usr/share/consolefonts/meshterm8.psf.gz` (and back with meshterm.psf.gz), or