diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/lesstif/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/lesstif/default.nix
index 04e8eab4d287..b678a0893867 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/lesstif/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/lesstif/default.nix
@@ -14,12 +14,15 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   # in Debian, so we assume they have been sent upstream.
   #
   patches = [
-    ./c-missing_xm_h.patch        
-    ./c-render_table_crash.patch 
+    ./c-missing_xm_h.patch
+    ./c-render_table_crash.patch
     ./c-xpmpipethrough.patch
     ];
 
-  meta = {
-    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.unix;
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "An open source clone of the Motif widget set";
+    homepage = http://lesstif.sourceforge.net;
+    platforms = platforms.unix;
+    license = with licenses; [ gpl2 lgpl2 ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libHX/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libHX/default.nix
index 7de72ed73a65..39f493d821c3 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libHX/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libHX/default.nix
@@ -16,14 +16,15 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sh autogen.sh
     '';
 
-  meta = {
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     homepage = http://libhx.sourceforge.net/;
     longDescription = ''
       libHX is a C library (with some C++ bindings available) that provides data structures
       and functions commonly needed, such as maps, deques, linked lists, string formatting
       and autoresizing, option and config file parsing, type checking casts and more.
       '';
-    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.tstrobel ];
-    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.tstrobel ];
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+    license = with licenses; [ gpl3 lgpl21Plus wtfpl ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libaccounts-glib/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libaccounts-glib/default.nix
index 4bb806b91d8a..16e9f213ed48 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libaccounts-glib/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libaccounts-glib/default.nix
@@ -25,7 +25,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE = "-Wno-error=deprecated-declarations"; # since glib-2.46
 
-  meta = {
-    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Library for managing accounts which can be used from GLib applications";
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+    license = licenses.lgpl21;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libaom/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libaom/default.nix
index b94c845479aa..a08a1e335232 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libaom/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libaom/default.nix
@@ -18,5 +18,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     homepage    = https://aomedia.org/av1-features/get-started/;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ kiloreux ];
     platforms   = platforms.all;
+    license = licenses.bsd2;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libbap/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libbap/default.nix
index 54fb89df0451..5153b63e91c5 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libbap/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libbap/default.nix
@@ -20,10 +20,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     mkdir -p $out/include
   '';
 
-  meta = {
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     homepage = https://github.com/binaryanalysisplatform/bap-bindings;
     description = "A C library for interacting with BAP";
-    maintainers = [ stdenv.lib.maintainers.maurer ];
-    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.unix;
+    maintainers = [ maintainers.maurer ];
+    platforms = platforms.unix;
+    license = licenses.mit;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libdbusmenu-qt/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libdbusmenu-qt/default.nix
index 1342ee6773f7..501341d202ba 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libdbusmenu-qt/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libdbusmenu-qt/default.nix
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "Provides a Qt implementation of the DBusMenu spec";
     inherit homepage;
-    maintainers = [ ];
     inherit (qt4.meta) platforms;
+    license = licenses.gpl2;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libdbusmenu-qt/qt-5.5.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libdbusmenu-qt/qt-5.5.nix
index 9c25757efb03..e8651de2b346 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libdbusmenu-qt/qt-5.5.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libdbusmenu-qt/qt-5.5.nix
@@ -19,5 +19,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
     description = "Provides a Qt implementation of the DBusMenu spec";
     maintainers = [ maintainers.ttuegel ];
     inherit (qtbase.meta) platforms;
+    license = licenses.gpl2;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libexttextcat/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libexttextcat/default.nix
index 8d264c929a5b..7b3df42c24c3 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libexttextcat/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libexttextcat/default.nix
@@ -8,9 +8,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "1j6sjwkyhqvsgyw938bxxfwkzzi1mahk66g5342lv6j89jfvrz8k";
   };
 
-  meta = {
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "An N-Gram-Based Text Categorization library primarily intended for language guessing";
     homepage = https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Libexttextcat;
-    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.all;
+    platforms = platforms.all;
+    license = licenses.bsd3;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libgdiplus/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libgdiplus/default.nix
index 5e94d00dcdb7..d54f9203d23d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libgdiplus/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libgdiplus/default.nix
@@ -34,7 +34,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     ln -s $out/lib/libgdiplus.0.dylib $out/lib/libgdiplus.so
   '';
 
-  meta = {
-    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.unix;
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Mono library that provides a GDI+-compatible API on non-Windows operating systems";
+    homepage = https://www.mono-project.com/docs/gui/libgdiplus/;
+    platforms = platforms.unix;
+    license = licenses.mit;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libgnome-keyring/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libgnome-keyring/default.nix
index e7157afbaee5..0b496ff593b3 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libgnome-keyring/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libgnome-keyring/default.nix
@@ -16,5 +16,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
   meta = {
     inherit (glib.meta) platforms maintainers;
+    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.gpl2;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libgnurl/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libgnurl/default.nix
index 33276b424e7c..752d2ce5a1e7 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libgnurl/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libgnurl/default.nix
@@ -33,5 +33,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     homepage    = https://gnunet.org/gnurl;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ falsifian vrthra ];
     platforms = platforms.linux;
+    license = with licenses; [ bsdOriginal mit ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libicns/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libicns/default.nix
index 08d80bcf9856..298d6124505c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libicns/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libicns/default.nix
@@ -10,7 +10,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   buildInputs = [ libpng jasper ];
 
-  meta = {
-    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.unix;
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Library for manipulation of the Mac OS icns resource format";
+    homepage = https://icns.sourceforge.io;
+    license = with licenses; [ gpl2 lgpl2 lgpl21 ];
+    platforms = platforms.unix;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libiodbc/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libiodbc/default.nix
index 45649f944f51..faa070b3468c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libiodbc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libiodbc/default.nix
@@ -17,9 +17,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       export NIX_LDFLAGS_BEFORE="-rpath $out/lib"
     '';
 
-  meta = {
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "iODBC driver manager";
     homepage = http://www.iodbc.org;
-    platforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.unix;
+    platforms = platforms.unix;
+    license = licenses.bsd3;
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/libite/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/libite/default.nix
index 7580c1b092e2..1616aa1e0cc1 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/libite/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/libite/default.nix
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     '';
     platforms = platforms.unix;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ fpletz ];
+    license = with licenses; [ mit isc ];
   };
 }