diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 548aeca..431b425 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -162,4 +162,11 @@ The generator creates a changelog with your prefix substituted and only includes
 
 ## License
 
+Both Maven child modules set `qbit.noticesDirectory` to their parent directory,
+where this repository's `LICENSE` and `NOTICE` live. This supports the shared
+notice packaging correction in `qbit-build-parent`; it takes effect after adopting
+a parent version containing that correction. Existing public parent 2.0.0 is
+unchanged. Verify each generated module archive against these root files when
+integrating the new parent.
+
 Apache-2.0 - See [LICENSE](LICENSE)
diff --git a/qbit-geo-data-core/pom.xml b/qbit-geo-data-core/pom.xml
index 0bd8667..9ec92bb 100644
--- a/qbit-geo-data-core/pom.xml
+++ b/qbit-geo-data-core/pom.xml
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@
    <artifactId>qbit-geo-data</artifactId>
    <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
+   <properties>
+      <qbit.noticesDirectory>${project.basedir}/..</qbit.noticesDirectory>
+   </properties>
+
    <name>QBit Geographic Data</name>
    <description>Geographic reference data for QQQ applications - countries, states/provinces, and cities</description>
 
diff --git a/tools/pom.xml b/tools/pom.xml
index 4d1343b..14ac9dc 100644
--- a/tools/pom.xml
+++ b/tools/pom.xml
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@
    <artifactId>qbit-geo-data-tools</artifactId>
    <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
+   <properties>
+      <qbit.noticesDirectory>${project.basedir}/..</qbit.noticesDirectory>
+   </properties>
+
    <name>QBit Geographic Data - Tools</name>
    <description>Data acquisition and formatting utilities for geo-data</description>