diff --git a/LICENSES/README.md b/LICENSES/README.md
index 69ef2d6315..720b5eff6f 100644
--- a/LICENSES/README.md
+++ b/LICENSES/README.md
@@ -47,8 +47,9 @@ The following exceptions apply:
    - src/basic/siphash24.h
    - src/systemctl/systemd-sysv-install.SKELETON
    - tools/check-includes.pl
-   - all examples under man/
    - config files and examples under /network
+  * the following sources are licensed under the **MIT-0** license:
+   - all examples under man/
  * the following sources are under **Public Domain** (LicenseRef-murmurhash2-public-domain):
    - src/basic/MurmurHash2.c
    - src/basic/MurmurHash2.h
diff --git a/man/50-xdg-data-dirs.sh b/man/50-xdg-data-dirs.sh
index 5f042c5511..0a180ffa3e 100755
--- a/man/50-xdg-data-dirs.sh
+++ b/man/50-xdg-data-dirs.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: CC0-1.0
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT-0
 
 # set the default value
 XDG_DATA_DIRS="${XDG_DATA_DIRS:-/usr/local/share/:/usr/share}"
diff --git a/man/90-rearrange-path.py b/man/90-rearrange-path.py
index 50696a60e2..5c727e411e 100755
--- a/man/90-rearrange-path.py
+++ b/man/90-rearrange-path.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: CC0-1.0
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT-0
 
 """
 
diff --git a/man/check-os-release-simple.py b/man/check-os-release-simple.py
index 738b1fd860..ce73c77b14 100644
--- a/man/check-os-release-simple.py
+++ b/man/check-os-release-simple.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: CC0-1.0
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT-0
 
 import platform
 os_release = platform.freedesktop_os_release()
diff --git a/man/check-os-release.py b/man/check-os-release.py
index 1a57c7a20d..19b193ec76 100644
--- a/man/check-os-release.py
+++ b/man/check-os-release.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: CC0-1.0
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT-0
 
 import ast
 import re
diff --git a/man/check-os-release.sh b/man/check-os-release.sh
index 35c8cac4bd..12f7ee12cc 100644
--- a/man/check-os-release.sh
+++ b/man/check-os-release.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/sh -eu
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: CC0-1.0
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT-0
 
 test -e /etc/os-release && os_release='/etc/os-release' || os_release='/usr/lib/os-release'
 . "${os_release}"
diff --git a/man/event-quick-child.c b/man/event-quick-child.c
index 16cc6cf3a4..8195efbaa5 100644
--- a/man/event-quick-child.c
+++ b/man/event-quick-child.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* SPDX-License-Identifier: CC0-1.0 */
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT-0 */
 
 #include <assert.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
diff --git a/man/fido2-crypttab.sh b/man/fido2-crypttab.sh
index f7d25bf88b..acb2e177ef 100644
--- a/man/fido2-crypttab.sh
+++ b/man/fido2-crypttab.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: CC0-1.0
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT-0
 
 # Enroll the security token in the LUKS2 volume. Replace /dev/sdXn by the
 # partition to use (e.g. /dev/sda1).
diff --git a/man/glib-event-glue.c b/man/glib-event-glue.c
index 3741b5257b..61e8bf6463 100644
--- a/man/glib-event-glue.c
+++ b/man/glib-event-glue.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* SPDX-License-Identifier: CC0-1.0 */
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT-0 */
 
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <glib.h>
diff --git a/man/hwdb-usb-device.c b/man/hwdb-usb-device.c
index 743c190f95..19a5db8022 100644
--- a/man/hwdb-usb-device.c
+++ b/man/hwdb-usb-device.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* SPDX-License-Identifier: CC0-1.0 */
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT-0 */
 
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdint.h>
diff --git a/man/id128-app-specific.c b/man/id128-app-specific.c
index 39660f4f86..b8982c75f8 100644
--- a/man/id128-app-specific.c
+++ b/man/id128-app-specific.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* SPDX-License-Identifier: CC0-1.0 */
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT-0 */
 
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <systemd/sd-id128.h>
diff --git a/man/inotify-watch-tmp.c b/man/inotify-watch-tmp.c
index a1144790c6..07ee8f6754 100644
--- a/man/inotify-watch-tmp.c
+++ b/man/inotify-watch-tmp.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* SPDX-License-Identifier: CC0-1.0 */
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT-0 */
 
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <string.h>
diff --git a/man/journal-enumerate-fields.c b/man/journal-enumerate-fields.c
index f4b6b7b078..bb0931970a 100644
--- a/man/journal-enumerate-fields.c
+++ b/man/journal-enumerate-fields.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* SPDX-License-Identifier: CC0-1.0 */
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT-0 */
 
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
diff --git a/man/journal-iterate-foreach.c b/man/journal-iterate-foreach.c
index 363101d5ba..381b50f9ce 100644
--- a/man/journal-iterate-foreach.c
+++ b/man/journal-iterate-foreach.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* SPDX-License-Identifier: CC0-1.0 */
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT-0 */
 
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
diff --git a/man/journal-iterate-poll.c b/man/journal-iterate-poll.c
index 8205bfd858..d377324b78 100644
--- a/man/journal-iterate-poll.c
+++ b/man/journal-iterate-poll.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* SPDX-License-Identifier: CC0-1.0 */
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT-0 */
 
 #include <poll.h>
 #include <time.h>
diff --git a/man/journal-iterate-unique.c b/man/journal-iterate-unique.c
index ac0c638032..5fe98b36b7 100644
--- a/man/journal-iterate-unique.c
+++ b/man/journal-iterate-unique.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* SPDX-License-Identifier: CC0-1.0 */
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT-0 */
 
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
diff --git a/man/journal-iterate-wait.c b/man/journal-iterate-wait.c
index 60b3459a18..ac4b60b8e9 100644
--- a/man/journal-iterate-wait.c
+++ b/man/journal-iterate-wait.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* SPDX-License-Identifier: CC0-1.0 */
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT-0 */
 
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
diff --git a/man/journal-stream-fd.c b/man/journal-stream-fd.c
index d59aa14c13..8aad5ff8c6 100644
--- a/man/journal-stream-fd.c
+++ b/man/journal-stream-fd.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* SPDX-License-Identifier: CC0-1.0 */
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT-0 */
 
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <syslog.h>
diff --git a/man/path-documents.c b/man/path-documents.c
index 13ea85a82c..a357dd659a 100644
--- a/man/path-documents.c
+++ b/man/path-documents.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* SPDX-License-Identifier: CC0-1.0 */
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT-0 */
 
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
diff --git a/man/print-unit-path.c b/man/print-unit-path.c
index ff52fd28cd..44c8271820 100644
--- a/man/print-unit-path.c
+++ b/man/print-unit-path.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* SPDX-License-Identifier: CC0-1.0 */
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT-0 */
 
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
diff --git a/man/sd-bus-container-append.c b/man/sd-bus-container-append.c
index 11238779dd..8bb4f33e86 100644
--- a/man/sd-bus-container-append.c
+++ b/man/sd-bus-container-append.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* SPDX-License-Identifier: CC0-1.0 */
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT-0 */
 
 #include <systemd/sd-bus.h>
 
diff --git a/man/sd-bus-container-read.c b/man/sd-bus-container-read.c
index 75be5fa9bb..5ede316c03 100644
--- a/man/sd-bus-container-read.c
+++ b/man/sd-bus-container-read.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* SPDX-License-Identifier: CC0-1.0 */
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT-0 */
 
 #include <stdio.h>
 
diff --git a/man/sd_bus_error-example.c b/man/sd_bus_error-example.c
index abea13ca45..9b162eb6cc 100644
--- a/man/sd_bus_error-example.c
+++ b/man/sd_bus_error-example.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* SPDX-License-Identifier: CC0-1.0 */
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT-0 */
 
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <string.h>
diff --git a/man/send-unit-files-changed.c b/man/send-unit-files-changed.c
index 4d03dd1fe0..dfd38a14a7 100644
--- a/man/send-unit-files-changed.c
+++ b/man/send-unit-files-changed.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* SPDX-License-Identifier: CC0-1.0 */
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT-0 */
 
 #include <systemd/sd-bus.h>
 #define _cleanup_(f) __attribute__((cleanup(f)))
diff --git a/man/tpm2-crypttab.sh b/man/tpm2-crypttab.sh
index a988fb6e0b..d109eb40cd 100644
--- a/man/tpm2-crypttab.sh
+++ b/man/tpm2-crypttab.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: CC0-1.0
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT-0
 
 # Enroll the TPM2 security chip in the LUKS2 volume, and bind it to PCR 7
 # only. Replace /dev/sdXn by the partition to use (e.g. /dev/sda1).
diff --git a/man/vtable-example.c b/man/vtable-example.c
index d82bb18a39..e3346a8021 100644
--- a/man/vtable-example.c
+++ b/man/vtable-example.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* SPDX-License-Identifier: CC0-1.0 */
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT-0 */
 
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <stdbool.h>
diff --git a/man/yubikey-crypttab.sh b/man/yubikey-crypttab.sh
index 13084dbf12..ce9c2917c5 100644
--- a/man/yubikey-crypttab.sh
+++ b/man/yubikey-crypttab.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: CC0-1.0
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT-0
 
 # Destroy any old key on the Yubikey (careful!)
 ykman piv reset