diff --git a/src/calibre/ebooks/lit/lzxcomp.py b/src/calibre/ebooks/lit/lzxcomp.py
index 1a3f944c89..badfa807fb 100644
--- a/src/calibre/ebooks/lit/lzxcomp.py
+++ b/src/calibre/ebooks/lit/lzxcomp.py
@@ -1,4 +1,11 @@
+'''
+Higher-level LZX compression/decompression routines.
+'''
 from __future__ import with_statement
+
+__license__   = 'GPL v3'
+__copyright__ = '2008, Marshall T. Vandegrift <llasram@gmail.com>'
+
 import sys
 import os
 from cStringIO import StringIO
diff --git a/src/calibre/ebooks/lit/mssha1.py b/src/calibre/ebooks/lit/mssha1.py
index 1708c8dd8b..29261e7313 100644
--- a/src/calibre/ebooks/lit/mssha1.py
+++ b/src/calibre/ebooks/lit/mssha1.py
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ Modified version of SHA-1 used in Microsoft LIT files.
 Adapted from the PyPy pure-Python SHA-1 implementation.
 """
 
+__license__   = 'GPL v3'
+__copyright__ = '2008, Marshall T. Vandegrift <llasram@gmail.com>'
+
 import struct, copy
 
 # ======================================================================
diff --git a/src/calibre/ebooks/lit/oeb.py b/src/calibre/ebooks/lit/oeb.py
index fc1aaeef90..2a553006ab 100644
--- a/src/calibre/ebooks/lit/oeb.py
+++ b/src/calibre/ebooks/lit/oeb.py
@@ -1,4 +1,11 @@
+'''
+Basic support for manipulating OEB 1.x/2.0 content and metadata.
+'''
 from __future__ import with_statement
+
+__license__   = 'GPL v3'
+__copyright__ = '2008, Marshall T. Vandegrift <llasram@gmail.com>'
+
 import os
 import sys
 from collections import defaultdict
diff --git a/src/calibre/ebooks/lit/stylizer.py b/src/calibre/ebooks/lit/stylizer.py
index 1986f6a2ed..47018201ae 100644
--- a/src/calibre/ebooks/lit/stylizer.py
+++ b/src/calibre/ebooks/lit/stylizer.py
@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
-#! /usr/bin/python2.5
 # -*- encoding: utf-8 -*-
 
+'''
+CSS property propagation class.
+'''
+from __future__ import with_statement
+
+__license__   = 'GPL v3'
+__copyright__ = '2008, Marshall T. Vandegrift <llasram@gmail.com>'
+
 from __future__ import with_statement
 import sys
 import os
@@ -324,12 +331,12 @@ class Style(object):
     
     def _get(self, name):
         result = None
-        styles = self._stylizer._styles
         if name in self._style:
             result = self._style[name]
         if (result == 'inherit'
             or (result is None and name in INHERITED
                 and self._has_parent())):
+            styles = self._stylizer._styles
             result = styles[self._element.getparent()]._get(name)
         if result is None:
             result = DEFAULTS[name]
diff --git a/src/calibre/ebooks/lit/writer.py b/src/calibre/ebooks/lit/writer.py
index f374d49ddf..e5eea46baa 100644
--- a/src/calibre/ebooks/lit/writer.py
+++ b/src/calibre/ebooks/lit/writer.py
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+'''
+Basic support for writing LIT files.
+'''
+from __future__ import with_statement
+
+__license__   = 'GPL v3'
+__copyright__ = '2008, Marshall T. Vandegrift <llasram@gmail.com>'
+
 from __future__ import with_statement
 import sys
 import os