diff --git a/Sources/Plasma/CoreLib/plString.cpp b/Sources/Plasma/CoreLib/plString.cpp
index 42b50970..097ea768 100644
--- a/Sources/Plasma/CoreLib/plString.cpp
+++ b/Sources/Plasma/CoreLib/plString.cpp
@@ -16,6 +16,22 @@ GNU General Public License for more details.
 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
+Additional permissions under GNU GPL version 3 section 7
+
+If you modify this Program, or any covered work, by linking or
+combining it with any of RAD Game Tools Bink SDK, Autodesk 3ds Max SDK,
+NVIDIA PhysX SDK, Microsoft DirectX SDK, OpenSSL library, Independent
+JPEG Group JPEG library, Microsoft Windows Media SDK, or Apple QuickTime SDK
+(or a modified version of those libraries),
+containing parts covered by the terms of the Bink SDK EULA, 3ds Max EULA,
+PhysX SDK EULA, DirectX SDK EULA, OpenSSL and SSLeay licenses, IJG
+JPEG Library README, Windows Media SDK EULA, or QuickTime SDK EULA, the
+licensors of this Program grant you additional
+permission to convey the resulting work. Corresponding Source for a
+non-source form of such a combination shall include the source code for
+the parts of OpenSSL and IJG JPEG Library used as well as that of the covered
+work.
+
 You can contact Cyan Worlds, Inc. by email legal@cyan.com
  or by snail mail at:
       Cyan Worlds, Inc.
diff --git a/Sources/Plasma/CoreLib/plString.h b/Sources/Plasma/CoreLib/plString.h
index 82234ded..1d49abac 100644
--- a/Sources/Plasma/CoreLib/plString.h
+++ b/Sources/Plasma/CoreLib/plString.h
@@ -16,6 +16,22 @@ GNU General Public License for more details.
 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
+Additional permissions under GNU GPL version 3 section 7
+
+If you modify this Program, or any covered work, by linking or
+combining it with any of RAD Game Tools Bink SDK, Autodesk 3ds Max SDK,
+NVIDIA PhysX SDK, Microsoft DirectX SDK, OpenSSL library, Independent
+JPEG Group JPEG library, Microsoft Windows Media SDK, or Apple QuickTime SDK
+(or a modified version of those libraries),
+containing parts covered by the terms of the Bink SDK EULA, 3ds Max EULA,
+PhysX SDK EULA, DirectX SDK EULA, OpenSSL and SSLeay licenses, IJG
+JPEG Library README, Windows Media SDK EULA, or QuickTime SDK EULA, the
+licensors of this Program grant you additional
+permission to convey the resulting work. Corresponding Source for a
+non-source form of such a combination shall include the source code for
+the parts of OpenSSL and IJG JPEG Library used as well as that of the covered
+work.
+
 You can contact Cyan Worlds, Inc. by email legal@cyan.com
  or by snail mail at:
       Cyan Worlds, Inc.
@@ -113,6 +129,8 @@ public:
 
     const _Ch *GetData() const { return fData ? fData->fStringData : 0; }
     size_t GetSize() const { return fData ? fData->fSize : 0; }
+
+    operator const _Ch *() const { return GetData(); }
 };