Added missing license and copyright in deps/hiredis.

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@@ -7,6 +7,13 @@ documentation at http://redis.io
 Building Redis
 --------------
 
+Redis can be compiled and used on Linux, OSX, OpenBSD, NetBSD, FreeBSD.
+We support big endian and little endian architectures.
+
+It may compile on Solaris derived systems (for instance SmartOS) but our
+support for this platform is "best effort" and Redis is not guaranteed to
+work as well as in Linux, OSX, and *BSD there.
+
 It is as simple as:
 
     % make
@@ -121,4 +128,16 @@ system reboots.
 You'll be able to stop and start Redis using the script named
 /etc/init.d/redis_<portnumber>, for instance /etc/init.d/redis_6379.
 
+Code contributions
+---
+
+Note: by contributing code to the Redis project in any form, including sending
+a pull request via Github, a code fragment or patch via private email or
+public discussion groups, you agree to release your code under the terms
+of the BSD license that you can find in the COPYING file included in the Redis
+source distribution.
+
+Please see the CONTRIBUTING file in this source distribution for more
+information.
+
 Enjoy!