diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/creadur/tentacles/LicenseType.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/creadur/tentacles/LicenseType.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0be26e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/creadur/tentacles/LicenseType.java
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+/**
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ *  to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ *  with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.creadur.tentacles;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
+
+public enum LicenseType {
+
+    ASL_2_0("asl-2.0"), CPL_1_0("cpl-1.0"), CDDL_1_0("cddl-1.0");
+
+    public static Map<String, String> loadLicensesFrom(
+            final TentaclesResources tentaclesResources) throws IOException {
+        final Map<String, String> licenses =
+                new ConcurrentHashMap<String, String>();
+        for (final LicenseType type : LicenseType.values()) {
+            type.putTextInto(licenses, tentaclesResources);
+        }
+        return licenses;
+    }
+
+    private final String resourceName;
+    private final String resourcePath;
+
+    private LicenseType(final String resourceName) {
+        this.resourceName = resourceName;
+        this.resourcePath = "licenses/" + getResourceName() + ".txt";
+    }
+
+    public String getResourceName() {
+        return this.resourceName;
+    }
+
+    public String getResourcePath() {
+        return this.resourcePath;
+    }
+
+    public String readText(final TentaclesResources tentaclesResources)
+            throws IOException {
+        return tentaclesResources.readText(getResourcePath()).trim();
+    }
+
+    public void putTextInto(final Map<String, String> licenseTextByName,
+            final TentaclesResources tentaclesResources) throws IOException {
+        licenseTextByName.put(getResourceName(), readText(tentaclesResources));
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/creadur/tentacles/Main.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/creadur/tentacles/Main.java
index ada6149..fab0e2f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/creadur/tentacles/Main.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/creadur/tentacles/Main.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
  */
 package org.apache.creadur.tentacles;
 
+import static org.apache.creadur.tentacles.LicenseType.loadLicensesFrom;
 import static org.apache.creadur.tentacles.RepositoryType.HTTP;
 import static org.apache.creadur.tentacles.RepositoryType.LOCAL_FILE_SYSTEM;
 
@@ -60,7 +61,7 @@
     private final File repository;
     private final File content;
     private final Reports reports;
-    private final Map<String, String> licenses = new HashMap<String, String>();
+    private final Map<String, String> licenses;
     private final NexusClient client;
 
     private final Configuration configuration;
@@ -109,14 +110,7 @@
         this.tentaclesResources.copyTo("legal/style.css", new File(this.local,
                 "style.css"));
 
-        licenses("asl-2.0");
-        licenses("cpl-1.0");
-        licenses("cddl-1.0");
-    }
-
-    private void licenses(final String name) throws IOException {
-        final String path = "licenses/" + name + ".txt";
-        this.licenses.put(name, this.tentaclesResources.readText(path).trim());
+        this.licenses = loadLicensesFrom(this.tentaclesResources);
     }
 
     public static void main(final String[] args) throws Exception {