diff --git a/geonode/base/api/serializers.py b/geonode/base/api/serializers.py
index dd0871597e1..2ea5dae4231 100644
--- a/geonode/base/api/serializers.py
+++ b/geonode/base/api/serializers.py
@@ -717,6 +717,7 @@ def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
             RestrictionCodeTypeSerializer, embed=True, many=True
         )
         self.fields["license"] = ComplexDynamicRelationField(LicenseSerializer, embed=True, many=False)
+        self.fields["metadata_license"] = ComplexDynamicRelationField(LicenseSerializer, embed=True, many=False)
         self.fields["spatial_representation_type"] = ComplexDynamicRelationField(
             SpatialRepresentationTypeSerializer, embed=True, many=False
         )
diff --git a/geonode/base/migrations/0097_resourcebase_metadata_license.py b/geonode/base/migrations/0097_resourcebase_metadata_license.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4fac38aacbc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/geonode/base/migrations/0097_resourcebase_metadata_license.py
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# Generated by Django 3.2.23 on 2024-06-18 14:01
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+import django.db.models.deletion
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('base', '0096_merge_0088_auto_20231019_1244_0095_auto_20230331_0923'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AddField(
+            model_name='resourcebase',
+            name='metadata_license',
+            field=models.ForeignKey(blank=True, help_text='license of the metadata', null=True, on_delete=django.db.models.deletion.SET_NULL, related_name='metadata_license', to='base.license', verbose_name='Metadata License'),
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/geonode/base/models.py b/geonode/base/models.py
index eb2e635cb81..90d666e4251 100644
--- a/geonode/base/models.py
+++ b/geonode/base/models.py
@@ -781,6 +781,7 @@ class ResourceBase(PolymorphicModel, PermissionLevelMixin, ItemBase):
         "other restrictions and legal prerequisites for accessing and using the resource or" " metadata"
     )
     license_help_text = _("license of the dataset")
+    metadata_license_help_text = _("license of the metadata")
     language_help_text = _("language used within the dataset")
     category_help_text = _(
         "high-level geographic data thematic classification to assist in the grouping and search of "
@@ -964,6 +965,16 @@ class ResourceBase(PolymorphicModel, PermissionLevelMixin, ItemBase):
         help_text=license_help_text,
         on_delete=models.SET_NULL,
     )
+
+    metadata_license = models.ForeignKey(
+        License,
+        null=True,
+        blank=True,
+        related_name="metadata_license",
+        verbose_name=_("Metadata License"),
+        help_text=metadata_license_help_text,
+        on_delete=models.SET_NULL,
+    )
     language = models.CharField(
         _("language"), max_length=3, choices=enumerations.ALL_LANGUAGES, default="eng", help_text=language_help_text
     )
diff --git a/geonode/documents/migrations/0039_alter_document_abstract_en.py b/geonode/documents/migrations/0039_alter_document_abstract_en.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..18ecd5811d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/geonode/documents/migrations/0039_alter_document_abstract_en.py
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# Generated by Django 3.2.23 on 2024-06-18 14:01
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('documents', '0038_alter_document_doc_url'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name='document',
+            name='abstract_en',
+            field=models.TextField(help_text='brief narrative summary of the content of the resource(s)', max_length=2000, null=True, verbose_name='abstract'),
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/geonode/layers/migrations/0045_alter_dataset_abstract_en.py b/geonode/layers/migrations/0045_alter_dataset_abstract_en.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..fbc58ccf624
--- /dev/null
+++ b/geonode/layers/migrations/0045_alter_dataset_abstract_en.py
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# Generated by Django 3.2.23 on 2024-06-18 14:01
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('layers', '0044_alter_dataset_unique_together'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name='dataset',
+            name='abstract_en',
+            field=models.TextField(help_text='brief narrative summary of the content of the resource(s)', max_length=2000, null=True, verbose_name='abstract'),
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/geonode/maps/migrations/0044_alter_map_abstract_en.py b/geonode/maps/migrations/0044_alter_map_abstract_en.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..55a2dfea478
--- /dev/null
+++ b/geonode/maps/migrations/0044_alter_map_abstract_en.py
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# Generated by Django 3.2.23 on 2024-06-18 14:01
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('maps', '0043_auto_20230807_1234'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name='map',
+            name='abstract_en',
+            field=models.TextField(help_text='brief narrative summary of the content of the resource(s)', max_length=2000, null=True, verbose_name='abstract'),
+        ),
+    ]