diff --git a/activemq-core/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/util/MDCHelper.java b/activemq-core/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/util/MDCHelper.java
index d32d2700e4..768e1b352e 100644
--- a/activemq-core/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/util/MDCHelper.java
+++ b/activemq-core/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/util/MDCHelper.java
@@ -1,3 +1,19 @@
+/**
+ * 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.activemq.util;
 
 import org.slf4j.MDC;
diff --git a/assembly/src/release/lib/activemq-rar.txt b/assembly/src/release/lib/activemq-rar.txt
index 05fac12514..c2402dcbe3 100644
--- a/assembly/src/release/lib/activemq-rar.txt
+++ b/assembly/src/release/lib/activemq-rar.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,20 @@
+/**
+ * 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.
+ */
+
 ActiveMQ RAR is no longer included in the distribution.
 
 Please download it separately from: http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/activemq/activemq-rar/
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