diff --git a/its/README.md b/its/README.md
index 214cbf2ce7..47233cbbce 100644
--- a/its/README.md
+++ b/its/README.md
@@ -1,3 +1,21 @@
+<!---
+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.
+-->
 Maven Core Integration Tests
 ========
 
diff --git a/its/core-it-support/maven-it-sample-archetype/src/main/resources/META-INF/maven/archetype-metadata.xml b/its/core-it-support/maven-it-sample-archetype/src/main/resources/META-INF/maven/archetype-metadata.xml
index 4aba45d73c..9efaf7a604 100644
--- a/its/core-it-support/maven-it-sample-archetype/src/main/resources/META-INF/maven/archetype-metadata.xml
+++ b/its/core-it-support/maven-it-sample-archetype/src/main/resources/META-INF/maven/archetype-metadata.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,23 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><archetype-descriptor name="maven-it-sample">
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+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.
+-->
+<archetype-descriptor name="maven-it-sample">
   <fileSets>
     <fileSet filtered="true" packaged="true" encoding="UTF-8">
       <directory>src/test/java</directory>
diff --git a/its/core-it-support/maven-it-sample-archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/src/test/resources/mng-xxxx/checkstyle-assembly/src/main/resources/rule_set.xml b/its/core-it-support/maven-it-sample-archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/src/test/resources/mng-xxxx/checkstyle-assembly/src/main/resources/rule_set.xml
index 55ea0d3ccc..1976ebff24 100644
--- a/its/core-it-support/maven-it-sample-archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/src/test/resources/mng-xxxx/checkstyle-assembly/src/main/resources/rule_set.xml
+++ b/its/core-it-support/maven-it-sample-archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/src/test/resources/mng-xxxx/checkstyle-assembly/src/main/resources/rule_set.xml
@@ -2,6 +2,24 @@
 #set( $symbol_dollar = '$' )
 #set( $symbol_escape = '\' )
 <?xml version="1.0"?>
+<!--
+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.
+-->
 <ruleset name="EPHS Custom ruleset"
     xmlns="http://pmd.sf.net/ruleset/1.0.0"
     xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
diff --git a/its/core-it-support/maven-it-sample-archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/src/test/resources/mng-xxxx/checkstyle-test/src/main/java/Class.java b/its/core-it-support/maven-it-sample-archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/src/test/resources/mng-xxxx/checkstyle-test/src/main/java/Class.java
index 89432ba683..49a95de7e9 100644
--- a/its/core-it-support/maven-it-sample-archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/src/test/resources/mng-xxxx/checkstyle-test/src/main/java/Class.java
+++ b/its/core-it-support/maven-it-sample-archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/src/test/resources/mng-xxxx/checkstyle-test/src/main/java/Class.java
@@ -1,3 +1,22 @@
+/*
+ * 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.
+ */
+
 #set( $symbol_pound = '#' )
 #set( $symbol_dollar = '$' )
 #set( $symbol_escape = '\' )
diff --git a/its/core-it-support/maven-it-sample/src/test/resources/mng-xxxx/checkstyle-assembly/src/main/resources/rule_set.xml b/its/core-it-support/maven-it-sample/src/test/resources/mng-xxxx/checkstyle-assembly/src/main/resources/rule_set.xml
index fc5f45486e..c03a644f0a 100644
--- a/its/core-it-support/maven-it-sample/src/test/resources/mng-xxxx/checkstyle-assembly/src/main/resources/rule_set.xml
+++ b/its/core-it-support/maven-it-sample/src/test/resources/mng-xxxx/checkstyle-assembly/src/main/resources/rule_set.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,22 @@
 <?xml version="1.0"?>
+<!--
+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.
+-->
 <ruleset name="EPHS Custom ruleset"
     xmlns="http://pmd.sf.net/ruleset/1.0.0"
     xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
diff --git a/its/core-it-support/maven-it-sample/src/test/resources/mng-xxxx/checkstyle-assembly/src/main/resources/stc_checks.xml b/its/core-it-support/maven-it-sample/src/test/resources/mng-xxxx/checkstyle-assembly/src/main/resources/stc_checks.xml
index 02aa309a5c..5771c53f60 100644
--- a/its/core-it-support/maven-it-sample/src/test/resources/mng-xxxx/checkstyle-assembly/src/main/resources/stc_checks.xml
+++ b/its/core-it-support/maven-it-sample/src/test/resources/mng-xxxx/checkstyle-assembly/src/main/resources/stc_checks.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,22 @@
 <?xml version="1.0"?>
+<!--
+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.
+-->
 <!DOCTYPE module PUBLIC
     "-//Puppy Crawl//DTD Check Configuration 1.2//EN"
     "http://www.puppycrawl.com/dtds/configuration_1_2.dtd">
diff --git a/its/core-it-support/maven-it-sample/src/test/resources/mng-xxxx/checkstyle-test/src/main/java/Class.java b/its/core-it-support/maven-it-sample/src/test/resources/mng-xxxx/checkstyle-test/src/main/java/Class.java
index 244f1e5605..9dfe4d7041 100644
--- a/its/core-it-support/maven-it-sample/src/test/resources/mng-xxxx/checkstyle-test/src/main/java/Class.java
+++ b/its/core-it-support/maven-it-sample/src/test/resources/mng-xxxx/checkstyle-test/src/main/java/Class.java
@@ -1,3 +1,21 @@
+/*
+ * 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.
+ */
 public class Class
 {
 
diff --git a/its/run-its.sh b/its/run-its.sh
index 3d12f95b89..76de23de12 100755
--- a/its/run-its.sh
+++ b/its/run-its.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,24 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
+#
+# 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.
+#
+
 # How I run the ITs from a clean slate. Though I do this with a primed Nexus instance. JvZ.
 
 mvn clean install -Prun-its,embedded -Dmaven.repo.local=`pwd`/repo
diff --git a/its/src/site/apt/index.apt b/its/src/site/apt/index.apt
index 8449fb8f85..4b1fc4e56a 100644
--- a/its/src/site/apt/index.apt
+++ b/its/src/site/apt/index.apt
@@ -6,6 +6,27 @@
  2011-09-04
  -----
 
+ ~~ 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.
+
+ ~~ NOTE: For help with the syntax of this file, see:
+ ~~ http://maven.apache.org/doxia/references/apt-format.html
+
+
 Maven Core ITs
 
  Maven Core Integration Tests provide tooling to test every aspect of Maven functionalities with any Maven version.