diff --git a/maven-plugin-descriptor/pom.xml b/maven-plugin-descriptor/pom.xml
index 4bd07583f1..8d4d6117dd 100755
--- a/maven-plugin-descriptor/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-plugin-descriptor/pom.xml
@@ -1,20 +1,23 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 
 <!--
-  ~ Copyright 2005-2006 The Apache Software Foundation.
-  ~
-  ~ Licensed 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.
-  -->
+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.
+-->
 
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
          xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
diff --git a/maven-plugin-descriptor/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/descriptor/DuplicateMojoDescriptorException.java b/maven-plugin-descriptor/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/descriptor/DuplicateMojoDescriptorException.java
index e936e0c1ab..26aeb9533e 100644
--- a/maven-plugin-descriptor/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/descriptor/DuplicateMojoDescriptorException.java
+++ b/maven-plugin-descriptor/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/descriptor/DuplicateMojoDescriptorException.java
@@ -1,19 +1,22 @@
 package org.apache.maven.plugin.descriptor;
 
 /*
- * Copyright 2001-2005 The Apache Software Foundation.
+ * 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
  *
- * Licensed 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
  *
- *      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.
+ * 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 DuplicateMojoDescriptorException
diff --git a/maven-plugin-descriptor/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/descriptor/DuplicateParameterException.java b/maven-plugin-descriptor/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/descriptor/DuplicateParameterException.java
index 10bc1ffd28..4cad9b7c01 100644
--- a/maven-plugin-descriptor/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/descriptor/DuplicateParameterException.java
+++ b/maven-plugin-descriptor/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/descriptor/DuplicateParameterException.java
@@ -1,19 +1,22 @@
 package org.apache.maven.plugin.descriptor;
 
 /*
- * Copyright 2001-2005 The Apache Software Foundation.
+ * 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
  *
- * Licensed 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
  *
- *      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.
+ * 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 DuplicateParameterException
diff --git a/maven-plugin-descriptor/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/descriptor/InvalidParameterException.java b/maven-plugin-descriptor/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/descriptor/InvalidParameterException.java
index 619230dab4..9988436e4a 100644
--- a/maven-plugin-descriptor/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/descriptor/InvalidParameterException.java
+++ b/maven-plugin-descriptor/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/descriptor/InvalidParameterException.java
@@ -1,19 +1,22 @@
 package org.apache.maven.plugin.descriptor;
 
 /*
- * Copyright 2001-2004 The Apache Software Foundation.
+ * 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
  *
- * Licensed 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
  *
- *      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.
+ * 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.
  */
 
 /**
diff --git a/maven-plugin-descriptor/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/descriptor/InvalidPluginDescriptorException.java b/maven-plugin-descriptor/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/descriptor/InvalidPluginDescriptorException.java
index ef763b4cb5..4b8e739772 100644
--- a/maven-plugin-descriptor/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/descriptor/InvalidPluginDescriptorException.java
+++ b/maven-plugin-descriptor/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/descriptor/InvalidPluginDescriptorException.java
@@ -1,23 +1,26 @@
 package org.apache.maven.plugin.descriptor;
 
-import org.codehaus.plexus.configuration.PlexusConfigurationException;
-
 /*
- * Copyright 2001-2005 The Apache Software Foundation.
+ * 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
  *
- * Licensed 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
  *
- *      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.
+ * 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.
  */
 
+import org.codehaus.plexus.configuration.PlexusConfigurationException;
+
 public class InvalidPluginDescriptorException
     extends PlexusConfigurationException
 {
diff --git a/maven-plugin-descriptor/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/descriptor/MojoDescriptor.java b/maven-plugin-descriptor/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/descriptor/MojoDescriptor.java
index 682ccbabf0..1620ec6873 100755
--- a/maven-plugin-descriptor/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/descriptor/MojoDescriptor.java
+++ b/maven-plugin-descriptor/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/descriptor/MojoDescriptor.java
@@ -1,19 +1,22 @@
 package org.apache.maven.plugin.descriptor;
 
 /*
- * Copyright 2001-2004 The Apache Software Foundation.
+ * 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
  *
- * Licensed 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
  *
- *      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.
+ * 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.
  */
 
 import org.apache.maven.plugin.Mojo;
diff --git a/maven-plugin-descriptor/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/descriptor/Parameter.java b/maven-plugin-descriptor/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/descriptor/Parameter.java
index 66739c1def..ecb61f2cf0 100644
--- a/maven-plugin-descriptor/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/descriptor/Parameter.java
+++ b/maven-plugin-descriptor/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/descriptor/Parameter.java
@@ -1,19 +1,22 @@
 package org.apache.maven.plugin.descriptor;
 
 /*
- * Copyright 2001-2004 The Apache Software Foundation.
+ * 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
  *
- * Licensed 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
  *
- *      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.
+ * 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.
  */
 
 /**
diff --git a/maven-plugin-descriptor/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/descriptor/PluginDescriptor.java b/maven-plugin-descriptor/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/descriptor/PluginDescriptor.java
index 8d8b7e8629..3663b1a0bb 100644
--- a/maven-plugin-descriptor/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/descriptor/PluginDescriptor.java
+++ b/maven-plugin-descriptor/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/descriptor/PluginDescriptor.java
@@ -1,19 +1,22 @@
 package org.apache.maven.plugin.descriptor;
 
 /*
- * Copyright 2001-2004 The Apache Software Foundation.
+ * 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
  *
- * Licensed 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
  *
- *      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.
+ * 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.
  */
 
 import org.apache.maven.artifact.Artifact;
diff --git a/maven-plugin-descriptor/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/descriptor/PluginDescriptorBuilder.java b/maven-plugin-descriptor/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/descriptor/PluginDescriptorBuilder.java
index c9a15a405b..dec99a6710 100755
--- a/maven-plugin-descriptor/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/descriptor/PluginDescriptorBuilder.java
+++ b/maven-plugin-descriptor/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/descriptor/PluginDescriptorBuilder.java
@@ -1,5 +1,24 @@
 package org.apache.maven.plugin.descriptor;
 
+/*
+ * 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.
+ */
+
 import org.codehaus.plexus.component.repository.ComponentDependency;
 import org.codehaus.plexus.component.repository.ComponentRequirement;
 import org.codehaus.plexus.configuration.PlexusConfiguration;
diff --git a/maven-plugin-descriptor/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/descriptor/Requirement.java b/maven-plugin-descriptor/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/descriptor/Requirement.java
index 24b371b415..9306408c0a 100644
--- a/maven-plugin-descriptor/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/descriptor/Requirement.java
+++ b/maven-plugin-descriptor/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/descriptor/Requirement.java
@@ -1,19 +1,22 @@
 package org.apache.maven.plugin.descriptor;
 
 /*
- * Copyright 2001-2005 The Apache Software Foundation.
+ * 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
  *
- * Licensed 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
  *
- *      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.
+ * 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.
  */
 
 /**
diff --git a/maven-plugin-descriptor/src/main/mdo/lifecycle.mdo b/maven-plugin-descriptor/src/main/mdo/lifecycle.mdo
index efb6a8c9f2..c70b57aa25 100644
--- a/maven-plugin-descriptor/src/main/mdo/lifecycle.mdo
+++ b/maven-plugin-descriptor/src/main/mdo/lifecycle.mdo
@@ -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.
+-->
+
 <model>
   <id>lifecycle-mappings</id>
   <name>LifecycleMappings</name>
diff --git a/maven-plugin-descriptor/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/lifecycle/LifecycleXpp3ReaderTest.java b/maven-plugin-descriptor/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/lifecycle/LifecycleXpp3ReaderTest.java
index 5f0c916269..5f393c78e7 100644
--- a/maven-plugin-descriptor/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/lifecycle/LifecycleXpp3ReaderTest.java
+++ b/maven-plugin-descriptor/src/test/java/org/apache/maven/plugin/lifecycle/LifecycleXpp3ReaderTest.java
@@ -1,19 +1,22 @@
 package org.apache.maven.plugin.lifecycle;
 
 /*
- * Copyright 2001-2005 The Apache Software Foundation.
+ * 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
  *
- * Licensed 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
  *
- *      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.
+ * 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.
  */
 
 import junit.framework.TestCase;
diff --git a/maven-plugin-descriptor/src/test/resources/lifecycle.xml b/maven-plugin-descriptor/src/test/resources/lifecycle.xml
index 562cdc71f6..ebec589255 100644
--- a/maven-plugin-descriptor/src/test/resources/lifecycle.xml
+++ b/maven-plugin-descriptor/src/test/resources/lifecycle.xml
@@ -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.
+-->
+
 <lifecycles>
   <lifecycle>
     <id>clover</id>