diff --git a/core/common_radiohdl.py b/core/common_radiohdl.py
index e45099ca38b00b6eb9a79c6bc8033250b915f744..52c79af54c8e229e92119787ea772bde0548950f 100644
--- a/core/common_radiohdl.py
+++ b/core/common_radiohdl.py
@@ -1,3 +1,21 @@
+###############################################################################
+#
+# Copyright 2018 Stichting Nederlandse Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek Instituten
+# ASTRON Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy
+# 
+# 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. 
+#
+###############################################################################
 
 import os
 import inspect
diff --git a/generic.sh b/generic.sh
index 6e53f89813be37243126193d111af5a9146f37fe..5e67b3d7746874b56a023720d3e2e437dc67c268 100755
--- a/generic.sh
+++ b/generic.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,23 @@
+###############################################################################
+#
+# Copyright 2018 Stichting Nederlandse Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek Instituten
+# ASTRON Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy
+# JIVE (Joint Institute for VLBI in Europe)
+# 
+# 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. 
+#
+###############################################################################
+
 # This file contains a collection of convenience functions and definitions.
 #
 # automatically export to subsequent commands (-a)