diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 69688f4..5bd15e0 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -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.
+-->
+
 Instamo Archetype
 =======
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6428a07..7115c3c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -57,8 +57,27 @@
             <includePom>true</includePom>
           </configuration>
         </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.apache.rat</groupId>
+          <artifactId>apache-rat-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>0.10</version>
+        </plugin>
       </plugins>
     </pluginManagement>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.rat</groupId>
+        <artifactId>apache-rat-plugin</artifactId>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>check</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <phase>verify</phase>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
   </build>
   <profiles>
     <profile>
diff --git a/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/README.md b/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/README.md
index 929c382..bfd0f61 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/README.md
+++ b/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/README.md
@@ -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.
+-->
+
 Instamo
 =======