diff --git a/copyright b/copyright
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5bd3f871
--- /dev/null
+++ b/copyright
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+Format: http://dep.debian.net/deps/dep5/
+
+Files: *
+Copyright: Copyright 2011, Canonical Ltd., All Rights Reserved.
+License: GPL-3
+ This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ (at your option) any later version.
+ .
+ This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ GNU General Public License for more details.
+ .
+ You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
diff --git a/hooks/rabbitmq-common b/hooks/rabbitmq-common
index 540e670f..7fe78764 100755
--- a/hooks/rabbitmq-common
+++ b/hooks/rabbitmq-common
@@ -1,4 +1,22 @@
 #!/bin/bash
+#
+#  rabbitmq-common - common formula shell functions and config variables
+#
+#  Copyright (C) 2011  Canonical Ltd.
+#  Author: Adam Gandelman <adam.gandelman@canonical.com>
+#
+#  This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#  the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+#  (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+#  GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#  along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 RABBIT_CTL='rabbitmqctl'
 HOSTNAME=`hostname -f`
diff --git a/hooks/rabbitmq-relations b/hooks/rabbitmq-relations
index 4fd22950..4ab53e86 100755
--- a/hooks/rabbitmq-relations
+++ b/hooks/rabbitmq-relations
@@ -1,4 +1,24 @@
 #!/bin/bash
+#
+#    rabbitmq-relations - relations to be used by formula, referenced
+#                         via symlink
+#
+#    Copyright (C) 2011  Canonical Ltd.
+#    Author: Adam Gandelman <adam.gandelman@canonical.com>
+#
+#    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+#    (at your option) any later version.
+#
+#    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+#    GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
 set -u
 FORMULA_DIR=$(dirname $0)
 ARG0=${0##*/}