diff --git a/ansible/environments/local/group_vars/all b/ansible/environments/local/group_vars/all
index b83d824d0885e5e0035255a110b2f20d17558776..6375ab64ab3b7de512efc617d008f0f1e50fdc0b 100755
--- a/ansible/environments/local/group_vars/all
+++ b/ansible/environments/local/group_vars/all
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more contributor
+# license agreements; and to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0.
+
 whisk_version_name: local
 openwhisk_tmp_dir: "{{ lookup('env', 'OPENWHISK_TMP_DIR')|default('/tmp', true) }}"
 config_root_dir: "{{ openwhisk_tmp_dir }}/wskconf"
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 300a1ce98215f2395c502b69d50843e385d161e1..4ebd4b8c05b7d7e01dec36b24fb72aea381efc0d 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -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.
+ */
+
 buildscript {
     repositories {
         jcenter()
diff --git a/core/python2Action/build.gradle b/core/python2Action/build.gradle
index ca5fb2f6aee8c975a32d17aa286395fba4205c0f..32ab1b529063f03d06dc4b8b16dc9587b311b832 100644
--- a/core/python2Action/build.gradle
+++ b/core/python2Action/build.gradle
@@ -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.
+ */
+
 ext.dockerImageName = 'python2action'
 apply from: '../../gradle/docker.gradle'
 distDocker.dependsOn 'copyFiles'
@@ -15,4 +32,3 @@ task copyFiles(type: Copy) {
 task rmFiles(type: Delete) {
     delete runners.collect { it.getName() }
 }
-
diff --git a/core/pythonAction/build.gradle b/core/pythonAction/build.gradle
index f3a57241d2295020100569f00e433dd6bbe5c8ae..f120d868f17c6f397c25333afee1f8a70393b36d 100644
--- a/core/pythonAction/build.gradle
+++ b/core/pythonAction/build.gradle
@@ -1,2 +1,19 @@
+/*
+ * 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.
+ */
+
 ext.dockerImageName = 'python3action'
 apply from: '../../gradle/docker.gradle'
diff --git a/gradle/docker.gradle b/gradle/docker.gradle
index f716c7b4006b5885df17a696ed5362e5a64ba134..6ad6850629f9a0a2233cc40dcdf0eed6017cfb68 100644
--- a/gradle/docker.gradle
+++ b/gradle/docker.gradle
@@ -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.
+ */
+
 import groovy.time.*
 
 /**
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index f16d26666b0b7b5708439a7d6cf94aec9d4fa26f..d7cc33fe991ddf4ec42bb9723053bf116084bd17 100644
--- a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more contributor
+# license agreements; and to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0.
+
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
diff --git a/settings.gradle b/settings.gradle
index edbee1401accd88e2009cabf60b98086fc53a0ae..90c394073dfccb54d1f1c14bc08d6db8b397b0b6 100644
--- a/settings.gradle
+++ b/settings.gradle
@@ -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.
+ */
+
 include 'tests'
 
 include 'core:pythonAction'
diff --git a/tests/build.gradle b/tests/build.gradle
index 3b60d6c461fc4be43e47a7496f0e401a325a73ee..1ae5a4bf1a48261084e426714fe1a7d4e6892ec3 100644
--- a/tests/build.gradle
+++ b/tests/build.gradle
@@ -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.
+ */
+
 apply plugin: 'scala'
 apply plugin: 'eclipse'
 compileTestScala.options.encoding = 'UTF-8'