diff --git a/.abat-automerge b/.abat-automerge
index ad5e15d..b7e5788 100755
--- a/.abat-automerge
+++ b/.abat-automerge
@@ -1,3 +1,18 @@
+
+# Copyright 2017-present Open Networking 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.
+
 #!/bin/bash -eux
 cd $(dirname $(readlink -f $0))
 ./pylint.sh