diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 4feb29b..3f52516 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,26 @@
 # -*- makefile -*-
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Copyright 2023 Open Networking Foundation (ONF) and the ONF Contributors
+# Copyright 2017-2023 Open Networking Foundation (ONF) and the ONF Contributors
+#
+# 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.
+#
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2017-2023 Open Networking Foundation (ONF) and the ONF Contributors
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+# -*- makefile -*-
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Copyright 2017-2022 Open Networking Foundation (ONF) and the ONF Contributors
 # SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022-present Intel Corporation
 #
@@ -8,15 +29,10 @@
 
 .DEFAULT_GOAL := test
 
-HIDE        ?= @
-SHELL       := bash -e -o pipefail
-
 dot         ?= .
 TOP         ?= $(dot)
 MAKEDIR     ?= $(TOP)/makefiles
 
-env-clean = /usr/bin/env --ignore-environment
-
 jq          = $(env-clean) jq
 jq-args     += --exit-status
 
@@ -24,6 +40,11 @@
 yamllint      := $(env-clean) $(YAMLLINT)
 yamllint-args := -c .yamllint
 
+##--------------------##
+##---]  INCLUDES  [---##
+##--------------------##
+include $(MAKEDIR)/include.mk
+
 ##-------------------##
 ##---]  TARGETS  [---##
 ##-------------------##
@@ -82,22 +103,7 @@
 
 ## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
 ## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
-todo:
-	@echo
-	@echo "USAGE: $(MAKE)"
-	@echo "[TODO]"
-	@echo "  o Update to support standard makefile target behavior:"
-	@echo "    all taget is test not default behavior for automation."
-	@echo "  o Change lint target dep from test to check -or smoke"
-	@echo "    target test sould be more involved with content validation"
-	@echo "  o Refactor lint target(s) with voltha-system-tests/makefiles"
-	@echo "  o Linting should be dependency driven,"
-	@echo "    only check when sources are modified."
-	@echo
-
-## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
-## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
-help:
+help::
 	@echo
 	@echo "USAGE: $(MAKE)"
 	@echo "  lint        perform syntax checks on source"
@@ -115,4 +121,5 @@
 	@echo "  pre-commit  Perform common repairs on source"
 	@echo "  fixperms    Remove group write permission on config files"
 	@echo
+
 # [EOF]
diff --git a/deployment-configs/berlin-community-pod-1-gpon-DT.yaml b/deployment-configs/berlin-community-pod-1-gpon-DT.yaml
index f70e10f..ec51fd5 100644
--- a/deployment-configs/berlin-community-pod-1-gpon-DT.yaml
+++ b/deployment-configs/berlin-community-pod-1-gpon-DT.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 
-  # Copyright 2020-present Open Networking Foundation
+  # Copyright 2020-2023 Open Networking Foundation (ONF) and the ONF Contributors
   #
   # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
   # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/deployment-configs/berlin-community-pod-1-gpon-adtran-DT.yaml b/deployment-configs/berlin-community-pod-1-gpon-adtran-DT.yaml
index 7503559..11c4551 100644
--- a/deployment-configs/berlin-community-pod-1-gpon-adtran-DT.yaml
+++ b/deployment-configs/berlin-community-pod-1-gpon-adtran-DT.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 
-  # Copyright 2020-present Open Networking Foundation
+  # Copyright 2017-2023 Open Networking Foundation (ONF) and the ONF Contributors
   #
   # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
   # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/deployment-configs/berlin-community-pod-1-gpon-fttb-DT.yaml b/deployment-configs/berlin-community-pod-1-gpon-fttb-DT.yaml
index 417f53d..a838049 100644
--- a/deployment-configs/berlin-community-pod-1-gpon-fttb-DT.yaml
+++ b/deployment-configs/berlin-community-pod-1-gpon-fttb-DT.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 
-  # Copyright 2020-present Open Networking Foundation
+  # Copyright 2017-2023 Open Networking Foundation (ONF) and the ONF Contributors
   #
   # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
   # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/deployment-configs/berlin-community-pod-1-kubespray.yaml b/deployment-configs/berlin-community-pod-1-kubespray.yaml
index 3bb0324..14c749d 100644
--- a/deployment-configs/berlin-community-pod-1-kubespray.yaml
+++ b/deployment-configs/berlin-community-pod-1-kubespray.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 
-# Copyright 2020-present Open Networking Foundation
+# Copyright 2020-2023 Open Networking Foundation (ONF) and the ONF Contributors
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/deployment-configs/berlin-community-pod-1.yaml b/deployment-configs/berlin-community-pod-1.yaml
index a6bf918..953c77e 100644
--- a/deployment-configs/berlin-community-pod-1.yaml
+++ b/deployment-configs/berlin-community-pod-1.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 
-# Copyright 2020-present Open Networking Foundation
+# Copyright 2020-2023 Open Networking Foundation (ONF) and the ONF Contributors
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/deployment-configs/flex-ocp-cord-multi-uni-TT.yaml b/deployment-configs/flex-ocp-cord-multi-uni-TT.yaml
index 62f5338..0e48c8e 100644
--- a/deployment-configs/flex-ocp-cord-multi-uni-TT.yaml
+++ b/deployment-configs/flex-ocp-cord-multi-uni-TT.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 2021-present Open Networking Foundation
+# Copyright 2021-2023 Open Networking Foundation (ONF) and the ONF Contributors
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/deployment-configs/menlo-certification-pod-radisys-gpon.yaml b/deployment-configs/menlo-certification-pod-radisys-gpon.yaml
index 874cd0a..196b484 100644
--- a/deployment-configs/menlo-certification-pod-radisys-gpon.yaml
+++ b/deployment-configs/menlo-certification-pod-radisys-gpon.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 
-  # Copyright 2020-present Open Networking Foundation
+  # Copyright 2020-2023 Open Networking Foundation (ONF) and the ONF Contributors
   #
   # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
   # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/deployment-configs/onf-soak-pod.yaml b/deployment-configs/onf-soak-pod.yaml
index 1803435..3246139 100644
--- a/deployment-configs/onf-soak-pod.yaml
+++ b/deployment-configs/onf-soak-pod.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 2017-present Open Networking Foundation
+# Copyright 2017-2023 Open Networking Foundation (ONF) and the ONF Contributors
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/kubernetes-configs/bbsim-voltha-master.yml b/kubernetes-configs/bbsim-voltha-master.yml
index 1abc1b3..58bb622 100644
--- a/kubernetes-configs/bbsim-voltha-master.yml
+++ b/kubernetes-configs/bbsim-voltha-master.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ---
-# Copyright 2018-present Open Networking Foundation
+# Copyright 2018-2023 Open Networking Foundation (ONF) and the ONF Contributors
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/kubernetes-configs/flex-ocp-cord.yml b/kubernetes-configs/flex-ocp-cord.yml
index 68afc7f..3e5b28b 100644
--- a/kubernetes-configs/flex-ocp-cord.yml
+++ b/kubernetes-configs/flex-ocp-cord.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ---
-# Copyright 2017-present Open Networking Foundation
+# Copyright 2017-2023 Open Networking Foundation (ONF) and the ONF Contributors
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/kubernetes-configs/flex-ocp-mcord.yml b/kubernetes-configs/flex-ocp-mcord.yml
index 7a70a10..6e6316d 100644
--- a/kubernetes-configs/flex-ocp-mcord.yml
+++ b/kubernetes-configs/flex-ocp-mcord.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 2017-present Open Networking Foundation
+# Copyright 2017-2023 Open Networking Foundation (ONF) and the ONF Contributors
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/kubernetes-configs/onf-soak-pod-openonugo.yaml b/kubernetes-configs/onf-soak-pod-openonugo.yaml
index 7a2168c..b7440a9 100644
--- a/kubernetes-configs/onf-soak-pod-openonugo.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes-configs/onf-soak-pod-openonugo.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ---
-# Copyright 2017-present Open Networking Foundation
+# Copyright 2017-2023 Open Networking Foundation (ONF) and the ONF Contributors
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/kubernetes-configs/onlab-pod1-voltha16.yml b/kubernetes-configs/onlab-pod1-voltha16.yml
index eb81693..ff2254c 100644
--- a/kubernetes-configs/onlab-pod1-voltha16.yml
+++ b/kubernetes-configs/onlab-pod1-voltha16.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ---
-# Copyright 2017-present Open Networking Foundation
+# Copyright 2017-2023 Open Networking Foundation (ONF) and the ONF Contributors
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/kubernetes-configs/onlab-pod1.yml b/kubernetes-configs/onlab-pod1.yml
index d8c048e..f628bfb 100644
--- a/kubernetes-configs/onlab-pod1.yml
+++ b/kubernetes-configs/onlab-pod1.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ---
-# Copyright 2017-present Open Networking Foundation
+# Copyright 2017-2023 Open Networking Foundation (ONF) and the ONF Contributors
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/makefiles/consts.mk b/makefiles/consts.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c96cb88
--- /dev/null
+++ b/makefiles/consts.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+# -*- makefile -*-
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Copyright 2022 Open Networking Foundation (ONF) and the ONF Contributors
+#
+# 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.
+#
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 Open Networking Foundation (ONF) and the ONF Contributors
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+null        :=#
+space       := $(null) $(null)
+dot         ?= .
+
+HIDE        ?= @
+SHELL       := bash -e -o pipefail
+
+env-clean   = /usr/bin/env --ignore-environment
+
+# [EOF]
diff --git a/makefiles/include.mk b/makefiles/include.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..27fb6b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/makefiles/include.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+# -*- makefile -*-
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Copyright 2017-2023 Open Networking Foundation
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2017-2023 Open Networking Foundation (ONF) and the ONF Contributors
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+$(if $(DEBUG),$(warning ENTER))
+
+MAKEDIR ?= $(error MAKEDIR= is required)
+
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+help::
+	@echo "USAGE: $(MAKE) [options] [target] ..."
+        # @echo "  test                          Sanity check chart versions"
+
+include $(MAKEDIR)/consts.mk
+include $(MAKEDIR)/todo.mk
+include $(MAKEDIR)/lint/include.mk
+
+$(if $(DEBUG),$(warning LEAVE))
+
+# [EOF]
diff --git a/makefiles/lint/golang/sca.mk b/makefiles/lint/golang/sca.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..eeecc42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/makefiles/lint/golang/sca.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+# -*- makefile -*-
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Copyright 2017-2023 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.
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+$(if $(DEBUG),$(warning ENTER))
+
+GOLANG_FILES ?= $(error PYTHON_FILES= is required)
+
+.PHONY: lint-golang-sca
+
+lint : lint-golang-sca
+
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+## Intent: Run goformat on files on sandbox files.
+##   1) find . -name '*.go' -print0
+##      - gather all *.go sources (-name '*.go')
+##      - pass as a list of null terminated items (-print0)
+##   2) xargs --null --max-args=[n] --no-run-if-empty gofmt -d
+##      - Iterate over the list (xargs --null)
+##      - process one item per line (--max-args=1)
+##      - display filename-to-check (--verbose)
+##      - display content when diffs are detected:
+##           gofmt -d
+##           gofmt -d -s
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+lint-golang-sca-xargs := $(null)
+lint-golang-sca-xargs += --null#+           # Source paths are null terminated
+lint-golang-sca-xargs += --max-args=1#+     # Check one file at a time
+lint-golang-sca-xargs += --no-run-if-empty
+lint-golang-sca-xargs += --verbose#+        # Display source path to check
+
+## [INPLACE-EDITS] make lint-golang-sca FIX=1
+ifdef FIX
+  lint-golang-sca-args += -w
+endif
+
+lint-golang-sca:
+	find . -name '*.go' -print0 \
+	    | xargs $(lint-golang-sca-xargs) gofmt -d -s
+
+help::
+	@echo "  lint-golang-sca            Syntax check golang sources"
+	@echo "    MODIFIER: FIX=1          Correct problems (gofmt -d -s -w)"
+
+$(if $(DEBUG),$(warning LEAVE))
+
+# [EOF]
diff --git a/makefiles/lint/include.mk b/makefiles/lint/include.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3466b58
--- /dev/null
+++ b/makefiles/lint/include.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+# -*- makefile -*-
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Copyright 2017-2023 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.
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+help::
+	@echo
+	@echo "[LINT]"
+	@echo "  lint                       Static code analysis/syntax checking"
+	@echo "    LOCAL_LINT=1             Enable local linting w/o docker & jenkins overhead"
+
+ifdef LOCAL_LINT
+  # include $(MAKEDIR)/lint/json.mk              # venv dependency
+  # include $(MAKEDIR)/lint/golang/sca.mk
+  # include $(MAKEDIR)/lint/license/include.mk   # exclusions needed
+  # include $(MAKEDIR)/lint/python.mk
+  # include $(MAKEDIR)/lint/robot.mk             # venv dependency
+  # include $(MAKEDIR)/lint/shell.mk             # cleanup needed
+  # include $(MAKEDIR)/lint/yaml.mk              # venv needed -- alt: yamllint
+endif
+
+# [EOF]
diff --git a/makefiles/lint/json.mk b/makefiles/lint/json.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cc9ecfa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/makefiles/lint/json.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+# -*- makefile -*-
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Copyright 2017-2022 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.
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+JSON_FILES ?= $(error JSON_FILES= is required)
+
+.PHONY: lint-json
+
+lint : lint-json
+
+lint-json: vst_venv
+	source ./$</bin/activate \
+	    ; set -u \
+	    ; for jsonfile in $(JSON_FILES); do \
+		echo "Validating json file: $$jsonfile" ;\
+		python -m json.tool $$jsonfile > /dev/null ;\
+	done
+
+help::
+	@echo "  lint-json            Syntax check json sources"
+
+# [EOF]
diff --git a/makefiles/lint/license/include.mk b/makefiles/lint/license/include.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..aaf6e47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/makefiles/lint/license/include.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+# -*- makefile -*-
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Copyright 2022 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.
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+# JSON_FILES ?= $(error JSON_FILES= is required)
+
+.PHONY: lint-license
+
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+lint : lint-license
+
+lint-license-gargs += --recursive
+
+# ignore: png, xlsx
+# will utf8 be excluded(?)
+lint-license-gargs += --binary-files=without-match
+lint-license-gargs += --files-without-match
+
+# [TODO] license checking accepts either Copy or Apache.
+# [TODO] At least Copyright should be required (both?)
+lint-license-gargs += --extended-regexp
+lint-license-gargs += -e 'Copyright[[:space:]]+[[:digit:]]{4}'
+lint-license-gargs += -e 'Apache License'
+
+# [TODO] --strict, --strict-dates
+
+# Editor temp files
+lint-license-gargs += --exclude='*.~'
+lint-license-gargs += --exclude='*.swp'
+
+lint-license-gargs += --exclude-dir='.git'
+
+# TODO: Normalize into .venv for consistent filtering across projects.
+lint-license-gargs += --exclude-dir='vst_venv'
+lint-license-gargs += --exclude-dir='flog'
+
+lint-license-gargs += --exclude='*.json'
+lint-license-gargs += --exclude='*.md'
+lint-license-gargs += --exclude='*.out'
+lint-license-gargs += --exclude='*.pyc'
+lint-license-gargs += --exclude='*.xml'
+
+# [FILE(s)]
+lint-license-gargs += --exclude='VERSION'
+
+# [GIT]
+# lint-license-gargs += --exclude='.gitignore'
+# lint-license-gargs += --exclude='.gitreview'
+lint-license-gargs += --exclude='\.*'
+
+# [PYTHON]
+lint-license-gargs += --exclude='requirements.txt'
+
+# [WIP]
+lint-license-gargs += --exclude='patch'
+
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+lint-license-new:
+	grep $(lint-license-gargs) $(dot)
+
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+## Jenkins job checking logic.
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+lint-license:
+	$(MAKEDIR)/lint/license/license-check.sh
+
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+help ::
+	@echo "  lint-license         Verify sources contain a license block."
+	@echo "  lint-license-new     Grep driven replacement logic."
+
+# [EOF]
diff --git a/makefiles/lint/license/license-check.sh b/makefiles/lint/license/license-check.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..10d3376
--- /dev/null
+++ b/makefiles/lint/license/license-check.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,159 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Copyright 2022 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.
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+# licensecheck.sh
+# checks for copyright/license headers on files
+# excludes filename extensions where this check isn't pertinent
+
+# --strict
+# --strict-dates
+#    see https://github...
+
+## ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+## find: warning: ‘-name’ matches against basenames only, but the given pattern
+## contains a directory separator (‘/’), thus the expression will evaluate to
+## false all the time.  Did you mean ‘-wholename’?
+##
+## [TODO] find and fix plugin script, change --name to --path:
+##    find ! -name "*/docs/*" 
+## ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+## [TODO] see license/include.mk, grep -L will ignore binaries so no need to
+## explicitly filter images, spreadsheets, etc.  Files containing utf-8 are
+## the only question mark.
+## ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+set +e -u -o pipefail
+fail_licensecheck=0
+
+declare -a gargs=()
+gargs+=('--extended-regexp')
+
+# Evil regex -- scripts detecting pattern are excluded from checking.
+gargs+=('-e' 'Apache License')
+
+# Good regex -- no false positives.
+gargs+=('-e' 'Copyright[[:space:]]+[[:digit:]]{4}')
+
+while IFS= read -r -d '' path
+do
+    if ! grep -q "${gargs[@]}" "${path}";
+    then
+	echo "ERROR: $path does not contain License Header"
+	fail_licensecheck=1
+    fi
+done < <(find . -name ".git" -prune -o -type f \
+  ! -iname "*.png" \
+  ! -name "*.asc" \
+  ! -name "*.bat" \
+  ! -name "*.bin" \
+  ! -name "*.cert" \
+  ! -name "*.cfg" \
+  ! -name "*.cnf" \
+  ! -name "*.conf" \
+  ! -name "*.cql" \
+  ! -name "*.crt" \
+  ! -name "*.csar" \
+  ! -name "*.csr" \
+  ! -name "*.csv" \
+  ! -name "*.ctmpl" \
+  ! -name "*.curl" \
+  ! -name "*.db" \
+  ! -name "*.der" \
+  ! -name "*.desc" \
+  ! -name "*.diff" \
+  ! -name "*.dnsmasq" \
+  ! -name "*.do" \
+  ! -name "*.docx" \
+  ! -name "*.eot" \
+  ! -name "*.gif" \
+  ! -name "*.gpg" \
+  ! -name "*.graffle" \
+  ! -name "*.ico" \
+  ! -name "*.iml" \
+  ! -name "*.in" \
+  ! -name "*.inc" \
+  ! -name "*.install" \
+  ! -name "*.j2" \
+  ! -name "*.jar" \
+  ! -name "*.jks" \
+  ! -name "*.jpg" \
+  ! -name "*.json" \
+  ! -name "*.jsonld" \
+  ! -name "*.JSON" \
+  ! -name "*.key" \
+  ! -name "*.list" \
+  ! -name "*.local" \
+  ! -path "*.lock" \
+  ! -name "*.log" \
+  ! -name "*.mak" \
+  ! -name "*.md" \
+  ! -name "*.MF" \
+  ! -name "*.oar" \
+  ! -name "*.p12" \
+  ! -name "*.patch" \
+  ! -name "*.pb.go" \
+  ! -name "*.pb.gw.go" \
+  ! -name "*.pdf" \
+  ! -name "*.pcap" \
+  ! -name "*.pem" \
+  ! -name "*.properties" \
+  ! -name "*.proto" \
+  ! -name "*.protoset" \
+  ! -name "*.pyc" \
+  ! -name "*.repo" \
+  ! -name "*.robot" \
+  ! -name "*.rst" \
+  ! -name "*.rules" \
+  ! -name "*.service" \
+  ! -name "*.svg" \
+  ! -name "*.swp" \
+  ! -name "*.tar" \
+  ! -name "*.tar.gz" \
+  ! -name "*.toml" \
+  ! -name "*.ttf" \
+  ! -name "*.txt" \
+  ! -name "*.woff" \
+  ! -name "*.xproto" \
+  ! -name "*.xtarget" \
+  ! -name "*ignore" \
+  ! -name "*rc" \
+  ! -name "*_pb2.py" \
+  ! -name "*_pb2_grpc.py" \
+  ! -name "Dockerfile" \
+  ! -name "Dockerfile.*" \
+  ! -name "go.mod" \
+  ! -name "go.sum" \
+  ! -name "README" \
+  ! -path "*/vendor/*" \
+  ! -path "*conf*" \
+  ! -path "*git*" \
+  ! -path "*swagger*" \
+  ! -path "*.drawio" \
+  ! -name "*.pb.h" \
+  ! -name "*.pb.cc" \
+  ! -path "*/docs/*" \
+  ! -name 'output.xml' \
+  ! -path "*/vst_venv/*" \
+  ! -name '*#*' \
+  ! -path '*scripts/flog/*' \
+  ! -name '*~' \
+  ! -name 'VERSION' \
+  ! -name 'patch' \
+  -print0 )
+
+exit ${fail_licensecheck}
diff --git a/makefiles/lint/license/license-helper.sh b/makefiles/lint/license/license-helper.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..499f854
--- /dev/null
+++ b/makefiles/lint/license/license-helper.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Copyright 2022 Open Networking Foundation
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+declare -i status=$#
+
+while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
+    arg="$1"; shift
+    echo "ERROR: Detected missing license header: ${arg}"
+done
+
+if [ $status -ne 0 ]; then
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+/bin/true # set $?
+
+# [EOF]
diff --git a/makefiles/lint/python.mk b/makefiles/lint/python.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..86503a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/makefiles/lint/python.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+# -*- makefile -*-
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Copyright 2017-2022 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.
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+PYTHON_FILES ?= $(error PYTHON_FILES= is required)
+
+.PHONY: lint-python
+
+lint : lint-python
+
+lint-python: vst_venv
+	-source ./$</bin/activate \
+	    && set -u \
+	    && pylint $(PYTHON_FILES) \
+	    && flake8 --max-line-length=99 --count $(PYTHON_FILES)
+
+help::
+	@echo "  lint-python          Syntax check using pylint and flake8"
+
+# [EOF]
diff --git a/makefiles/lint/robot.mk b/makefiles/lint/robot.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9808602
--- /dev/null
+++ b/makefiles/lint/robot.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+# -*- makefile -*-
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Copyright 2017-2022 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.
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+ROBOT_FILES ?= $(error ROBOT_FILES= is required)
+
+LINT_ARGS ?= --verbose --configure LineTooLong:130 -e LineTooLong \
+             --configure TooManyTestSteps:65 -e TooManyTestSteps \
+             --configure TooManyTestCases:50 -e TooManyTestCases \
+             --configure TooFewTestSteps:1 \
+             --configure TooFewKeywordSteps:1 \
+             --configure FileTooLong:2000 -e FileTooLong \
+             -e TrailingWhitespace
+
+
+.PHONY: lint-robot
+
+lint : lint-robot
+
+lint-robot: vst_venv
+	source ./$</bin/activate \
+	    && set -u \
+	    && rflint $(LINT_ARGS) $(ROBOT_FILES)
+
+help::
+	@echo "  lint-robot           Syntax check robot sources using rflint"
+
+# [EOF]
diff --git a/makefiles/lint/shell.mk b/makefiles/lint/shell.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..da92921
--- /dev/null
+++ b/makefiles/lint/shell.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+# -*- makefile -*-
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Copyright 2017-2022 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.
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+JSON_FILES ?= $(error JSON_FILES= is required)
+
+.PHONY: lint-shell
+
+lint : lint-shell
+
+lint-shell:
+	shellcheck --version
+	find . \( -name 'staging' -o -name 'vst_venv' \) -prune \
+	    -o -name '*.sh' ! -name 'activate.sh' -print0 \
+	| xargs -0 -n1 shellcheck
+
+help::
+	@echo "  lint-shell           Syntax check bash,bourne,etc sources"
+
+# [EOF]
diff --git a/makefiles/lint/yaml.mk b/makefiles/lint/yaml.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c9cb392
--- /dev/null
+++ b/makefiles/lint/yaml.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+# -*- makefile -*-
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Copyright 2017-2022 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.
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+YAML_FILES ?= $(error YAML_FILES= is required)
+
+.PHONY: lint-yaml
+
+lint : lint-yaml
+
+lint-yaml: vst_venv
+	source ./$</bin/activate \
+	    ; set -u \
+	    ; yamllint -s $(YAML_FILES)
+
+help::
+	@echo "  lint-yaml            Syntax check yaml source using yamllint"
+
+# [EOF]
diff --git a/makefiles/todo.mk b/makefiles/todo.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ac9231e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/makefiles/todo.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+# -*- makefile -*-
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Copyright 2017-2023 Open Networking Foundation
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2017-2023 Open Networking Foundation (ONF) and the ONF Contributors
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+$(if $(DEBUG),$(warning ENTER))
+
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+help::
+	@echo "  todo                       Display future enhancement list"
+
+todo ::
+	@echo
+	@echo "[TODO: voltctl]"
+	@echo "  o vendor/ is under revision control."
+	@echo "    - go mod vendor will remove and recreate: invalid git state"
+	@echo "    - delete vendor/ checkin and/or clone from a central repository."
+	@echo "  o Review handling of targets clean and distclean:"
+	@echo "    - clean removes generated targets"
+	@echo "    - distclean/sterile should revert to a pristine checkout state"
+
+$(if $(DEBUG),$(warning LEAVE))
+
+# [EOF]
diff --git a/tosca-configs/att-workflow/adtran-munich-fabric.yaml b/tosca-configs/att-workflow/adtran-munich-fabric.yaml
index db58963..a2ef71e 100644
--- a/tosca-configs/att-workflow/adtran-munich-fabric.yaml
+++ b/tosca-configs/att-workflow/adtran-munich-fabric.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 2017-present Open Networking Foundation
+# Copyright 2017-2023 Open Networking Foundation (ONF) and the ONF Contributors
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/tosca-configs/att-workflow/bbwf-cig-olt.yaml b/tosca-configs/att-workflow/bbwf-cig-olt.yaml
index ad5dbdf..ad057cc 100755
--- a/tosca-configs/att-workflow/bbwf-cig-olt.yaml
+++ b/tosca-configs/att-workflow/bbwf-cig-olt.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 2017-present Open Networking Foundation
+# Copyright 2017-2023 Open Networking Foundation (ONF) and the ONF Contributors
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/tosca-configs/att-workflow/onlab-pod1-olt.yaml b/tosca-configs/att-workflow/onlab-pod1-olt.yaml
index 8417304..93aa56f 100755
--- a/tosca-configs/att-workflow/onlab-pod1-olt.yaml
+++ b/tosca-configs/att-workflow/onlab-pod1-olt.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 2017-present Open Networking Foundation
+# Copyright 2017-2023 Open Networking Foundation (ONF) and the ONF Contributors
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/tosca-configs/att-workflow/onlab-pod2-fabric.yaml b/tosca-configs/att-workflow/onlab-pod2-fabric.yaml
index 5ff15fa..c041dcc 100755
--- a/tosca-configs/att-workflow/onlab-pod2-fabric.yaml
+++ b/tosca-configs/att-workflow/onlab-pod2-fabric.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 2017-present Open Networking Foundation
+# Copyright 2017-2023 Open Networking Foundation (ONF) and the ONF Contributors
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/tosca-configs/bbsim/bbsim-16.yaml b/tosca-configs/bbsim/bbsim-16.yaml
index bab7fb4..51705c4 100644
--- a/tosca-configs/bbsim/bbsim-16.yaml
+++ b/tosca-configs/bbsim/bbsim-16.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 2017-present Open Networking Foundation
+# Copyright 2017-2023 Open Networking Foundation (ONF) and the ONF Contributors
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/tosca-configs/bbsim/bbsim-2.yaml b/tosca-configs/bbsim/bbsim-2.yaml
index 1477ea8..f2df614 100644
--- a/tosca-configs/bbsim/bbsim-2.yaml
+++ b/tosca-configs/bbsim/bbsim-2.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 2017-present Open Networking Foundation
+# Copyright 2017-2023 Open Networking Foundation (ONF) and the ONF Contributors
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/tosca-configs/rcord-topdown/flex-pod1-olt-subscriber.yaml b/tosca-configs/rcord-topdown/flex-pod1-olt-subscriber.yaml
index 3d4b64e..5602b68 100755
--- a/tosca-configs/rcord-topdown/flex-pod1-olt-subscriber.yaml
+++ b/tosca-configs/rcord-topdown/flex-pod1-olt-subscriber.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 2017-present Open Networking Foundation
+# Copyright 2017-2023 Open Networking Foundation (ONF) and the ONF Contributors
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.