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 If you find an issue, please follow the [security][security] protocol to report it.
 
+## Guidelines
+
+* [Copyright Notices](./guidelines/copyright.md)
+
 ## Meeting Minutes
 
 * [April 6th, 2020](https://hackmd.io/kKl1ECKnSLWhgk7dZ2WUFQ)
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+# OCI Copyright Guidelines
+
+OCI projects are under the LF umbrella which provides their own [best practices for copyright notices](https://www.linuxfoundation.org/blog/blog/copyright-notices-in-open-source-software-projects).
+Applying these guidelines to OCI projects, the following text should be included as a comment at the top of all software files:
+
+> Copyright the Open Container Initiative Contributors.
+
+Software copied from third parties should include the original copyright headers.
+The copyright notice should be included along with the appropriate license notice.
+The full text for Apache 2.0 licensed projects is:
+
+> Copyright the Open Container Initiative 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.