diff --git a/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/util/AbstractByteRange.java b/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/util/AbstractByteRange.java
index 663c0bbda1d6..f2bf5cfa36da 100644
--- a/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/util/AbstractByteRange.java
+++ b/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/util/AbstractByteRange.java
@@ -15,6 +15,38 @@
  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
  * limitations under the License.
  */
+// The portion of this file denoted by 'Copied from com.google.protobuf.CodedInputStream'
+// is from Protocol Buffers v2.5.0 under the following license
+//
+// Protocol Buffers - Google's data interchange format
+// Copyright 2008 Google Inc.  All rights reserved.
+// https://developers.google.com/protocol-buffers/
+//
+// Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+// modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are
+// met:
+//
+//     * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+// notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+//     * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above
+// copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer
+// in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
+// distribution.
+//     * Neither the name of Google Inc. nor the names of its
+// contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from
+// this software without specific prior written permission.
+//
+// THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
+// "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+// LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
+// A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT
+// OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
+// SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+// LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
+// DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
+// THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
+// (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
+// OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 package org.apache.hadoop.hbase.util;
 
 import org.apache.yetus.audience.InterfaceAudience;
diff --git a/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/util/SimpleMutableByteRange.java b/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/util/SimpleMutableByteRange.java
index 7678ec9a2c3a..24b9f2d997b0 100644
--- a/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/util/SimpleMutableByteRange.java
+++ b/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/util/SimpleMutableByteRange.java
@@ -15,6 +15,38 @@
  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
  * limitations under the License.
  */
+// The portion of this file denoted by 'Copied from com.google.protobuf.CodedOutputStream'
+// is from Protocol Buffers v2.5.0 under the following license
+//
+// Protocol Buffers - Google's data interchange format
+// Copyright 2008 Google Inc.  All rights reserved.
+// https://developers.google.com/protocol-buffers/
+//
+// Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+// modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are
+// met:
+//
+//     * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+// notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+//     * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above
+// copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer
+// in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
+// distribution.
+//     * Neither the name of Google Inc. nor the names of its
+// contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from
+// this software without specific prior written permission.
+//
+// THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
+// "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+// LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
+// A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT
+// OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
+// SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+// LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
+// DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
+// THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
+// (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
+// OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 package org.apache.hadoop.hbase.util;
 
 import org.apache.yetus.audience.InterfaceAudience;
diff --git a/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/util/SimplePositionedMutableByteRange.java b/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/util/SimplePositionedMutableByteRange.java
index 8fe937e28417..d91fd712f37c 100644
--- a/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/util/SimplePositionedMutableByteRange.java
+++ b/hbase-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/util/SimplePositionedMutableByteRange.java
@@ -15,6 +15,38 @@
  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
  * limitations under the License.
  */
+// The portion of this file denoted by 'Copied from com.google.protobuf.CodedOutputStream'
+// is from Protocol Buffers v2.5.0 under the following license
+//
+// Protocol Buffers - Google's data interchange format
+// Copyright 2008 Google Inc.  All rights reserved.
+// https://developers.google.com/protocol-buffers/
+//
+// Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+// modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are
+// met:
+//
+//     * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+// notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+//     * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above
+// copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer
+// in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
+// distribution.
+//     * Neither the name of Google Inc. nor the names of its
+// contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from
+// this software without specific prior written permission.
+//
+// THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
+// "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+// LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
+// A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT
+// OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
+// SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+// LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
+// DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
+// THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
+// (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
+// OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 package org.apache.hadoop.hbase.util;
 
 import org.apache.yetus.audience.InterfaceAudience;
diff --git a/hbase-hadoop-compat/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/metrics/impl/HBaseMetrics2HadoopMetricsAdapter.java b/hbase-hadoop-compat/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/metrics/impl/HBaseMetrics2HadoopMetricsAdapter.java
index 8e8fcf736bfe..f2777161ddd4 100644
--- a/hbase-hadoop-compat/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/metrics/impl/HBaseMetrics2HadoopMetricsAdapter.java
+++ b/hbase-hadoop-compat/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/metrics/impl/HBaseMetrics2HadoopMetricsAdapter.java
@@ -15,6 +15,21 @@
  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
  * limitations under the License.
  */
+/*
+ * Copyright 2016 Josh Elser
+ *
+ * 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.
+ */
 package org.apache.hadoop.hbase.metrics.impl;
 
 import java.util.Map;
diff --git a/hbase-it/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/test/util/warc/WARCFileReader.java b/hbase-it/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/test/util/warc/WARCFileReader.java
index e4a61f0503c5..3eefbaef47ce 100644
--- a/hbase-it/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/test/util/warc/WARCFileReader.java
+++ b/hbase-it/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/test/util/warc/WARCFileReader.java
@@ -15,6 +15,28 @@
  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
  * limitations under the License.
  */
+/*
+ * The MIT License (MIT)
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 Martin Kleppmann
+ *
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+ * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+ * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+ * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+ * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+ * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+ *
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+ * all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+ * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+ * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+ * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+ * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
+ * THE SOFTWARE.
+ */
 package org.apache.hadoop.hbase.test.util.warc;
 
 import java.io.BufferedInputStream;
diff --git a/hbase-it/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/test/util/warc/WARCFileWriter.java b/hbase-it/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/test/util/warc/WARCFileWriter.java
index 71942e7f22be..db2fefd7e561 100644
--- a/hbase-it/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/test/util/warc/WARCFileWriter.java
+++ b/hbase-it/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/test/util/warc/WARCFileWriter.java
@@ -15,6 +15,28 @@
  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
  * limitations under the License.
  */
+/*
+ * The MIT License (MIT)
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 Martin Kleppmann
+ *
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+ * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+ * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+ * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+ * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+ * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+ *
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+ * all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+ * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+ * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+ * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+ * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
+ * THE SOFTWARE.
+ */
 package org.apache.hadoop.hbase.test.util.warc;
 
 import java.io.BufferedOutputStream;
diff --git a/hbase-it/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/test/util/warc/WARCInputFormat.java b/hbase-it/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/test/util/warc/WARCInputFormat.java
index 44e0f8931b4b..0471c40e753d 100644
--- a/hbase-it/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/test/util/warc/WARCInputFormat.java
+++ b/hbase-it/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/test/util/warc/WARCInputFormat.java
@@ -15,6 +15,28 @@
  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
  * limitations under the License.
  */
+/*
+ * The MIT License (MIT)
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 Martin Kleppmann
+ *
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+ * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+ * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+ * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+ * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+ * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+ *
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+ * all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+ * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+ * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+ * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+ * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
+ * THE SOFTWARE.
+ */
 package org.apache.hadoop.hbase.test.util.warc;
 
 import java.io.EOFException;
diff --git a/hbase-it/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/test/util/warc/WARCOutputFormat.java b/hbase-it/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/test/util/warc/WARCOutputFormat.java
index 33b58d61222d..c2d331525ef5 100644
--- a/hbase-it/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/test/util/warc/WARCOutputFormat.java
+++ b/hbase-it/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/test/util/warc/WARCOutputFormat.java
@@ -15,6 +15,28 @@
  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
  * limitations under the License.
  */
+/*
+ * The MIT License (MIT)
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 Martin Kleppmann
+ *
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+ * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+ * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+ * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+ * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+ * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+ *
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+ * all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+ * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+ * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+ * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+ * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
+ * THE SOFTWARE.
+ */
 package org.apache.hadoop.hbase.test.util.warc;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
diff --git a/hbase-it/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/test/util/warc/WARCRecord.java b/hbase-it/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/test/util/warc/WARCRecord.java
index ea4eb23d6c8a..e4041a1f1561 100644
--- a/hbase-it/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/test/util/warc/WARCRecord.java
+++ b/hbase-it/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/test/util/warc/WARCRecord.java
@@ -15,6 +15,28 @@
  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
  * limitations under the License.
  */
+/*
+ * The MIT License (MIT)
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 Martin Kleppmann
+ *
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+ * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+ * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+ * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+ * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+ * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+ *
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+ * all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+ * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+ * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+ * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+ * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
+ * THE SOFTWARE.
+ */
 package org.apache.hadoop.hbase.test.util.warc;
 
 import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
diff --git a/hbase-it/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/test/util/warc/WARCWritable.java b/hbase-it/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/test/util/warc/WARCWritable.java
index 5953b64d0a76..0f4a5bbee89d 100644
--- a/hbase-it/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/test/util/warc/WARCWritable.java
+++ b/hbase-it/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/test/util/warc/WARCWritable.java
@@ -15,6 +15,28 @@
  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
  * limitations under the License.
  */
+/*
+ * The MIT License (MIT)
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 Martin Kleppmann
+ *
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+ * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+ * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+ * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+ * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+ * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+ *
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+ * all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+ * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+ * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+ * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+ * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
+ * THE SOFTWARE.
+ */
 package org.apache.hadoop.hbase.test.util.warc;
 
 import java.io.DataInput;
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 77aecd0cbaef..1a2771083245 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -2730,12 +2730,6 @@
             </importOrder>
             <trimTrailingWhitespace/>
             <endWithNewline/>
-            <!-- make sure every file has the following copyright header.
-              optionally, Spotless can set copyright years by digging
-              through git history (see "license" section below) -->
-            <licenseHeader>
-              <file>${session.executionRootDirectory}/dev-support/license-header</file>
-            </licenseHeader>
             <removeUnusedImports/>
           </java>
           <pom>
@@ -2765,6 +2759,38 @@
               <trimTrailingWhitespace/>
               <endWithNewline/>
             </format>
+            <format>
+              <!--
+                We have some files which have special license header which must be kept, so
+                here we add a special format section to apply license header, and leave the
+                java section above only used for formatting code style
+              -->
+              <includes>
+                <include>src/main/java/**/*.java</include>
+                <include>src/test/java/**/*.java</include>
+              </includes>
+              <excludes>
+                <exclude>**/generated/*</exclude>
+                <exclude>**/package-info.java</exclude>
+                <!-- ByteRange, from Google protobuf -->
+                <exclude>src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/util/AbstractByteRange.java</exclude>
+                <exclude>src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/util/SimpleMutableByteRange.java</exclude>
+                <exclude>src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/util/SimplePositionedMutableByteRange.java</exclude>
+                <!-- Metrics, from Josh Elser -->
+                <exclude>src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/metrics/impl/HBaseMetrics2HadoopMetricsAdapter.java</exclude>
+                <!-- https://github.com/ept/warc-hadoop, from Martin Kleppmann -->
+                <exclude>src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/test/util/warc/WARCFileReader.java</exclude>
+                <exclude>src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/test/util/warc/WARCFileWriter.java</exclude>
+                <exclude>src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/test/util/warc/WARCInputFormat.java</exclude>
+                <exclude>src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/test/util/warc/WARCOutputFormat.java</exclude>
+                <exclude>src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/test/util/warc/WARCRecord.java</exclude>
+                <exclude>src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/test/util/warc/WARCWritable.java</exclude>
+              </excludes>
+              <licenseHeader>
+                <file>${session.executionRootDirectory}/dev-support/license-header</file>
+                <delimiter>package</delimiter>
+              </licenseHeader>
+            </format>
           </formats>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>