diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
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+Copyright (C) 2016  Microsoft, Inc
+
+This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
+of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
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+# This file describes the maintainers for sonic-buildimage
+# See the SONiC project governance document for more information
+
+Name = "Qi Luo"
+Email = "qiluo@microsoft.com"
+Github = qiluo-msft
+Mailinglist = sonicproject@googlegroups.com