diff --git a/biopet-framework/pom.xml b/biopet-framework/pom.xml
index d06905d40c8554edb08208518c9d6231d04767ba..599b4841a2432859759b40e1f29ea097bc5b844b 100644
--- a/biopet-framework/pom.xml
+++ b/biopet-framework/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@
     <artifactId>BiopetFramework</artifactId>
     <version>0.2.0-DEV</version>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
-
+    
+    <inceptionYear>2014</inceptionYear>
     <name>BiopetFramework</name>
     <url>http://maven.apache.org</url>
 
@@ -95,6 +96,31 @@
             </resource>
         </resources>
         <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>com.mycila</groupId>
+                <artifactId>license-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>2.6</version>
+                <configuration>
+                    <header>com/mycila/maven/plugin/license/templates/MIT.txt</header>
+                    <properties>
+                        <owner>Leiden University Medical Center - Sequencing Analysis Support Core</owner>
+                        <email>sasc@lumc.nl</email>
+                    </properties>
+                    <excludes>
+                        <exclude>**/README</exclude>
+                        <exclude>src/test/resources/**</exclude>
+                        <exclude>src/main/resources/**</exclude>
+                        <exclude>src/main/scripts/**</exclude>
+                    </excludes>
+                </configuration>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>check</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+            </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>pl.project13.maven</groupId>
                 <artifactId>git-commit-id-plugin</artifactId>