diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1724203
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2026, NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All rights reserved.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+#
+# License-header enforcement via pre-commit + rapidsai/pre-commit-hooks.
+#
+# Install locally with:
+#     pip install pre-commit && pre-commit install
+#
+# Run on all files (bulk update):
+#     PRE_COMMIT_HOME=$TMPDIR/pre-commit-cache pre-commit run strip-legacy-license-header --all-files
+#     PRE_COMMIT_HOME=$TMPDIR/pre-commit-cache pre-commit run verify-copyright --all-files
+
+repos:
+
+# Remove any leftover legacy HEAVY.AI/OmniSci/MapD header BEFORE verify-copyright
+# runs, so the NVIDIA SPDX header replaces it rather than stacking on top of it.
+- repo: local
+  hooks:
+    - id: strip-legacy-license-header
+      name: strip legacy HEAVY.AI/OmniSci/MapD license headers
+      entry: python3 scripts/strip_legacy_license_header.py
+      language: system
+      files: &license_files |
+        (?x)
+          [.](sh|py)$
+
+# Insert/maintain the NVIDIA SPDX header. --spdx emits the two-line
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText / SPDX-License-Identifier block; the year range is
+# derived from git history and auto-bumped on edit.
+- repo: https://github.com/rapidsai/pre-commit-hooks
+  rev: v1.5.1
+  hooks:
+    - id: verify-copyright
+      args: [--fix, --spdx]
+      files: *license_files
diff --git a/LICENSE.txt b/LICENSE.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6ed9218
--- /dev/null
+++ b/LICENSE.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,201 @@
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diff --git a/SECURITY.md b/SECURITY.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ada8908
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SECURITY.md
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+# Security
+
+## Reporting Security Issues
+
+> [!WARNING]
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+Instead, please submit a private vulnerability report, see below.
+
+## Reporting a Vulnerability
+
+1. **NVIDIA Vulnerability Disclosure Program (preferred)**
+   Submit through the NVIDIA Product Security Incident Response Team (PSIRT) web form (<https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/security/report-vulnerability/>)
+   This is the fastest path to triage and tracking.
+
+2. **Email NVIDIA PSIRT**
+   `psirt@nvidia.com` — encrypt sensitive reports with the
+   [NVIDIA PSIRT PGP key](https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/security/pgp-key).
+
+3. **GitHub Private Vulnerability Reporting**
+   Use the **Security and quality** tab on this repository → *Report a vulnerability*.
+
+## Report Details
+
+We prefer all communications to be in English.
+
+Reports should include the following:
+
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+* statement about the impact (including affected versions)
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+And we'd appreciate if they also include:
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+
+## Disclosure Policy
+
+NVIDIA PSIRT will acknowledge receipt and coordinate triage, fix development, and coordinated disclosure.
+
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diff --git a/checkEnv.sh b/checkEnv.sh
index ba87206..9b16e11 100755
--- a/checkEnv.sh
+++ b/checkEnv.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2026, NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All rights reserved.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
 
 # Define colors for output
 GREEN='\033[0;32m'
diff --git a/configureHeavy.sh b/configureHeavy.sh
index e450c90..c719ec7 100755
--- a/configureHeavy.sh
+++ b/configureHeavy.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2026, NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All rights reserved.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
 
 # Reading .env file or setting defaults
 if [ -f ./.env ]; then
diff --git a/nvidiaDriver1.sh b/nvidiaDriver1.sh
index 7e08164..f8c8d33 100755
--- a/nvidiaDriver1.sh
+++ b/nvidiaDriver1.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2026, NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All rights reserved.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
 # !/bin/bash
 #  This script simply configurs Nvidia drivers in a typical Linux environment.  
 
diff --git a/nvidiaRuntime2.sh b/nvidiaRuntime2.sh
index f700fdb..ac7f928 100755
--- a/nvidiaRuntime2.sh
+++ b/nvidiaRuntime2.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2026, NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All rights reserved.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
 # Script to configure Nvidia drivers and set up Nvidia container toolkit
 
 nvidia_docker_toolkit() {
diff --git a/scripts/check_license_headers.sh b/scripts/check_license_headers.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..a4bbf55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/check_license_headers.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2026, NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All rights reserved.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+#
+# Run the license-header pre-commit hooks against the files changed relative to a
+# base ref. Used both by CI (.github/workflows/pr-required-checks.yml) and locally:
+#
+#     scripts/check_license_headers.sh                # compare against origin/master
+#     scripts/check_license_headers.sh upstream/master # compare against another ref
+#
+# With --fix, modifications are applied to the working tree; without it the hooks
+# still apply fixes but a non-zero exit means a changed file was missing/outdated.
+set -euo pipefail
+
+BASE_REF="${1:-${GITHUB_BASE_REF:-master}}"
+REPO_ROOT="$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)"
+cd "$REPO_ROOT"
+
+# Resolve the base ref to a concrete commit, fetching it if needed (shallow CI clones).
+if ! git rev-parse --verify --quiet "${BASE_REF}^{commit}" >/dev/null; then
+  git fetch --quiet origin "${BASE_REF}:${BASE_REF}" 2>/dev/null \
+    || git fetch --quiet origin "${BASE_REF}" 2>/dev/null || true
+fi
+FROM_REF="$(git merge-base "${BASE_REF}" HEAD 2>/dev/null || echo "${BASE_REF}")"
+
+# verify-copyright derives "what changed" from the target branch; make it explicit so
+# this works under workflow_dispatch (where GITHUB_BASE_REF is unset) and locally.
+export TARGET_BRANCH="${BASE_REF}"
+
+echo "Checking license headers on files changed since ${FROM_REF} (base: ${BASE_REF})"
+exec pre-commit run --from-ref "${FROM_REF}" --to-ref HEAD --show-diff-on-failure
diff --git a/scripts/strip_legacy_license_header.py b/scripts/strip_legacy_license_header.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..55d2f66
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/strip_legacy_license_header.py
@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2026, NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All rights reserved.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+"""Strip legacy HEAVY.AI / OmniSci / MapD Apache-2.0 license headers.
+
+This is a companion fixer for the ``rapidsai/pre-commit-hooks`` ``verify-copyright``
+hook. ``verify-copyright`` only recognizes *NVIDIA* copyright lines, so on a file that
+still carries the old HEAVY.AI block it would *insert* an NVIDIA SPDX header while
+leaving the legacy block in place (two stacked headers). Running this fixer *before*
+``verify-copyright`` removes the recognized legacy block so the result is a single,
+clean NVIDIA SPDX header.
+
+It is intentionally conservative: it only removes a *leading* comment block that
+contains both a legacy copyright line and the Apache-2.0 boilerplate, so it never
+touches unrelated leading comments or genuine third-party headers (e.g. Simba,
+Apache Calcite). Run it standalone or via pre-commit:
+
+    python3 scripts/strip_legacy_license_header.py path/to/File.cpp ...
+
+Exits non-zero if any file was modified (pre-commit fixer convention).
+"""
+
+import re
+import sys
+
+# A legacy header is identified by a copyright line naming a legacy entity.
+# The Apache boilerplate is NOT required — short-form copyright-only blocks
+# (common in EE files) are also stripped.
+COPYRIGHT_RE = re.compile(
+    r"Copyright\s+\d{4}\s+(?:HEAVY\.AI|Heavy\.AI|OmniSci|MapD)", re.IGNORECASE
+)
+
+# Leading C-style /* ... */ block (optionally preceded by blank lines).
+C_BLOCK_RE = re.compile(r"\A(?:[ \t]*\r?\n)*[ \t]*/\*.*?\*/[ \t]*\r?\n?", re.DOTALL)
+# Leading run of #-comment lines.
+HASH_BLOCK_RE = re.compile(r"\A(?:[ \t]*#[^\n]*\r?\n)+")
+SHEBANG_RE = re.compile(r"\A#![^\n]*\r?\n")
+# #pragma once: preserve as a prefix so verify-copyright places the SPDX header before it.
+PRAGMA_ONCE_RE = re.compile(r"\A#pragma once[ \t]*\r?\n")
+# Blank lines to skip after shebang / #pragma once before the copyright block.
+LEADING_BLANK_RE = re.compile(r"\A(?:[ \t]*\r?\n)+")
+
+
+def strip_header(text: str) -> str:
+    """Return ``text`` with a leading legacy license block removed, if present."""
+    prefix = ""
+    body = text
+
+    # Preserve a shebang line so we only inspect the comment block after it.
+    shebang = SHEBANG_RE.match(body)
+    if shebang:
+        prefix = body[: shebang.end()]
+        body = body[shebang.end() :]
+
+    # Preserve #pragma once (must remain first after any shebang).
+    pragma = PRAGMA_ONCE_RE.match(body)
+    if pragma:
+        prefix += body[: pragma.end()]
+        body = body[pragma.end() :]
+
+    # Skip blank lines between prefix and the copyright comment block.
+    blank = LEADING_BLANK_RE.match(body)
+    body_after_blank = body[blank.end() :] if blank else body
+
+    for block_re in (C_BLOCK_RE, HASH_BLOCK_RE):
+        match = block_re.match(body_after_blank)
+        if not match:
+            continue
+        block = match.group(0)
+        if COPYRIGHT_RE.search(block):
+            rest = body_after_blank[match.end() :]
+            # Drop blank lines left behind between the old header and the code.
+            rest = re.sub(r"\A(?:[ \t]*\r?\n)+", "", rest)
+            return prefix + rest
+        # Only the first leading block is a candidate; stop after checking it.
+        break
+
+    return text
+
+
+def main(argv: list[str]) -> int:
+    changed = False
+    for path in argv:
+        try:
+            # utf-8-sig transparently strips a leading UTF-8 BOM if present.
+            with open(path, encoding="utf-8-sig") as f:
+                original = f.read()
+        except (OSError, UnicodeDecodeError):
+            # Binary or unreadable file; nothing to strip.
+            continue
+
+        updated = strip_header(original)
+        if updated != original:
+            # Always write back as plain UTF-8 (no BOM).
+            with open(path, "w", encoding="utf-8") as f:
+                f.write(updated)
+            print(f"stripped legacy license header: {path}")
+            changed = True
+
+    return 1 if changed else 0
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    raise SystemExit(main(sys.argv[1:]))
diff --git a/templates/jupyterConfig/jupyterhub_config.py b/templates/jupyterConfig/jupyterhub_config.py
index a028cab..27eb681 100644
--- a/templates/jupyterConfig/jupyterhub_config.py
+++ b/templates/jupyterConfig/jupyterhub_config.py
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2026, NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All rights reserved.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
 # Copyright (c) Jupyter Development Team.
 # Distributed under the terms of the Modified BSD License.