diff --git a/MODULE.bazel b/MODULE.bazel
index 4e10ab6610..829ea0b0dc 100644
--- a/MODULE.bazel
+++ b/MODULE.bazel
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
 module(
     name = "opentelemetry-cpp",
     version = "1.14.2",
diff --git a/WORKSPACE.bzlmod b/WORKSPACE.bzlmod
index e69de29bb2..0db1b04622 100644
--- a/WORKSPACE.bzlmod
+++ b/WORKSPACE.bzlmod
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+# Disables the default WORKSPACE when using bzlmod