diff --git a/.github/workflows/go-test.yml b/.github/workflows/go-test.yml
index 6c2e0a1..7ad6ff4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/go-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/go-test.yml
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ on:
 
   pull_request:
 
+permissions:
+  pull-requests: read
+  contents: read
+
 jobs:
   lint:
     name: Lint
diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
index d645695..261eeb9 100644
--- a/LICENSE
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
                                  Apache License
                            Version 2.0, January 2004
                         http://www.apache.org/licenses/
diff --git a/NOTICE b/NOTICE
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f9ad7e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/NOTICE
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+Copyright 2015-2025 go-swagger maintainers
+
+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright 2015-2025 go-swagger maintainers
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+This software library, github.com/go-openapi/jsonpointer, includes software developed
+by the go-swagger and go-openapi maintainers ("go-swagger maintainers").
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this software except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+This software is copied from, derived from, and inspired by other original software products.
+It ships with copies of other software which license terms are recalled below.
+
+The original sofware was authored on 25-02-2013 by sigu-399 (https://github.com/sigu-399, sigu.399@gmail.com).
+
+github.com/sigh-399/jsonpointer
+===========================
+
+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright 2013 sigu-399 ( https://github.com/sigu-399 )
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+Copyright 2013 sigu-399 ( https://github.com/sigu-399 )
+
+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.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 45bd31b..ec00107 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -8,9 +8,8 @@
 An implementation of JSON Pointer - Go language
 
 ## Status
-Completed YES
 
-Tested YES
+API is stable.
 
 ## References
 
@@ -18,9 +17,18 @@ Tested YES
 
 also known as [RFC6901](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc6901)
 
-### Note
+## Licensing
 
-The 4.Evaluation part of the previous reference, starting with 'If the currently referenced value is a JSON array, the reference token MUST contain either...' is not implemented.
+This library ships under the [SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0](./LICENSE).
 
-That is because our implementation of the JSON pointer only supports explicit references to array elements: the provision in the spec
-to resolve non-existent members as "the last element in the array", using the special trailing character "-".
+See the license [NOTICE](./NOTICE), which recalls the licensing terms of all the pieces of software 
+on top of which it has been built.
+
+## Limitations
+
+The 4.Evaluation part of the previous reference, starting with 'If the currently referenced value is a JSON array,
+the reference token MUST contain either...' is not implemented.
+
+That is because our implementation of the JSON pointer only supports explicit references to array elements:
+the provision in the spec to resolve non-existent members as "the last element in the array",
+using the special trailing character "-".
diff --git a/errors.go b/errors.go
index b84343d..9084a58 100644
--- a/errors.go
+++ b/errors.go
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2015-2025 go-swagger maintainers
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
 package jsonpointer
 
 type pointerError string
diff --git a/pointer.go b/pointer.go
index 80b276c..76dae26 100644
--- a/pointer.go
+++ b/pointer.go
@@ -1,28 +1,7 @@
-// Copyright 2013 sigu-399 ( https://github.com/sigu-399 )
-//
-// 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.
-
-// author       sigu-399
-// author-github  https://github.com/sigu-399
-// author-mail    sigu.399@gmail.com
-//
-// repository-name  jsonpointer
-// repository-desc  An implementation of JSON Pointer - Go language
-//
-// description    Main and unique file.
-//
-// created        25-02-2013
+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2015-2025 go-swagger maintainers
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
+// Package jsonpointer provides a golang implementation for json pointers.
 package jsonpointer
 
 import (
diff --git a/pointer_test.go b/pointer_test.go
index e427ebd..fa770fc 100644
--- a/pointer_test.go
+++ b/pointer_test.go
@@ -1,27 +1,5 @@
-// Copyright 2013 sigu-399 ( https://github.com/sigu-399 )
-//
-// 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.
-
-// author       sigu-399
-// author-github  https://github.com/sigu-399
-// author-mail    sigu.399@gmail.com
-//
-// repository-name  jsonpointer
-// repository-desc  An implementation of JSON Pointer - Go language
-//
-// description    Automated tests on package.
-//
-// created        03-03-2013
+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2015-2025 go-swagger maintainers
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
 package jsonpointer