diff --git a/metric/instrument/type.go b/metric/instrument/type.go
index 62cd7c1d322..c28c8760c31 100644
--- a/metric/instrument/type.go
+++ b/metric/instrument/type.go
@@ -1,3 +1,16 @@
+// Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+//
+// 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.
 package instrument
 
 import (