diff --git a/build-aux/vercmp b/build-aux/vercmp
index 70e59c21c1..867a9c4f6d 100755
--- a/build-aux/vercmp
+++ b/build-aux/vercmp
@@ -1,23 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python3
-#
-# Copyright 2016 Red Hat, Inc.
-#
-# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
-# (at your option) any later version.
-#
-# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-# GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
-# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301 USA
-#
-# Refer to the README and COPYING files for full details of the license
-#
+
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Red Hat, Inc.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
 
 from __future__ import absolute_import
 
diff --git a/contrib/block b/contrib/block
index dd90e39a4d..125667f2db 100755
--- a/contrib/block
+++ b/contrib/block
@@ -1,22 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python3
 #
-# Copyright 2020 Red Hat, Inc.
-#
-# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
-# (at your option) any later version.
-#
-# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-# GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
-# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
-#
-# Refer to the README and COPYING files for full details of the license
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Red Hat, Inc.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
 #
 # This script blocks access to a certain port on a server temporarily. This is
 # useful for testing recovery flows when storage server is not accessible.
diff --git a/contrib/extend-stats b/contrib/extend-stats
index 92174322f2..274ccf563b 100755
--- a/contrib/extend-stats
+++ b/contrib/extend-stats
@@ -1,23 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python3
-#
-# Copyright 2014 Red Hat, Inc.
-#
-# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
-# (at your option) any later version.
-#
-# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-# GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
-# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
-#
-# Refer to the README and COPYING files for full details of the license
-#
+
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Red Hat, Inc.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
 
 """
 Compute extend stats from vdsm log.
diff --git a/contrib/git-sync b/contrib/git-sync
index 2bba2300e8..e3e5f6f89a 100755
--- a/contrib/git-sync
+++ b/contrib/git-sync
@@ -1,23 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python3
-#
-# Copyright 2020 Red Hat, Inc.
-#
-# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
-# (at your option) any later version.
-#
-# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-# GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
-# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
-#
-# Refer to the README and COPYING files for full details of the license
-#
+
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Red Hat, Inc.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
 
 """
 Push a git branch to remote, modifying the remote working directory.
diff --git a/contrib/logdb b/contrib/logdb
index 51d6da5fa2..574f1dd551 100755
--- a/contrib/logdb
+++ b/contrib/logdb
@@ -1,23 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python3
-#
-# Copyright 2015 Red Hat, Inc.
-#
-# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
-# (at your option) any later version.
-#
-# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-# GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
-# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
-#
-# Refer to the README and COPYING files for full details of the license
-#
+
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Red Hat, Inc.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
 
 """
 Usage: logdb dbname logfile ...
diff --git a/contrib/logstat b/contrib/logstat
index b3f28e04d5..e743aad853 100755
--- a/contrib/logstat
+++ b/contrib/logstat
@@ -1,23 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python3
-#
-# Copyright 2016 Red Hat, Inc.
-#
-# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
-# (at your option) any later version.
-#
-# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-# GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
-# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
-#
-# Refer to the README and COPYING files for full details of the license
-#
+
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Red Hat, Inc.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
 
 """
 Usage: logstat logfile ...
diff --git a/contrib/lvs-stats b/contrib/lvs-stats
index c426c68ab7..631e5b6d01 100755
--- a/contrib/lvs-stats
+++ b/contrib/lvs-stats
@@ -1,23 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python3
-#
-# Copyright 2017 Red Hat, Inc.
-#
-# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
-# (at your option) any later version.
-#
-# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-# GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
-# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
-#
-# Refer to the README and COPYING files for full details of the license
-#
+
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Red Hat, Inc.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
 
 """
 Analayze lvs info from sosreport.
diff --git a/contrib/nfs-check.py b/contrib/nfs-check.py
index 21e15cacac..c8d00b4d95 100644
--- a/contrib/nfs-check.py
+++ b/contrib/nfs-check.py
@@ -1,18 +1,5 @@
-# Copyright 2012 Red Hat, Inc.
-#
-# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
-# (at your option) any later version.
-#
-# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-# GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
-# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301 USA
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Red Hat, Inc.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
 
 from __future__ import print_function
 from __future__ import absolute_import
diff --git a/contrib/profile-stats b/contrib/profile-stats
index 21c687c7df..77d9128c5b 100755
--- a/contrib/profile-stats
+++ b/contrib/profile-stats
@@ -1,23 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python3
-#
-# Copyright 2014 Red Hat, Inc.
-#
-# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
-# (at your option) any later version.
-#
-# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-# GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
-# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
-#
-# Refer to the README and COPYING files for full details of the license
-#
+
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Red Hat, Inc.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
 
 """
 Print statistics from recorded profile using pstat format.
diff --git a/contrib/refmt b/contrib/refmt
index 794a17ad91..f929be39d1 100755
--- a/contrib/refmt
+++ b/contrib/refmt
@@ -1,23 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python3
-#
-# Copyright 2016 Red Hat, Inc.
-#
-# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
-# (at your option) any later version.
-#
-# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-# GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
-# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
-#
-# Refer to the README and COPYING files for full details of the license
-#
+
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Red Hat, Inc.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
 #
 # helper script to prettify Vdsm parameter dumps from the logs.
 # useful to extract test data.
diff --git a/contrib/repoplot b/contrib/repoplot
index 1f2a2c048f..94b17803b1 100755
--- a/contrib/repoplot
+++ b/contrib/repoplot
@@ -1,23 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python3
-#
-# Copyright 2014 Red Hat, Inc.
-#
-# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
-# (at your option) any later version.
-#
-# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-# GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
-# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
-#
-# Refer to the README and COPYING files for full details of the license
-#
+
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Red Hat, Inc.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
 
 """
 Parse repoStats log lines and plot graphs of lastCheck and read delay for all
diff --git a/contrib/repostat b/contrib/repostat
index 480729e1af..345d1dd404 100755
--- a/contrib/repostat
+++ b/contrib/repostat
@@ -1,23 +1,8 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python3
-#
-# Copyright 2015-2018 Red Hat, Inc.
-#
-# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
-# (at your option) any later version.
-#
-# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-# GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
-# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
-#
-# Refer to the README and COPYING files for full details of the license
-#
+
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Red Hat, Inc.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+
 """
 Parse repoStats log lines and calculate statistics.
 
diff --git a/contrib/runvm b/contrib/runvm
index c9662fa771..8d2cccd8e5 100755
--- a/contrib/runvm
+++ b/contrib/runvm
@@ -1,22 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python3
-#
-# Copyright 2016-2017 Red Hat, Inc.
-#
-# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
-# (at your option) any later version.
-#
-# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-# GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
-# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
-#
-# Refer to the README and COPYING files for full details of the license
+
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Red Hat, Inc.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
 
 # cat <<EOF | vdsm-client VM create -f -
 # {
diff --git a/contrib/target b/contrib/target
index 185505b931..32a89429af 100755
--- a/contrib/target
+++ b/contrib/target
@@ -1,23 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python3
-#
-# Copyright 2020 Red Hat, Inc.
-#
-# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
-# (at your option) any later version.
-#
-# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-# GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
-# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
-#
-# Refer to the README and COPYING files for full details of the license
-#
+
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Red Hat, Inc.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
 
 import argparse
 import ipaddress
diff --git a/doc/conf.py b/doc/conf.py
index 5a856d8c4c..fc2c935472 100644
--- a/doc/conf.py
+++ b/doc/conf.py
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Red Hat, Inc.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 #
 # VDSM documentation build configuration file, created by
diff --git a/helpers/fallocate b/helpers/fallocate
index 50fc196417..a9953743bd 100755
--- a/helpers/fallocate
+++ b/helpers/fallocate
@@ -1,22 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python3
-# Copyright 2017 Red Hat, Inc.
-#
-# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
-# (at your option) any later version.
-#
-# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-# GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
-# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
-#
-# Refer to the README and COPYING files for full details of the license
-#
+
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Red Hat, Inc.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
 
 import argparse
 import ctypes
diff --git a/helpers/kvm2ovirt b/helpers/kvm2ovirt
index d4aea88349..29a12c743e 100755
--- a/helpers/kvm2ovirt
+++ b/helpers/kvm2ovirt
@@ -1,22 +1,8 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python3
-# Copyright 2016 Red Hat, Inc.
-#
-# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
-# (at your option) any later version.
-#
-# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-# GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
-# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
-#
-# Refer to the README and COPYING files for full details of the license
-#
+
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Red Hat, Inc.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+
 from __future__ import absolute_import
 
 from vdsm import kvm2ovirt
diff --git a/init/daemonAdapter b/init/daemonAdapter
index e8ce8565ef..ba2f2b8d23 100755
--- a/init/daemonAdapter
+++ b/init/daemonAdapter
@@ -1,22 +1,9 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python3
-# Copyright 2013 IBM, Inc.
-#
-# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
-# (at your option) any later version.
-#
-# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-# GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
-# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
-#
-# Refer to the README and COPYING files for full details of the license
-#
+
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2013 IBM, Inc.
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Red Hat, Inc.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+
 from __future__ import absolute_import
 
 import argparse
diff --git a/lib/dnf-plugins/vdsmupgrade.py b/lib/dnf-plugins/vdsmupgrade.py
index a671f77e39..c4e52ec67e 100644
--- a/lib/dnf-plugins/vdsmupgrade.py
+++ b/lib/dnf-plugins/vdsmupgrade.py
@@ -1,21 +1,5 @@
-#
-# Copyright 2018-2019 Red Hat, Inc.
-#
-# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
-# (at your option) any later version.
-#
-# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-# GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
-# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
-#
-# Refer to the README and COPYING files for full details of the license
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Red Hat, Inc.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
 
 from __future__ import absolute_import
 
diff --git a/lib/vdsm/storage/curl-img-wrap b/lib/vdsm/storage/curl-img-wrap
index 65daba666b..2badf6fc81 100755
--- a/lib/vdsm/storage/curl-img-wrap
+++ b/lib/vdsm/storage/curl-img-wrap
@@ -1,23 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python3
-#
-# Copyright 2013-2017 Red Hat, Inc.
-#
-# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
-# (at your option) any later version.
-#
-# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-# GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
-# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
-#
-# Refer to the README and COPYING files for full details of the license
-#
+
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Red Hat, Inc.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
 
 # README
 # ======
diff --git a/lib/vdsm/storage/fc-scan b/lib/vdsm/storage/fc-scan
index 64d1e5e7af..a42c6e6f3b 100755
--- a/lib/vdsm/storage/fc-scan
+++ b/lib/vdsm/storage/fc-scan
@@ -1,23 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python3
-#
-# Copyright 2014-2017 Red Hat, Inc.
-#
-# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
-# (at your option) any later version.
-#
-# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-# GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
-# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
-#
-# Refer to the README and COPYING files for full details of the license
-#
+
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Red Hat, Inc.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
 
 """
 Usage: fc-scan [-v|-h] [--no-devices]
diff --git a/lib/vdsm/storage/managedvolume-helper b/lib/vdsm/storage/managedvolume-helper
index a8947f8467..488a5e24f1 100755
--- a/lib/vdsm/storage/managedvolume-helper
+++ b/lib/vdsm/storage/managedvolume-helper
@@ -1,23 +1,8 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python3
-#
-# Copyright 2018-2019 Red Hat, Inc.
-#
-# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
-# (at your option) any later version.
-#
-# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-# GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
-# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301 USA
-#
-# Refer to the README and COPYING files for full details of the license
-#
+
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Red Hat, Inc.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+
 """
 This helper provides a wrapper to os_brick module, exposing
 the commands needed for getting the Host connector information, attach
diff --git a/lib/vdsmclient/client.py b/lib/vdsmclient/client.py
index debbb2c32e..dce2a029cc 100644
--- a/lib/vdsmclient/client.py
+++ b/lib/vdsmclient/client.py
@@ -1,22 +1,6 @@
-#
-# Copyright 2016-2017 Red Hat, Inc.
-#
-# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
-# (at your option) any later version.
-#
-# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-# GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
-# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301 USA
-#
-# Refer to the README and COPYING files for full details of the license
-#
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Red Hat, Inc.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+
 """
 vdsm-client - simple Vdsm jsonrpc client
 
diff --git a/lib/yajsonrpc/__init__.py b/lib/yajsonrpc/__init__.py
index 42fb8192d4..ca4771ccef 100644
--- a/lib/yajsonrpc/__init__.py
+++ b/lib/yajsonrpc/__init__.py
@@ -1,18 +1,7 @@
-# Copyright (C) 2014-2019 Red Hat Inc.
-# Copyright (C) 2014 Saggi Mizrahi, Red Hat Inc.
-#
-# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
-# published by the Free Software Foundation.
-#
-# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
-# WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
-# General Public License for more details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public
-# License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
-# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Red Hat, Inc.
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2014 Saggi Mizrahi
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+
 from __future__ import absolute_import
 from __future__ import division
 import json
diff --git a/lib/yajsonrpc/betterAsyncore.py b/lib/yajsonrpc/betterAsyncore.py
index 92905bacbe..a53b1bd245 100644
--- a/lib/yajsonrpc/betterAsyncore.py
+++ b/lib/yajsonrpc/betterAsyncore.py
@@ -1,17 +1,6 @@
-# Copyright (C) 2014-2017 Saggi Mizrahi, Red Hat Inc.
-#
-# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
-# published by the Free Software Foundation.
-#
-# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
-# WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
-# General Public License for more details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public
-# License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
-# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Red Hat, Inc.
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2014-2017 Saggi Mizrahi
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
 
 # Asyncore uses inheritance all around which makes it not flexible enough for
 # us to use. This does tries to reuse enough code from the original asyncore
diff --git a/lib/yajsonrpc/exception.py b/lib/yajsonrpc/exception.py
index 3128fcaa34..b27169b84e 100644
--- a/lib/yajsonrpc/exception.py
+++ b/lib/yajsonrpc/exception.py
@@ -1,17 +1,6 @@
-# Copyright 2017 Red Hat, Inc.
-#
-# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
-# published by the Free Software Foundation.
-#
-# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
-# WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
-# General Public License for more details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public
-# License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
-# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Red Hat, Inc.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+
 from __future__ import absolute_import
 from __future__ import division
 
diff --git a/lib/yajsonrpc/jsonrpcclient.py b/lib/yajsonrpc/jsonrpcclient.py
index 43005191fa..9d477da428 100644
--- a/lib/yajsonrpc/jsonrpcclient.py
+++ b/lib/yajsonrpc/jsonrpcclient.py
@@ -1,17 +1,6 @@
-# Copyright (C) 2017-2019 Red Hat Inc.
-#
-# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
-# published by the Free Software Foundation.
-#
-# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
-# WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
-# General Public License for more details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public
-# License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
-# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Red Hat, Inc.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+
 from __future__ import absolute_import
 from __future__ import division
 
diff --git a/lib/yajsonrpc/stomp.py b/lib/yajsonrpc/stomp.py
index 77e22e2a1f..31e9659231 100644
--- a/lib/yajsonrpc/stomp.py
+++ b/lib/yajsonrpc/stomp.py
@@ -1,18 +1,6 @@
-# Copyright 2014-2019 Red Hat, Inc.
-# Copyright (C) 2014 Saggi Mizrahi, Red Hat Inc.
-#
-# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
-# published by the Free Software Foundation.
-#
-# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
-# WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
-# General Public License for more details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public
-# License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
-# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Red Hat, Inc.
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2014 Saggi Mizrahi
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
 
 from __future__ import absolute_import
 from __future__ import division
diff --git a/lib/yajsonrpc/stompclient.py b/lib/yajsonrpc/stompclient.py
index ea9c458b76..e0514c360d 100644
--- a/lib/yajsonrpc/stompclient.py
+++ b/lib/yajsonrpc/stompclient.py
@@ -1,17 +1,6 @@
-# Copyright (C) 2017 Red Hat Inc.
-#
-# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
-# published by the Free Software Foundation.
-#
-# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
-# WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
-# General Public License for more details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public
-# License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
-# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Red Hat, Inc.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+
 from __future__ import absolute_import
 from __future__ import division
 
diff --git a/lib/yajsonrpc/stompserver.py b/lib/yajsonrpc/stompserver.py
index 5ba2339414..5aa0d31a7e 100644
--- a/lib/yajsonrpc/stompserver.py
+++ b/lib/yajsonrpc/stompserver.py
@@ -1,17 +1,5 @@
-# Copyright (C) 2014-2017 Red Hat Inc.
-#
-# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as
-# published by the Free Software Foundation.
-#
-# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
-# WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
-# General Public License for more details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public
-# License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
-# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Red Hat, Inc.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
 
 from __future__ import absolute_import
 from __future__ import division
diff --git a/static/libexec/vdsm/get-conf-item b/static/libexec/vdsm/get-conf-item
index f358688195..f1f321dc33 100755
--- a/static/libexec/vdsm/get-conf-item
+++ b/static/libexec/vdsm/get-conf-item
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python3
 
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Red Hat, Inc.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+
 # Access python's config files from bash.
 # Usage: get-conf-item filename.conf section item default
 
diff --git a/static/libexec/vdsm/sitecustomize.py b/static/libexec/vdsm/sitecustomize.py
index 28c2fe03c7..9703e96f28 100644
--- a/static/libexec/vdsm/sitecustomize.py
+++ b/static/libexec/vdsm/sitecustomize.py
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Red Hat, Inc.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+
 from vdsm.config import config
 
 if config.getboolean('devel', 'coverage_enable'):
diff --git a/static/libexec/vdsm/supervdsmd b/static/libexec/vdsm/supervdsmd
index ea3d269fef..a07e0c691e 100755
--- a/static/libexec/vdsm/supervdsmd
+++ b/static/libexec/vdsm/supervdsmd
@@ -1,22 +1,8 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python3
-# Copyright 2011-2021 Red Hat, Inc.
-#
-# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
-# (at your option) any later version.
-#
-# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-# GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
-# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301 USA
-#
-# Refer to the README and COPYING files for full details of the license
-#
+
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Red Hat, Inc.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+
 from __future__ import absolute_import
 
 import sys
diff --git a/static/libexec/vdsm/vdsmd b/static/libexec/vdsm/vdsmd
index 09a1c6d121..986b322816 100755
--- a/static/libexec/vdsm/vdsmd
+++ b/static/libexec/vdsm/vdsmd
@@ -1,12 +1,8 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python3
-#
-# Copyright 2009-2021 Red Hat, Inc. and/or its affiliates.
-#
-# Licensed to you under the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
-# (at your option) any later version.  See the files README and
-# LICENSE_GPL_v2 which accompany this distribution.
-#
+
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Red Hat, Inc. and/or its affiliates.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+
 from __future__ import absolute_import
 
 from vdsm import vdsmd
diff --git a/static/usr/bin/vdsm-client b/static/usr/bin/vdsm-client
index 61c55282fc..9c92900720 100755
--- a/static/usr/bin/vdsm-client
+++ b/static/usr/bin/vdsm-client
@@ -1,23 +1,8 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python3
-#
-# Copyright 2016-2018 Red Hat, Inc.
-#
-# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
-# (at your option) any later version.
-#
-# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-# GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
-# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
-#
-# Refer to the README and COPYING files for full details of the license
-#
+
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Red Hat, Inc.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+
 from __future__ import absolute_import
 
 from vdsmclient import client
diff --git a/static/usr/bin/vdsm-tool b/static/usr/bin/vdsm-tool
index 3ff12dc6a0..ed1f233e98 100755
--- a/static/usr/bin/vdsm-tool
+++ b/static/usr/bin/vdsm-tool
@@ -1,22 +1,8 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python3
-# Copyright 2011-2018 Red Hat, Inc.
-#
-# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
-# (at your option) any later version.
-#
-# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-# GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
-# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
-#
-# Refer to the README and COPYING files for full details of the license
-#
+
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Red Hat, Inc.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+
 from __future__ import absolute_import
 from __future__ import print_function
 
diff --git a/tests/profile b/tests/profile
index d545e41671..d86542e70c 100755
--- a/tests/profile
+++ b/tests/profile
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python3
+
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Red Hat, Inc.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+
 """
 Log resource usage info.
 
diff --git a/tests/profile-analyze b/tests/profile-analyze
index 2d2c28cfd4..68ebddf7bf 100755
--- a/tests/profile-analyze
+++ b/tests/profile-analyze
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python3
+
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Red Hat, Inc.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+
 """
 Analyze commands profiled using profile tool.
 """
diff --git a/tests/py-watch b/tests/py-watch
index d97b5318b7..a68d083e35 100755
--- a/tests/py-watch
+++ b/tests/py-watch
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python3
 
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Red Hat, Inc.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+
 """
 Spawn a command, and terminate it with a backtrace after a timeout.
 
diff --git a/vdsm_hooks/allocate_net/before_device_create.py b/vdsm_hooks/allocate_net/before_device_create.py
index d125cbec19..e1efaf8399 100755
--- a/vdsm_hooks/allocate_net/before_device_create.py
+++ b/vdsm_hooks/allocate_net/before_device_create.py
@@ -1,23 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python3
-#
-# Copyright 2014 Red Hat, Inc.
-#
-# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
-# (at your option) any later version.
-#
-# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-# GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
-# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301 USA
-#
-# Refer to the README and COPYING files for full details of the license
-#
+
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Red Hat, Inc.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
 
 from __future__ import absolute_import
 from __future__ import print_function
diff --git a/vdsm_hooks/boot_hostdev/before_vm_start.py b/vdsm_hooks/boot_hostdev/before_vm_start.py
index b6adf88223..40d91224ed 100755
--- a/vdsm_hooks/boot_hostdev/before_vm_start.py
+++ b/vdsm_hooks/boot_hostdev/before_vm_start.py
@@ -1,23 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python3
-#
-# Copyright 2017 Red Hat, Inc.
-#
-# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
-# (at your option) any later version.
-#
-# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-# GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
-# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
-#
-# Refer to the README and COPYING files for full details of the license
-#
+
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Red Hat, Inc.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
 
 from __future__ import absolute_import
 
diff --git a/vdsm_hooks/checkimages/before_vm_start.py b/vdsm_hooks/checkimages/before_vm_start.py
index 96ff618d94..e64f2a449d 100755
--- a/vdsm_hooks/checkimages/before_vm_start.py
+++ b/vdsm_hooks/checkimages/before_vm_start.py
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python3
 
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Red Hat, Inc.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+
 from __future__ import absolute_import
 from __future__ import division
 
diff --git a/vdsm_hooks/checkips/after_get_stats.py b/vdsm_hooks/checkips/after_get_stats.py
index fe4094cf50..5be2e17479 100644
--- a/vdsm_hooks/checkips/after_get_stats.py
+++ b/vdsm_hooks/checkips/after_get_stats.py
@@ -1,23 +1,8 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python3
-#
-# Copyright 2016 Red Hat, Inc.
-#
-# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
-# (at your option) any later version.
-#
-# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-# GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
-# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301 USA
-#
-# Refer to the README and COPYING files for full details of the license
-#
+
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Red Hat, Inc.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+
 from __future__ import absolute_import
 from __future__ import print_function
 
diff --git a/vdsm_hooks/checkips/checkips_utils.py b/vdsm_hooks/checkips/checkips_utils.py
index c6e4a7d36b..9f406817d6 100644
--- a/vdsm_hooks/checkips/checkips_utils.py
+++ b/vdsm_hooks/checkips/checkips_utils.py
@@ -1,22 +1,6 @@
-#
-# Copyright 2008-2016 Red Hat, Inc.
-#
-# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
-# (at your option) any later version.
-#
-# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-# GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
-# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
-#
-# Refer to the README and COPYING files for full details of the license
-#
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Red Hat, Inc.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+
 from __future__ import absolute_import
 
 import os
diff --git a/vdsm_hooks/checkips/checkipsd b/vdsm_hooks/checkips/checkipsd
index d14400d05f..559b5bdb86 100644
--- a/vdsm_hooks/checkips/checkipsd
+++ b/vdsm_hooks/checkips/checkipsd
@@ -1,23 +1,8 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python3
-#
-# Copyright 2008-2016 Red Hat, Inc.
-#
-# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
-# (at your option) any later version.
-#
-# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-# GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
-# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
-#
-# Refer to the README and COPYING files for full details of the license
-#
+
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Red Hat, Inc.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+
 from __future__ import absolute_import
 
 import os
diff --git a/vdsm_hooks/cpuflags/before_vm_start.py b/vdsm_hooks/cpuflags/before_vm_start.py
index 0dae62609b..d134fb85e6 100755
--- a/vdsm_hooks/cpuflags/before_vm_start.py
+++ b/vdsm_hooks/cpuflags/before_vm_start.py
@@ -1,23 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python3
-#
-# Copyright 2017 Red Hat, Inc.
-#
-# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
-# (at your option) any later version.
-#
-# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-# GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
-# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
-#
-# Refer to the README and COPYING files for full details of the license
-#
+
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Red Hat, Inc.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
 
 from __future__ import absolute_import
 from __future__ import print_function
diff --git a/vdsm_hooks/diskunmap/before_vm_start.py b/vdsm_hooks/diskunmap/before_vm_start.py
index d2f49e37e7..b6cd2bcedb 100755
--- a/vdsm_hooks/diskunmap/before_vm_start.py
+++ b/vdsm_hooks/diskunmap/before_vm_start.py
@@ -1,23 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python3
-#
-# Copyright 2014 Red Hat, Inc.
-#
-# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
-# (at your option) any later version.
-#
-# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-# GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
-# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
-#
-# Refer to the README and COPYING files for full details of the license
-#
+
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Red Hat, Inc.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
 
 from __future__ import absolute_import
 from __future__ import print_function
diff --git a/vdsm_hooks/ethtool_options/ethtool_options.py b/vdsm_hooks/ethtool_options/ethtool_options.py
index e4aa3baa97..74e6168d3d 100755
--- a/vdsm_hooks/ethtool_options/ethtool_options.py
+++ b/vdsm_hooks/ethtool_options/ethtool_options.py
@@ -1,22 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python3
-# Copyright 2014-2017 Red Hat, Inc.
-#
-# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
-# (at your option) any later version.
-#
-# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-# GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
-# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
-#
-# Refer to the README and COPYING files for full details of the license
-#
+
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Red Hat, Inc.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
 
 from __future__ import absolute_import
 from __future__ import print_function
diff --git a/vdsm_hooks/extnet/extnet_vnic.py b/vdsm_hooks/extnet/extnet_vnic.py
index 960c97ef9e..e60f43bee3 100755
--- a/vdsm_hooks/extnet/extnet_vnic.py
+++ b/vdsm_hooks/extnet/extnet_vnic.py
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python3
+
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Red Hat, Inc.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+
 """
 Tweak an interface defintion so that its source is forced to be a specified
 network. Applied on a per vnic basis, it gets triggered and used by two
diff --git a/vdsm_hooks/extra_ipv4_addrs/extra_ipv4_addrs.py b/vdsm_hooks/extra_ipv4_addrs/extra_ipv4_addrs.py
index 650873148f..c38561413c 100644
--- a/vdsm_hooks/extra_ipv4_addrs/extra_ipv4_addrs.py
+++ b/vdsm_hooks/extra_ipv4_addrs/extra_ipv4_addrs.py
@@ -1,22 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python3
-# Copyright 2014-2017 Red Hat, Inc.
-#
-# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
-# (at your option) any later version.
-#
-# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-# GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
-# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
-#
-# Refer to the README and COPYING files for full details of the license
-#
+
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Red Hat, Inc.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
 
 from __future__ import absolute_import
 from __future__ import print_function
diff --git a/vdsm_hooks/fakevmstats/after_get_all_vm_stats.py b/vdsm_hooks/fakevmstats/after_get_all_vm_stats.py
index feaa798f25..ce6bf02040 100644
--- a/vdsm_hooks/fakevmstats/after_get_all_vm_stats.py
+++ b/vdsm_hooks/fakevmstats/after_get_all_vm_stats.py
@@ -1,23 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python3
-#
-# Copyright 2014 Red Hat, Inc.
-#
-# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
-# (at your option) any later version.
-#
-# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-# GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
-# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301 USA
-#
-# Refer to the README and COPYING files for full details of the license
-#
+
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Red Hat, Inc.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
 
 from __future__ import absolute_import
 
diff --git a/vdsm_hooks/faqemu/after_get_caps.py b/vdsm_hooks/faqemu/after_get_caps.py
index 964f30bb9f..6f0a696196 100644
--- a/vdsm_hooks/faqemu/after_get_caps.py
+++ b/vdsm_hooks/faqemu/after_get_caps.py
@@ -1,23 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python3
-#
-# Copyright 2015 Red Hat, Inc.
-#
-# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
-# (at your option) any later version.
-#
-# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-# GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
-# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301 USA
-#
-# Refer to the README and COPYING files for full details of the license
-#
+
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Red Hat, Inc.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
 
 from __future__ import absolute_import
 from __future__ import print_function
diff --git a/vdsm_hooks/faqemu/before_vm_start.py b/vdsm_hooks/faqemu/before_vm_start.py
index d6a80fee08..a0ca462fe2 100644
--- a/vdsm_hooks/faqemu/before_vm_start.py
+++ b/vdsm_hooks/faqemu/before_vm_start.py
@@ -1,23 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python3
-#
-# Copyright 2011 Red Hat, Inc.
-#
-# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
-# (at your option) any later version.
-#
-# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-# GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
-# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301 USA
-#
-# Refer to the README and COPYING files for full details of the license
-#
+
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Red Hat, Inc.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
 
 from __future__ import absolute_import
 from __future__ import print_function
diff --git a/vdsm_hooks/fcoe/fcoe_before_network_setup.py b/vdsm_hooks/fcoe/fcoe_before_network_setup.py
index 9f15dc8d32..655d3fa6ee 100755
--- a/vdsm_hooks/fcoe/fcoe_before_network_setup.py
+++ b/vdsm_hooks/fcoe/fcoe_before_network_setup.py
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python3
 
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Red Hat, Inc.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+
 from __future__ import absolute_import
 
 """
diff --git a/vdsm_hooks/fileinject/before_vm_start.py b/vdsm_hooks/fileinject/before_vm_start.py
index 8e38bed29d..5d70458fe3 100755
--- a/vdsm_hooks/fileinject/before_vm_start.py
+++ b/vdsm_hooks/fileinject/before_vm_start.py
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python3
 
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Red Hat, Inc.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+
 from __future__ import absolute_import
 
 import os
diff --git a/vdsm_hooks/httpsisoboot/before_vm_start.py b/vdsm_hooks/httpsisoboot/before_vm_start.py
index e8a684ebfa..0289888325 100755
--- a/vdsm_hooks/httpsisoboot/before_vm_start.py
+++ b/vdsm_hooks/httpsisoboot/before_vm_start.py
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python3
 
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Red Hat, Inc.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+
 from __future__ import absolute_import
 from __future__ import print_function
 
diff --git a/vdsm_hooks/localdisk/after_disk_prepare b/vdsm_hooks/localdisk/after_disk_prepare
index 244e9a44a2..255a58608b 100755
--- a/vdsm_hooks/localdisk/after_disk_prepare
+++ b/vdsm_hooks/localdisk/after_disk_prepare
@@ -1,23 +1,8 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python3
-#
-# Copyright 2017 Red Hat, Inc.
-#
-# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
-# (at your option) any later version.
-#
-# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-# GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
-# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
-#
-# Refer to the README and COPYING files for full details of the license
-#
+
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Red Hat, Inc.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+
 from __future__ import absolute_import
 
 import json
diff --git a/vdsm_hooks/localdisk/before_vm_migrate_source b/vdsm_hooks/localdisk/before_vm_migrate_source
index 0986f09f31..6ed8622bee 100755
--- a/vdsm_hooks/localdisk/before_vm_migrate_source
+++ b/vdsm_hooks/localdisk/before_vm_migrate_source
@@ -1,23 +1,8 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python3
-#
-# Copyright 2017 Red Hat, Inc.
-#
-# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
-# (at your option) any later version.
-#
-# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-# GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
-# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
-#
-# Refer to the README and COPYING files for full details of the license
-#
+
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Red Hat, Inc.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+
 from __future__ import absolute_import
 
 import hooking
diff --git a/vdsm_hooks/localdisk/localdisk-helper b/vdsm_hooks/localdisk/localdisk-helper
index 8e993ca169..fd9999ccd6 100755
--- a/vdsm_hooks/localdisk/localdisk-helper
+++ b/vdsm_hooks/localdisk/localdisk-helper
@@ -1,23 +1,8 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python3
-#
-# Copyright 2017 Red Hat, Inc.
-#
-# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
-# (at your option) any later version.
-#
-# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-# GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
-# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
-#
-# Refer to the README and COPYING files for full details of the license
-#
+
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Red Hat, Inc.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+
 from __future__ import absolute_import
 
 import argparse
diff --git a/vdsm_hooks/log_console/before_vm_start.py b/vdsm_hooks/log_console/before_vm_start.py
index 77c2ed445c..b962d39991 100755
--- a/vdsm_hooks/log_console/before_vm_start.py
+++ b/vdsm_hooks/log_console/before_vm_start.py
@@ -1,23 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python3
-#
-# Copyright 2022 Red Hat, Inc.
-#
-# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
-# (at your option) any later version.
-#
-# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-# GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
-# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
-#
-# Refer to the README and COPYING files for full details of the license
-#
+
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Red Hat, Inc.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
 
 import os
 import re
diff --git a/vdsm_hooks/log_firmware/before_vm_start.py b/vdsm_hooks/log_firmware/before_vm_start.py
index 65d1811d48..122f1d8fb7 100755
--- a/vdsm_hooks/log_firmware/before_vm_start.py
+++ b/vdsm_hooks/log_firmware/before_vm_start.py
@@ -1,23 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python3
-#
-# Copyright 2022 Red Hat, Inc.
-#
-# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
-# (at your option) any later version.
-#
-# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-# GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
-# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
-#
-# Refer to the README and COPYING files for full details of the license
-#
+
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Red Hat, Inc.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
 
 import os
 import re
diff --git a/vdsm_hooks/macbind/before_vm_start.py b/vdsm_hooks/macbind/before_vm_start.py
index 70c2b38c29..6204b37d4b 100755
--- a/vdsm_hooks/macbind/before_vm_start.py
+++ b/vdsm_hooks/macbind/before_vm_start.py
@@ -1,23 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python3
-#
-# Copyright 2014 Red Hat, Inc.
-#
-# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
-# (at your option) any later version.
-#
-# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-# GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
-# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
-#
-# Refer to the README and COPYING files for full details of the license
-#
+
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Red Hat, Inc.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
 
 '''
 Hook to bind a vNIC into a Bridge
diff --git a/vdsm_hooks/nestedvt/before_vm_start.py b/vdsm_hooks/nestedvt/before_vm_start.py
index fc89248f64..4a9c98e8b3 100755
--- a/vdsm_hooks/nestedvt/before_vm_start.py
+++ b/vdsm_hooks/nestedvt/before_vm_start.py
@@ -1,23 +1,8 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python3
-#
-# Copyright 2012 Red Hat, Inc.
-#
-# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
-# (at your option) any later version.
-#
-# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-# GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
-# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301 USA
-#
-# Refer to the README and COPYING files for full details of the license
-#
+
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Red Hat, Inc.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+
 from __future__ import absolute_import
 
 import hooking
diff --git a/vdsm_hooks/openstacknet/after_device_create.py b/vdsm_hooks/openstacknet/after_device_create.py
index aa220b704d..5cd48a339d 100755
--- a/vdsm_hooks/openstacknet/after_device_create.py
+++ b/vdsm_hooks/openstacknet/after_device_create.py
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python3
 
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Red Hat, Inc.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+
 '''
 OpenStack Network Hook (Post device creation)
 =============================================
diff --git a/vdsm_hooks/openstacknet/after_get_caps.py b/vdsm_hooks/openstacknet/after_get_caps.py
index 03ffa8066f..542c049d0e 100755
--- a/vdsm_hooks/openstacknet/after_get_caps.py
+++ b/vdsm_hooks/openstacknet/after_get_caps.py
@@ -1,23 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python3
-#
-# Copyright 2018 Red Hat, Inc.
-#
-# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
-# (at your option) any later version.
-#
-# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-# GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
-# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
-#
-# Refer to the README and COPYING files for full details of the license
-#
+
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Red Hat, Inc.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
 
 from __future__ import absolute_import
 from __future__ import print_function
diff --git a/vdsm_hooks/openstacknet/after_vm_start.py b/vdsm_hooks/openstacknet/after_vm_start.py
index 67ce393323..abdccd7f2d 100644
--- a/vdsm_hooks/openstacknet/after_vm_start.py
+++ b/vdsm_hooks/openstacknet/after_vm_start.py
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python3
 
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Red Hat, Inc.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+
 '''
 OpenStack Network Hook (Post vm start)
 =============================================
diff --git a/vdsm_hooks/openstacknet/before_device_create.py b/vdsm_hooks/openstacknet/before_device_create.py
index d2d8d40593..e708eacee7 100755
--- a/vdsm_hooks/openstacknet/before_device_create.py
+++ b/vdsm_hooks/openstacknet/before_device_create.py
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python3
 
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Red Hat, Inc.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+
 '''
 OpenStack Network Hook
 ======================
diff --git a/vdsm_hooks/openstacknet/openstacknet_utils.py b/vdsm_hooks/openstacknet/openstacknet_utils.py
index 1e26e452df..d49b272bbf 100644
--- a/vdsm_hooks/openstacknet/openstacknet_utils.py
+++ b/vdsm_hooks/openstacknet/openstacknet_utils.py
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python3
 
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Red Hat, Inc.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+
 from __future__ import absolute_import
 from __future__ import print_function
 
diff --git a/vdsm_hooks/qemucmdline/before_vm_start.py b/vdsm_hooks/qemucmdline/before_vm_start.py
index 2b3d2280f4..6f71262575 100755
--- a/vdsm_hooks/qemucmdline/before_vm_start.py
+++ b/vdsm_hooks/qemucmdline/before_vm_start.py
@@ -1,23 +1,9 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python3
-#
-# Copyright 2012 IBM Corporation
-#
-# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
-# (at your option) any later version.
-#
-# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-# GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
-# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
-#
-# Refer to the README and COPYING files for full details of the license
-#
+
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2012 IBM Corporation
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Red Hat, Inc.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+
 from __future__ import absolute_import
 
 import os
diff --git a/vdsm_hooks/scratchpad/after_vm_destroy.py b/vdsm_hooks/scratchpad/after_vm_destroy.py
index 1d42eb1ab4..b238c52d86 100755
--- a/vdsm_hooks/scratchpad/after_vm_destroy.py
+++ b/vdsm_hooks/scratchpad/after_vm_destroy.py
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python3
 
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Red Hat, Inc.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+
 from __future__ import absolute_import
 
 import os
diff --git a/vdsm_hooks/scratchpad/before_vm_migrate_source.py b/vdsm_hooks/scratchpad/before_vm_migrate_source.py
index 48a5e355ba..e7c0be0ef8 100755
--- a/vdsm_hooks/scratchpad/before_vm_migrate_source.py
+++ b/vdsm_hooks/scratchpad/before_vm_migrate_source.py
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python3
 
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Red Hat, Inc.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+
 from __future__ import absolute_import
 
 import os
diff --git a/vdsm_hooks/scratchpad/before_vm_start.py b/vdsm_hooks/scratchpad/before_vm_start.py
index d874f84218..6a134ff375 100755
--- a/vdsm_hooks/scratchpad/before_vm_start.py
+++ b/vdsm_hooks/scratchpad/before_vm_start.py
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python3
 
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Red Hat, Inc.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+
 from __future__ import absolute_import
 
 import os
diff --git a/vdsm_hooks/smbios/before_vm_start.py b/vdsm_hooks/smbios/before_vm_start.py
index 199b7046d7..a38a1374c3 100755
--- a/vdsm_hooks/smbios/before_vm_start.py
+++ b/vdsm_hooks/smbios/before_vm_start.py
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python3
 
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Red Hat, Inc.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+
 from __future__ import absolute_import
 
 import os
diff --git a/vdsm_hooks/spiceoptions/before_vm_start.py b/vdsm_hooks/spiceoptions/before_vm_start.py
index c33e1fb305..f8e96aff83 100755
--- a/vdsm_hooks/spiceoptions/before_vm_start.py
+++ b/vdsm_hooks/spiceoptions/before_vm_start.py
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python3
 
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Red Hat, Inc.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+
 from __future__ import absolute_import
 from __future__ import print_function
 import ast
diff --git a/vdsm_hooks/vhostmd/after_vm_destroy.py b/vdsm_hooks/vhostmd/after_vm_destroy.py
index 22269af747..2b3103da09 100644
--- a/vdsm_hooks/vhostmd/after_vm_destroy.py
+++ b/vdsm_hooks/vhostmd/after_vm_destroy.py
@@ -1,23 +1,8 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python3
-#
-# Copyright 2011-2016 Red Hat, Inc.
-#
-# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
-# (at your option) any later version.
-#
-# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-# GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
-# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
-#
-# Refer to the README and COPYING files for full details of the license
-#
+
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Red Hat, Inc.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+
 from __future__ import absolute_import
 
 import os
diff --git a/vdsm_hooks/vhostmd/before_vm_start.py b/vdsm_hooks/vhostmd/before_vm_start.py
index 2dfe0a3d99..d5fb4b1a71 100755
--- a/vdsm_hooks/vhostmd/before_vm_start.py
+++ b/vdsm_hooks/vhostmd/before_vm_start.py
@@ -1,23 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python3
-#
-# Copyright 2011-2020 Red Hat, Inc.
-#
-# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
-# (at your option) any later version.
-#
-# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-# GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
-# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
-#
-# Refer to the README and COPYING files for full details of the license
-#
+
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Red Hat, Inc.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
 
 import enum
 import os.path
diff --git a/vdsm_hooks/vmfex_dev/vmfex_vnic.py b/vdsm_hooks/vmfex_dev/vmfex_vnic.py
index b774d6468b..1aefd9a880 100755
--- a/vdsm_hooks/vmfex_dev/vmfex_vnic.py
+++ b/vdsm_hooks/vmfex_dev/vmfex_vnic.py
@@ -1,23 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python3
-#
-# Copyright 2013 Red Hat, Inc.
-#
-# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
-# (at your option) any later version.
-#
-# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-# GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
-# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
-#
-# Refer to the README and COPYING files for full details of the license
-#
+
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Red Hat, Inc.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
 
 """
 Modify a network interface definition so that it uses a Cisco VM-FEX Port