diff --git a/.forgejo/workflows/test.yml b/.forgejo/workflows/test.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c98f5b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.forgejo/workflows/test.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-3.0-or-later
+# See Notices.txt for copyright information
+on: [push, pull_request]
+
+jobs:
+  test:
+    runs-on: debian-12
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+      - run: |
+          scripts/check-copyright.sh
+      - run: |
+          apt-get update -qq
+          apt-get install -qq python3-venv wget
+          # copy of https://files.openpower.foundation/s/9izgC5Rogi5Ywmm/download/OPF_PowerISA_v3.1C.pdf
+          wget -O OPF_PowerISA_v3.1C.pdf https://libre-chip.org/OPF_PowerISA_v3.1C.pdf
+          echo "56372d23ece7e9e2c1b381a639443982a3e16e38109df1c141d655b779b61fdb  OPF_PowerISA_v3.1C.pdf" | sha256sum -c
+          python3 -m venv --upgrade-deps .venv
+          . .venv/bin/activate
+          pip install -e .
+          parse_powerisa_pdf OPF_PowerISA_v3.1C.pdf &> >(tee out.log | grep '^page ') || { tail -n1000 out.log; false; }
+          echo "expected output (not all instructions are decoded yet, change when the output is improved):"
+          echo "c0b4592cbd0a3e59b9b2931a6a75a3d87ebf23bf453e8587a1522dd157f15ee9  powerisa-instructions.xml" | sha256sum -c
+
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 50e4eb1..37b3676 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-3.0-or-later
+# See Notices.txt for copyright information
 /.venv
 /.vscode
 *.egg-info
 __pycache__
 *.log
-/powerisa-instructions.xml
\ No newline at end of file
+/powerisa-instructions.xml
+/*.pdf
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f8fae5d..7fd652f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+<!--
+SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-3.0-or-later
+See Notices.txt for copyright information
+-->
 parser for the OPF PowerISA 3.1C pdf to attempt to extract all instructions' pseudo-code including subscripts/superscripts and other formatting
 
 Usage:
diff --git a/parse_powerisa_pdf/parse_powerisa_pdf.py b/parse_powerisa_pdf/parse_powerisa_pdf.py
index c7187d1..a4afd09 100755
--- a/parse_powerisa_pdf/parse_powerisa_pdf.py
+++ b/parse_powerisa_pdf/parse_powerisa_pdf.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-3.0-or-later
+# See Notices.txt for copyright information
 from __future__ import annotations
 from collections import defaultdict
 from collections.abc import Generator, Iterable, Iterator, Callable
diff --git a/parse_powerisa_pdf/quad_tree.py b/parse_powerisa_pdf/quad_tree.py
index 34343e8..bee9d76 100644
--- a/parse_powerisa_pdf/quad_tree.py
+++ b/parse_powerisa_pdf/quad_tree.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-3.0-or-later
+# See Notices.txt for copyright information
 from __future__ import annotations
 from typing import Callable, Generic, Iterable, Iterator, TypeVar
 from math import frexp, isfinite, isnan, ldexp
diff --git a/parse_powerisa_pdf/set_by_id.py b/parse_powerisa_pdf/set_by_id.py
index 444741b..969f8d7 100644
--- a/parse_powerisa_pdf/set_by_id.py
+++ b/parse_powerisa_pdf/set_by_id.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-3.0-or-later
+# See Notices.txt for copyright information
 from collections import abc
 from typing import Callable, Generic, Iterable, Iterator, Protocol, TypeAlias, TypeVar, overload
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index c2ec3e0..68c4029 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-3.0-or-later
+# See Notices.txt for copyright information
 [build-system]
 requires = ["setuptools >= 61.0"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
diff --git a/scripts/check-copyright.sh b/scripts/check-copyright.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..640fb4b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/check-copyright.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-3.0-or-later
+# See Notices.txt for copyright information
+set -e
+
+function fail()
+{
+    local error="$1"
+    echo "error: $error" >&2
+    exit 1
+}
+
+function fail_file()
+{
+    local file="$1" line="$2" error="$3"
+    fail "$file:$((line + 1)): $error"
+}
+
+function check_file()
+{
+    local file="$1" regexes=("${@:2}")
+    local lines
+    mapfile -t lines < "$file"
+    if (("${#lines[@]}" == 0)); then
+        return # empty file, no copyright needed
+    fi
+    local line
+    for line in "${!regexes[@]}"; do
+        eval '[[ "${lines[i]}" =~ '"${regexes[i]}"' ]]' ||
+            fail_file "$file" "$line" "doesn't match regex: ${regexes[i]}"
+    done
+}
+
+POUND_HEADER=('^"# SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-3.0-or-later"$' '^"# See Notices.txt for copyright information"$')
+MD_HEADER=('^"<!--"$' '^"SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-3.0-or-later"$' '^"See Notices.txt for copyright information"$')
+
+function main()
+{
+    local IFS=$'\n'
+    [[ -z "$(git status --porcelain)" ]] || fail "git repo is dirty"
+    local file
+    for file in $(git ls-tree --name-only --full-tree -r HEAD); do
+        case "/$file" in
+        */LICENSE.md|*/Notices.txt)
+            # copyright file
+            ;;
+        /.forgejo/workflows/*.yml|*/.gitignore|*.toml|*.py)
+            check_file "$file" "${POUND_HEADER[@]}"
+            ;;
+        *.md)
+            check_file "$file" "${MD_HEADER[@]}"
+            ;;
+        *.sh)
+            check_file "$file" '^'\''#!'\' "${POUND_HEADER[@]}"
+            ;;
+        *)
+            fail_file "$file" 0 "unimplemented file kind -- you need to add it to $0"
+            ;;
+        esac
+    done
+}
+
+main