diff --git a/common/exception/AcceptConnectionInterrupted.cpp b/common/exception/AcceptConnectionInterrupted.cpp
index 4f7fcfdd3e677858b597a4cb139d4ffb5bd6ae10..56f265884fc982002b13bba902742efdec4fce40 100644
--- a/common/exception/AcceptConnectionInterrupted.cpp
+++ b/common/exception/AcceptConnectionInterrupted.cpp
@@ -1,25 +1,20 @@
-/******************************************************************************
+/*
+ * The CERN Tape Archive (CTA) project
+ * Copyright (C) 2015  CERN
  *
- * This file is part of the Castor project.
- * See http://castor.web.cern.ch/castor
+ * 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 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2003  CERN
- * 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., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
- *
- * 
  *
- * @author Castor Dev team, castor-dev@cern.ch
- *****************************************************************************/
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
 
 #include "common/exception/AcceptConnectionInterrupted.hpp"
 
diff --git a/common/exception/AcceptConnectionInterrupted.hpp b/common/exception/AcceptConnectionInterrupted.hpp
index 93af7f79adb12f2eb00dedceec43503ea6f286cb..e56df62a4972f3b2f6281e140988d457dbcf512a 100644
--- a/common/exception/AcceptConnectionInterrupted.hpp
+++ b/common/exception/AcceptConnectionInterrupted.hpp
@@ -1,25 +1,20 @@
-/******************************************************************************
+/*
+ * The CERN Tape Archive (CTA) project
+ * Copyright (C) 2015  CERN
  *
- * This file is part of the Castor project.
- * See http://castor.web.cern.ch/castor
+ * 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 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2003  CERN
- * 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., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
- *
- *
  *
- * @author Castor Dev team, castor-dev@cern.ch
- *****************************************************************************/
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
 
 #pragma once
 
@@ -62,5 +57,5 @@ private:
 }; // class AcceptConnectionInterrupted
       
 } // end of namespace exception
-} // end of namespace castor
+} // end of namespace cta
 
diff --git a/common/exception/Backtrace.cpp b/common/exception/Backtrace.cpp
index a6ec66d3ecc78a02445d4f490c8cc7a66934cac1..6561aabfe5ae4a1dc4ac96ce52d893323c66c1de 100644
--- a/common/exception/Backtrace.cpp
+++ b/common/exception/Backtrace.cpp
@@ -16,30 +16,6 @@
  * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
  */
 
-/******************************************************************************
- *
- * This file is part of the Castor project.
- * See http://castor.web.cern.ch/castor
- *
- * Copyright (C) 2003  CERN
- * 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., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
- *
- *
- *
- *
- * @author Castor Dev team, castor-dev@cern.ch
- *****************************************************************************/
-
 #include <execinfo.h>
 #include <cxxabi.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
@@ -48,7 +24,7 @@
 #ifdef COLLECTEXTRABACKTRACEINFOS
 #include <bfd.h>
 #include <sstream>
-namespace castor {
+namespace cta {
   namespace exception {
     class bfdContext {
     public:
diff --git a/common/exception/Backtrace.hpp b/common/exception/Backtrace.hpp
index 65e3e8edf2f7a44bf91c597cd57b6b4b034e17de..aabe88b6b5b426fc2d8e3b567f5244694a368e9b 100644
--- a/common/exception/Backtrace.hpp
+++ b/common/exception/Backtrace.hpp
@@ -16,27 +16,6 @@
  * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
  */
 
-/******************************************************************************
- *
- * This file is part of the Castor project.
- * See http://castor.web.cern.ch/castor
- *
- * Copyright (C) 2003  CERN
- * 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., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
- *
- * @author Castor Dev team, castor-dev@cern.ch
- *****************************************************************************/
-
 #pragma once
 
 #include <string>
diff --git a/common/exception/BadAlloc.cpp b/common/exception/BadAlloc.cpp
index ce1b3db30fa66fe952b99034fb9972ad37c9956b..1c3fdb2d552c04c01d9877fdbf1bf57ebc241ffd 100644
--- a/common/exception/BadAlloc.cpp
+++ b/common/exception/BadAlloc.cpp
@@ -1,25 +1,20 @@
-/******************************************************************************
+/*
+ * The CERN Tape Archive (CTA) project
+ * Copyright (C) 2015  CERN
  *
- * This file is part of the Castor project.
- * See http://castor.web.cern.ch/castor
+ * 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 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2003  CERN
- * 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., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
- *
- * 
  *
- * @author Castor Dev team, castor-dev@cern.ch
- *****************************************************************************/
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
 
 #include "common/exception/BadAlloc.hpp"
 
diff --git a/common/exception/BadAlloc.hpp b/common/exception/BadAlloc.hpp
index b02eef532e5975f408b90ce4b261cb4bea1314a6..f90d1870697cb1fb3bca7a6b9f36c0bc65d740bb 100644
--- a/common/exception/BadAlloc.hpp
+++ b/common/exception/BadAlloc.hpp
@@ -1,25 +1,20 @@
-/******************************************************************************
+/*
+ * The CERN Tape Archive (CTA) project
+ * Copyright (C) 2015  CERN
  *
- * This file is part of the Castor project.
- * See http://castor.web.cern.ch/castor
+ * 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 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2003  CERN
- * 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., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
- *
  *
- *
- * @author Castor Dev team, castor-dev@cern.ch
- *****************************************************************************/
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
 
 #pragma once
 
diff --git a/common/exception/CommandLineNotParsed.cpp b/common/exception/CommandLineNotParsed.cpp
index bacf705ccac7f2869dddf604796b7167c45f3c17..2c02f2f2fdaa44e9b00c844011b2cae38751205a 100644
--- a/common/exception/CommandLineNotParsed.cpp
+++ b/common/exception/CommandLineNotParsed.cpp
@@ -1,25 +1,20 @@
-/******************************************************************************
+/*
+ * The CERN Tape Archive (CTA) project
+ * Copyright (C) 2015  CERN
  *
- * This file is part of the Castor project.
- * See http://castor.web.cern.ch/castor
+ * 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 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2003  CERN
- * 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., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
- *
- * 
  *
- * @author Castor Dev team, castor-dev@cern.ch
- *****************************************************************************/
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
 
 #include "common/exception/CommandLineNotParsed.hpp"
 
diff --git a/common/exception/CommandLineNotParsed.hpp b/common/exception/CommandLineNotParsed.hpp
index 3f1b5455297a505c2bc669a2ea7d5d6237b4d935..c04a083212a92e8da7da1342be294ddb29bb5faf 100644
--- a/common/exception/CommandLineNotParsed.hpp
+++ b/common/exception/CommandLineNotParsed.hpp
@@ -1,25 +1,20 @@
-/******************************************************************************
+/*
+ * The CERN Tape Archive (CTA) project
+ * Copyright (C) 2015  CERN
  *
- * This file is part of the Castor project.
- * See http://castor.web.cern.ch/castor
+ * 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 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2003  CERN
- * 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., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
- *
  *
- *
- * @author Castor Dev team, castor-dev@cern.ch
- *****************************************************************************/
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
 
 #pragma once
 
diff --git a/common/exception/EndOfFile.hpp b/common/exception/EndOfFile.hpp
index 59ffa06625c776827c62116a4ecc59bd3831503c..20d37bb54339e67c6e909557b270aab5bc0cafb7 100644
--- a/common/exception/EndOfFile.hpp
+++ b/common/exception/EndOfFile.hpp
@@ -1,25 +1,20 @@
-/******************************************************************************
+/*
+ * The CERN Tape Archive (CTA) project
+ * Copyright (C) 2015  CERN
  *
- * This file is part of the Castor project.
- * See http://castor.web.cern.ch/castor
+ * 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 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2003  CERN
- * 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., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
- *
- * 
  *
- * @author Castor Dev team, castor-dev@cern.ch
- *****************************************************************************/
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
 
 #pragma once 
 
diff --git a/common/exception/Exception.hpp b/common/exception/Exception.hpp
index 0bf77aa29eb282060a72583712ccdbd349bbb3b3..b45aeccbd1061bc5d6962479b4aa6489c7a40e69 100644
--- a/common/exception/Exception.hpp
+++ b/common/exception/Exception.hpp
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 namespace cta { namespace exception {
 /**
  * class Exception
- * A simple exception used for error handling in castor
+ * A simple exception used for error handling in cts
  */
 class Exception : public std::exception {
 public:
diff --git a/common/exception/ExceptionTest.cpp b/common/exception/ExceptionTest.cpp
index 18bca5efb1b2048a311ba5bbc94e9a5fc6d6c998..fe8fe728bead679dbba0613a575ecaa17cbfa067 100644
--- a/common/exception/ExceptionTest.cpp
+++ b/common/exception/ExceptionTest.cpp
@@ -1,25 +1,20 @@
-/******************************************************************************
+/*
+ * The CERN Tape Archive (CTA) project
+ * Copyright (C) 2015  CERN
  *
- * This file is part of the Castor project.
- * See http://castor.web.cern.ch/castor
+ * 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 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2003  CERN
- * 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., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
- *
- * 
  *
- * @author Castor Dev team, castor-dev@cern.ch
- *****************************************************************************/
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
 
 #include "common/exception/Exception.hpp"
 #include "common/exception/Errnum.hpp"
diff --git a/common/exception/InvalidArgument.cpp b/common/exception/InvalidArgument.cpp
index c9b7e7d390c8081afb7c70c7caa724f8ecc12f10..79abc45ee803effc75ae92aca4fec97da1499f8c 100644
--- a/common/exception/InvalidArgument.cpp
+++ b/common/exception/InvalidArgument.cpp
@@ -1,26 +1,20 @@
-/******************************************************************************
+/*
+ * The CERN Tape Archive (CTA) project
+ * Copyright (C) 2015  CERN
  *
- * This file is part of the Castor project.
- * See http://castor.web.cern.ch/castor
+ * 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 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2003  CERN
- * 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., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
- *
  *
- * 
- *
- * @author Castor Dev team, castor-dev@cern.ch
- *****************************************************************************/
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
 
 // Include Files
 
diff --git a/common/exception/InvalidArgument.hpp b/common/exception/InvalidArgument.hpp
index 290a684e61c4692aba394f0c5996173a3de32a82..cea7a6077764d22d7507e63dc8a627336ee3de52 100644
--- a/common/exception/InvalidArgument.hpp
+++ b/common/exception/InvalidArgument.hpp
@@ -1,26 +1,20 @@
-/******************************************************************************
+/*
+ * The CERN Tape Archive (CTA) project
+ * Copyright (C) 2015  CERN
  *
- * This file is part of the Castor project.
- * See http://castor.web.cern.ch/castor
+ * 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 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2003  CERN
- * 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., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
- *
  *
- * Invalid argument exception
- *
- * @author Castor Dev team, castor-dev@cern.ch
- *****************************************************************************/
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
 
 #pragma once
 
diff --git a/common/exception/InvalidConfigEntry.cpp b/common/exception/InvalidConfigEntry.cpp
index 13d9d2d6214452efb26ff9c6fd56b86e1c1aa12b..8ed4781bc40472eac1024ce1d7a4ae5ef6ca3053 100644
--- a/common/exception/InvalidConfigEntry.cpp
+++ b/common/exception/InvalidConfigEntry.cpp
@@ -1,25 +1,20 @@
-/******************************************************************************
+/*
+ * The CERN Tape Archive (CTA) project
+ * Copyright (C) 2015  CERN
  *
- * This file is part of the Castor project.
- * See http://castor.web.cern.ch/castor
+ * 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 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2003  CERN
- * 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., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
- *
- * 
  *
- * @author Castor Dev team, castor-dev@cern.ch
- *****************************************************************************/
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
 
 #include "common/exception/InvalidConfigEntry.hpp"
 
diff --git a/common/exception/InvalidConfigEntry.hpp b/common/exception/InvalidConfigEntry.hpp
index 4d0b379e943aa20030804822162dd57409ef3738..dd431108da72bc160e5efc88128927063f8d816f 100644
--- a/common/exception/InvalidConfigEntry.hpp
+++ b/common/exception/InvalidConfigEntry.hpp
@@ -1,25 +1,20 @@
-/******************************************************************************
+/*
+ * The CERN Tape Archive (CTA) project
+ * Copyright (C) 2015  CERN
  *
- * This file is part of the Castor project.
- * See http://castor.web.cern.ch/castor
+ * 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 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2003  CERN
- * 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., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
- *
  *
- *
- * @author Castor Dev team, castor-dev@cern.ch
- *****************************************************************************/
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
 
 #pragma once
 
diff --git a/common/exception/MemException.hpp b/common/exception/MemException.hpp
index bdbaa188dfd914bb58d30471202f2f541e443569..6186dc47c6314e131247d61eafa074f6cc0d1724 100644
--- a/common/exception/MemException.hpp
+++ b/common/exception/MemException.hpp
@@ -1,26 +1,21 @@
-/******************************************************************************
+/*
+ * The CERN Tape Archive (CTA) project
+ * Copyright (C) 2015  CERN
  *
- * This file is part of the Castor project.
- * See http://castor.web.cern.ch/castor
+ * 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 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2003  CERN
- * 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., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
- *
- *
- *
  *
- * @author Castor Dev team, castor-dev@cern.ch
- *****************************************************************************/
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
 #pragma once
 #include "common/exception/Exception.hpp"
 #include <string>
diff --git a/common/exception/MissingOperand.cpp b/common/exception/MissingOperand.cpp
index 9c447336c5561206fc515087ca2eb543ad509498..e505c586ac01fd3b612aaaff87c0d81a48ca3508 100644
--- a/common/exception/MissingOperand.cpp
+++ b/common/exception/MissingOperand.cpp
@@ -1,25 +1,20 @@
-/******************************************************************************
+/*
+ * The CERN Tape Archive (CTA) project
+ * Copyright (C) 2015  CERN
  *
- * This file is part of the Castor project.
- * See http://castor.web.cern.ch/castor
+ * 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 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2003  CERN
- * 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., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
- *
- * 
  *
- * @author Castor Dev team, castor-dev@cern.ch
- *****************************************************************************/
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
 
 #include "common/exception/MissingOperand.hpp"
 
diff --git a/common/exception/MissingOperand.hpp b/common/exception/MissingOperand.hpp
index be0d757b2ba502505e6a9e7fcaece087358b996e..cf43fdfc49fa5d48aefa2f15ea110294389e4eed 100644
--- a/common/exception/MissingOperand.hpp
+++ b/common/exception/MissingOperand.hpp
@@ -1,25 +1,20 @@
-/******************************************************************************
+/*
+ * The CERN Tape Archive (CTA) project
+ * Copyright (C) 2015  CERN
  *
- * This file is part of the Castor project.
- * See http://castor.web.cern.ch/castor
+ * 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 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2003  CERN
- * 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., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
- *
  *
- *
- * @author Castor Dev team, castor-dev@cern.ch
- *****************************************************************************/
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
 
 #pragma once
 
diff --git a/common/exception/NoEntry.cpp b/common/exception/NoEntry.cpp
index 6e2768b9d629c8bfbb1da4bddca17c629aa175cc..861f297bbbfd12b2eae5f329c902561d87dd72c4 100644
--- a/common/exception/NoEntry.cpp
+++ b/common/exception/NoEntry.cpp
@@ -1,28 +1,21 @@
-/******************************************************************************
+/*
+ * The CERN Tape Archive (CTA) project
+ * Copyright (C) 2015  CERN
  *
- * This file is part of the Castor project.
- * See http://castor.web.cern.ch/castor
+ * 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 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2003  CERN
- * 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., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
- *
  *
- * 
- *
- * @author Castor Dev team, castor-dev@cern.ch
- *****************************************************************************/
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
 
-// Include Files
 #include <errno.h>
 #include "common/exception/NoEntry.hpp"
 
diff --git a/common/exception/NoEntry.hpp b/common/exception/NoEntry.hpp
index 5535161199e415d14f5a772cb59d923c51232fe3..909e595e7d0078a58e30b752a851a679be5cfaa7 100644
--- a/common/exception/NoEntry.hpp
+++ b/common/exception/NoEntry.hpp
@@ -1,26 +1,20 @@
-/******************************************************************************
+/*
+ * The CERN Tape Archive (CTA) project
+ * Copyright (C) 2015  CERN
  *
- * This file is part of the Castor project.
- * See http://castor.web.cern.ch/castor
+ * 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 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2003  CERN
- * 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., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
- *
  *
- * NoEntry exception
- *
- * @author Castor Dev team, castor-dev@cern.ch
- *****************************************************************************/
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
 
 #pragma once
 
diff --git a/common/exception/NoPortInRange.cpp b/common/exception/NoPortInRange.cpp
index 093ab55a1bec648c606968f668f4646a76fe5152..c2117e8e58c7062c2992257face0aa1fe6579993 100644
--- a/common/exception/NoPortInRange.cpp
+++ b/common/exception/NoPortInRange.cpp
@@ -1,25 +1,20 @@
-/******************************************************************************
+/*
+ * The CERN Tape Archive (CTA) project
+ * Copyright (C) 2015  CERN
  *
- * This file is part of the Castor project.
- * See http://castor.web.cern.ch/castor
+ * 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 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2003  CERN
- * 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., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
- *
- * 
  *
- * @author Castor Dev team, castor-dev@cern.ch
- *****************************************************************************/
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
 
 #include "common/exception/NoPortInRange.hpp"
 
diff --git a/common/exception/NoPortInRange.hpp b/common/exception/NoPortInRange.hpp
index 6ffe7e513dd9d7ed6707d4835ecc4ace7fd497b4..98278f00a9e07c18d44529530fa68335535564ef 100644
--- a/common/exception/NoPortInRange.hpp
+++ b/common/exception/NoPortInRange.hpp
@@ -1,25 +1,20 @@
-/******************************************************************************
+/*
+ * The CERN Tape Archive (CTA) project
+ * Copyright (C) 2015  CERN
  *
- * This file is part of the Castor project.
- * See http://castor.web.cern.ch/castor
+ * 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 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2003  CERN
- * 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., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
- *
- *
  *
- * @author Castor Dev team, castor-dev@cern.ch
- *****************************************************************************/
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
 
 #pragma once
 
diff --git a/common/exception/NotAnOwner.cpp b/common/exception/NotAnOwner.cpp
index f727ffc9075492f589258ed93e63aba113d86860..c9a36f3ec1dabcacd606ee46d1401a247b281026 100644
--- a/common/exception/NotAnOwner.cpp
+++ b/common/exception/NotAnOwner.cpp
@@ -1,25 +1,20 @@
-/******************************************************************************
+/*
+ * The CERN Tape Archive (CTA) project
+ * Copyright (C) 2015  CERN
  *
- * This file is part of the Castor project.
- * See http://castor.web.cern.ch/castor
+ * 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 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2003  CERN
- * 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., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
- *
- * 
  *
- * @author Castor Dev team, castor-dev@cern.ch
- *****************************************************************************/
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
 
 #include "common/exception/NotAnOwner.hpp"
 
diff --git a/common/exception/NotAnOwner.hpp b/common/exception/NotAnOwner.hpp
index 1f3151a2a7d1046525e108b0e8aae81f4f8e7fd0..fae60efe756409d02f86eb5c733024d701ead50a 100644
--- a/common/exception/NotAnOwner.hpp
+++ b/common/exception/NotAnOwner.hpp
@@ -1,25 +1,20 @@
-/******************************************************************************
+/*
+ * The CERN Tape Archive (CTA) project
+ * Copyright (C) 2015  CERN
  *
- * This file is part of the Castor project.
- * See http://castor.web.cern.ch/castor
+ * 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 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2003  CERN
- * 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., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
- *
  *
- *
- * @author Castor Dev team, castor-dev@cern.ch
- *****************************************************************************/
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
 
 #pragma once
 
diff --git a/common/exception/OutOfMemory.cpp b/common/exception/OutOfMemory.cpp
index 9c829acadb8cec5ea841ed9dc40d4f8d3b42dbb0..d32183e1e641510adceaefba0fb310b7116646c6 100644
--- a/common/exception/OutOfMemory.cpp
+++ b/common/exception/OutOfMemory.cpp
@@ -1,28 +1,21 @@
-/******************************************************************************
+/*
+ * The CERN Tape Archive (CTA) project
+ * Copyright (C) 2015  CERN
  *
- * This file is part of the Castor project.
- * See http://castor.web.cern.ch/castor
+ * 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 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2003  CERN
- * 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., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
- *
  *
- * 
- *
- * @author Castor Dev team, castor-dev@cern.ch
- *****************************************************************************/
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
 
-// Include Files
 #include <errno.h>
 #include "common/exception/OutOfMemory.hpp"
 
diff --git a/common/exception/OutOfMemory.hpp b/common/exception/OutOfMemory.hpp
index 0adc2af62fa2cf550493a29a32c41d0d478bbc5c..ec8942642cb019af0fd87fdb19e3602dbbab5223 100644
--- a/common/exception/OutOfMemory.hpp
+++ b/common/exception/OutOfMemory.hpp
@@ -1,26 +1,20 @@
-/******************************************************************************
+/*
+ * The CERN Tape Archive (CTA) project
+ * Copyright (C) 2015  CERN
  *
- * This file is part of the Castor project.
- * See http://castor.web.cern.ch/castor
+ * 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 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2003  CERN
- * 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., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
- *
  *
- * 
- *
- * @author Castor Dev team, castor-dev@cern.ch
- *****************************************************************************/
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
 
 #pragma once
 
diff --git a/common/exception/TimeOut.cpp b/common/exception/TimeOut.cpp
index 4769e17b496030a184f9405986bfdbf12e532ddb..9fe06ce5ae3dd437914b44df0fadb9adb3eacc82 100644
--- a/common/exception/TimeOut.cpp
+++ b/common/exception/TimeOut.cpp
@@ -1,26 +1,20 @@
-/******************************************************************************
+/*
+ * The CERN Tape Archive (CTA) project
+ * Copyright (C) 2015  CERN
  *
- * This file is part of the Castor project.
- * See http://castor.web.cern.ch/castor
+ * 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 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2003  CERN
- * 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., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
- *
  *
- * 
- *
- * @author Castor Dev team, castor-dev@cern.ch
- *****************************************************************************/
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
 
 #include "common/exception/TimeOut.hpp"
 
diff --git a/common/exception/TimeOut.hpp b/common/exception/TimeOut.hpp
index 8690bb4498682f694c549f252825fdf79d3485ed..4f8ddb8fb052068e7c9c61b0efe5bcab74794c7d 100644
--- a/common/exception/TimeOut.hpp
+++ b/common/exception/TimeOut.hpp
@@ -1,26 +1,20 @@
-/******************************************************************************
+/*
+ * The CERN Tape Archive (CTA) project
+ * Copyright (C) 2015  CERN
  *
- * This file is part of the Castor project.
- * See http://castor.web.cern.ch/castor
+ * 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 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2003  CERN
- * 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., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
- *
  *
- * TimeOut error exception
- *
- * @author Castor Dev team, castor-dev@cern.ch
- *****************************************************************************/
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
 
 #pragma once