diff --git a/common/utils/threadPool/measurement_display.c b/common/utils/threadPool/measurement_display.c
index 8cee3796c7..ac7beca1fe 100644
--- a/common/utils/threadPool/measurement_display.c
+++ b/common/utils/threadPool/measurement_display.c
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+/*
+  Author: Laurent THOMAS, Open Cells
+  copyleft: OpenAirInterface Software Alliance and it's licence
+*/
+
 #define __USE_GNU
 #define _GNU_SOURCE
 #include <stdio.h>
diff --git a/common/utils/threadPool/thread-pool.c b/common/utils/threadPool/thread-pool.c
index ba70a07cc3..8a706d9246 100644
--- a/common/utils/threadPool/thread-pool.c
+++ b/common/utils/threadPool/thread-pool.c
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+/*
+  Author: Laurent THOMAS, Open Cells
+  copyleft: OpenAirInterface Software Alliance and it's licence
+*/
+
 #define _GNU_SOURCE
 #include <sched.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
diff --git a/common/utils/threadPool/thread-pool.h b/common/utils/threadPool/thread-pool.h
index 8b815bf752..5c36364fc9 100644
--- a/common/utils/threadPool/thread-pool.h
+++ b/common/utils/threadPool/thread-pool.h
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+/*
+  Author: Laurent THOMAS, Open Cells
+  copyleft: OpenAirInterface Software Alliance and it's licence
+*/
+
 #ifndef THREAD_POOL_H
 #define THREAD_POOL_H
 #include <stdbool.h>
diff --git a/common/utils/threadPool/thread-pool.md b/common/utils/threadPool/thread-pool.md
index 6da98018e1..92cc21b975 100644
--- a/common/utils/threadPool/thread-pool.md
+++ b/common/utils/threadPool/thread-pool.md
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ A selective abort allows to cancel parallel jobs (usage: a client pushed jobs, b
 
 All the thread pool functions are thread safe, nevertheless the working functions are implemented by the thread pool client, so the client has to tackle the parallel execution of his functions called "processingFunc" hereafter.
 
+## license
+Author: Laurent Thomas, Open cells project 
+The owner share the code usage to Openairsoftware alliance as per OSA license terms
+
 # jobs
 
 A job is a message (notifiedFIFO_elt_t):