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@@ -280,6 +280,11 @@ When submitting patches or pull requests, you should respect the following rules
   and included in the :doc:`changelog`
 - Include your name in the :ref:`contributors` section
 
+.. note:: All files should contain the following header::
+
+          # -*- encoding: utf-8 -*-
+          # Copyright (c) 2012-2014 The python-semanticversion project
+
 
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