diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..742693c48
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+# Line-ending normalization for release-critical wrapper/scripts.
+# Hermetic building on Linux/macOS requires LF in the source package.
+mvnw text eol=lf
+mvnw.cmd text eol=crlf
+.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties text eol=lf
+*.sh text eol=lf
+*.bat text eol=crlf
+*.cmd text eol=crlf
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diff --git a/fesod-sheet/src/test/resources/images/fesod-logo-svg.svg b/fesod-sheet/src/test/resources/images/fesod-logo-svg.svg
index 6c080ff8d..4e5747769 100644
--- a/fesod-sheet/src/test/resources/images/fesod-logo-svg.svg
+++ b/fesod-sheet/src/test/resources/images/fesod-logo-svg.svg
@@ -1 +1,19 @@
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
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diff --git a/fesod-sheet/src/test/resources/junit-platform.properties b/fesod-sheet/src/test/resources/junit-platform.properties
index aced6999f..cd968aa95 100644
--- a/fesod-sheet/src/test/resources/junit-platform.properties
+++ b/fesod-sheet/src/test/resources/junit-platform.properties
@@ -1,3 +1,19 @@
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # JUnit Platform configuration for the fesod-sheet test suite.
 #
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 4cfb75f27..186a56e19 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -81,6 +81,11 @@ under the License.
     <properties>
         <revision>2.1.0-SNAPSHOT</revision>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+        <!-- Clear the parent `apache` POM's stale outputTimestamp (2023): apache-jar-resource-bundle derives the JAR
+             NOTICE copyright end-year from it, and a stale value yields an inverted "2025-2023" range. An empty value
+             falls back to the current build year, so the NOTICE stays correct without a hardcoded date. For a
+             reproducible release, set this to a fixed ISO-8601 commit timestamp (typically done at release pre). -->
+        <project.build.outputTimestamp></project.build.outputTimestamp>
         <java.version>1.8</java.version>
         <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
         <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
@@ -123,7 +128,7 @@ under the License.
     </scm>
 
     <organization>
-        <name>Apache Software Foundation</name>
+        <name>The Apache Software Foundation</name>
         <url>https://www.apache.org</url>
     </organization>