--- /dev/null
+use warnings;
+use strict;
+
+use Test::More;
+use File::Find;
+
+my $boilerplate_headings = q{
+=head1 FURTHER QUESTIONS?
+
+Check the list of L<additional DBIC resources|DBIx::Class/GETTING HELP/SUPPORT>.
+
+=head1 COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
+
+This module is free software L<copyright|DBIx::Class/COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE>
+by the L<DBIx::Class (DBIC) authors|DBIx::Class/AUTHORS>. You can
+redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the
+L<DBIx::Class library|DBIx::Class/COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE>.
+};
+
+find({
+ wanted => sub {
+ my $fn = $_;
+
+ return unless -f $fn;
+ return unless $fn =~ / \. (?: pm | pod ) $ /ix;
+
+ my $data = do { local (@ARGV, $/) = $fn; <> };
+
+ if ($data !~ /^=head1 NAME/m) {
+
+ # the generator is full of false positives, .pod is where it's at
+ return if $fn =~ qr{\Qlib/DBIx/Class/Optional/Dependencies.pm};
+
+ ok ( $data !~ /\bcopyright\b/i, "No copyright notices in $fn without apparent POD" );
+ }
+ elsif ($fn =~ qr{\Qlib/DBIx/Class.}) {
+ # nothing to check there - a static set of words
+ }
+ else {
+ ok ( $data !~ / ^ =head1 \s $_ /xmi, "No standalone $_ headings in $fn" )
+ for qw(AUTHOR CONTRIBUTOR LICENSE LICENCE);
+
+ ok ( $data !~ / ^ =head1 \s COPYRIGHT \s (?! AND \s LICENSE )/xmi, "No standalone COPYRIGHT headings in $fn" );
+
+ ok ($data =~ / \Q$boilerplate_headings\E (?! .*? ^ =head )/xms, "Expected headings found at the end of $fn");
+ }
+ },
+ no_chdir => 1,
+}, (qw(lib examples)) );
+
+done_testing;