diff --git a/AUTHORS.txt b/AUTHORS.txt
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+# This file lists copyright owners of the project.
+# The list is not exhaustive: other copyright owners exist.
+# See CONTRIBUTING.md for instructions regarding how to be added to this list.
+
+# Corporate contributors
+
+Red Hat, Inc.
+
+# Individual contributors
+
+Andrea Boriero
+Andrew Guibert
+Barry LaFond
+Thinking Chen (cdmikechen)
+Coding Xu (codingxu97)
+Conor Farrell
+Davide D'Alto
+Derick Hermanson
+Eric Dalquist
+Eric Deandrea
+Gail Badner
+Gavin King
+George Gastaldi
+Georgios Andrianakis
+Jay Erb
+Julien Ponge
+Marko Bekhta
+Max Rydahl Andersen
+(meepown)
+Nesrin Aşan
+Ravi Khadiwala
+Renar Narubin
+Sanne Grinovero
+Scott Marlow
+Stephane Epardaud
+Steve Ebersole
+Stuart Douglas
+Thomas Segismont
+Yoann Rodière
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
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 The DCO text is available verbatim in the [dco.txt](dco.txt) file in the root directory
 of the Hibernate Reactive repository.
 
+Copyright owners are listed in [AUTHORS.txt](AUTHORS.txt).
+Contributors with a valid copyright claim can request to be added to that list
+by sending a pull request to the project's GitHub repository,
+listing at least one relevant contribution in the pull request description.
+Note: one-liner or repetitive patches may not be sufficient to claim copyright.
+
 ## Guidelines
 
 While we try to keep requirements for contributing to a minimum, there are a few guidelines