diff --git a/codegen/core/src/main/java/software/amazon/smithy/python/codegen/generators/SetupGenerator.java b/codegen/core/src/main/java/software/amazon/smithy/python/codegen/generators/SetupGenerator.java
index 089850ca3..263f024b3 100644
--- a/codegen/core/src/main/java/software/amazon/smithy/python/codegen/generators/SetupGenerator.java
+++ b/codegen/core/src/main/java/software/amazon/smithy/python/codegen/generators/SetupGenerator.java
@@ -4,6 +4,12 @@
  */
 package software.amazon.smithy.python.codegen.generators;
 
+import java.io.BufferedReader;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.io.InputStreamReader;
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
+import java.time.LocalDate;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -22,6 +28,8 @@
 import software.amazon.smithy.model.traits.StringTrait;
 import software.amazon.smithy.model.traits.TitleTrait;
 import software.amazon.smithy.python.codegen.*;
+import software.amazon.smithy.python.codegen.sections.LicenseSection;
+import software.amazon.smithy.python.codegen.sections.NoticeSection;
 import software.amazon.smithy.python.codegen.sections.PyprojectSection;
 import software.amazon.smithy.python.codegen.sections.ReadmeSection;
 import software.amazon.smithy.python.codegen.writer.PythonWriter;
@@ -44,6 +52,8 @@ public static void generateSetup(
         var dependencies = gatherDependencies(context.writerDelegator().getDependencies().stream());
         writePyproject(settings, context.writerDelegator(), dependencies);
         writeReadme(settings, context);
+        writeLicense(context);
+        writeNotice(context);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -274,6 +284,38 @@ private static void writeReadme(
         });
     }
 
+    private static void writeLicense(
+            GenerationContext context
+    ) {
+        context.writerDelegator().useFileWriter("LICENSE", writer -> {
+            writer.pushState(new LicenseSection());
+            writer.write(loadResourceAsString("/software/amazon/smithy/python/codegen/apache-2.0-license.txt"));
+            writer.popState();
+        });
+    }
+
+    private static void writeNotice(
+            GenerationContext context
+    ) {
+        context.writerDelegator().useFileWriter("NOTICE", writer -> {
+            writer.pushState(new NoticeSection());
+            var currentYear = LocalDate.now().getYear();
+            writer.write("Copyright " + currentYear + " Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved.");
+            writer.popState();
+        });
+
+    }
+
+    private static String loadResourceAsString(String resourcePath) {
+        try (InputStream inputStream = SetupGenerator.class.getResourceAsStream(resourcePath);
+                BufferedReader reader =
+                        new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(inputStream, StandardCharsets.UTF_8))) {
+            return reader.lines().collect(Collectors.joining("\n"));
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            throw new CodegenException("Failed to load resource: " + resourcePath, e);
+        }
+    }
+
     /**
      * Write the files required for sphinx doc generation
      */
diff --git a/codegen/core/src/main/java/software/amazon/smithy/python/codegen/sections/LicenseSection.java b/codegen/core/src/main/java/software/amazon/smithy/python/codegen/sections/LicenseSection.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7a2746445
--- /dev/null
+++ b/codegen/core/src/main/java/software/amazon/smithy/python/codegen/sections/LicenseSection.java
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+package software.amazon.smithy.python.codegen.sections;
+
+import software.amazon.smithy.utils.CodeSection;
+import software.amazon.smithy.utils.SmithyUnstableApi;
+
+/**
+ * This section controls the entire generated LICENSE
+ *
+ * <p>An integration may want to use this if they want to programmatically
+ * overwrite the generated LICENSE.
+ */
+@SmithyUnstableApi
+public record LicenseSection() implements CodeSection {}
diff --git a/codegen/core/src/main/java/software/amazon/smithy/python/codegen/sections/NoticeSection.java b/codegen/core/src/main/java/software/amazon/smithy/python/codegen/sections/NoticeSection.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c3196fb3c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/codegen/core/src/main/java/software/amazon/smithy/python/codegen/sections/NoticeSection.java
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+package software.amazon.smithy.python.codegen.sections;
+
+import software.amazon.smithy.utils.CodeSection;
+import software.amazon.smithy.utils.SmithyUnstableApi;
+
+/**
+ * This section controls the entire generated NOTICE
+ *
+ * <p>An integration may want to use this if they want to programmatically
+ * overwrite the generated NOTICE.
+ */
+@SmithyUnstableApi
+public record NoticeSection() implements CodeSection {}
diff --git a/codegen/core/src/main/java/software/amazon/smithy/python/codegen/writer/PythonWriter.java b/codegen/core/src/main/java/software/amazon/smithy/python/codegen/writer/PythonWriter.java
index 6d3ecac94..658a62e7c 100644
--- a/codegen/core/src/main/java/software/amazon/smithy/python/codegen/writer/PythonWriter.java
+++ b/codegen/core/src/main/java/software/amazon/smithy/python/codegen/writer/PythonWriter.java
@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@ public final class PythonWriter extends SymbolWriter<PythonWriter, ImportDeclara
 
     private static final Logger LOGGER = Logger.getLogger(PythonWriter.class.getName());
     private static final MarkdownToRstDocConverter DOC_CONVERTER = MarkdownToRstDocConverter.getInstance();
+    private static final Set<String> FILES_WITHOUT_COMMENTS = Set.of(
+            "LICENSE",
+            "NOTICE");
 
     private final String fullPackageName;
     private final String commentStart;
@@ -92,7 +95,7 @@ public PythonWriter apply(String filename, String namespace) {
             String commentStart = "#";
             // Markdown doesn't have comments, so there's no non-intrusive way to
             // add the warning.
-            if (filename.endsWith(".md")) {
+            if (filename.endsWith(".md") || FILES_WITHOUT_COMMENTS.contains(filename)) {
                 commentStart = "";
             } else if (filename.endsWith(".rst")) {
                 commentStart = "..\n    ";
diff --git a/codegen/core/src/main/resources/software/amazon/smithy/python/codegen/apache-2.0-license.txt b/codegen/core/src/main/resources/software/amazon/smithy/python/codegen/apache-2.0-license.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..19dc35b24
--- /dev/null
+++ b/codegen/core/src/main/resources/software/amazon/smithy/python/codegen/apache-2.0-license.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,175 @@
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