diff --git a/hal/lib/sim/HALDesktop.cpp b/hal/lib/sim/HALDesktop.cpp
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+/*----------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+/* Copyright (c) FIRST 2016-2017. All Rights Reserved.                        */
+/* Open Source Software - may be modified and shared by FRC teams. The code   */
+/* must be accompanied by the FIRST BSD license file in the root directory of */
+/* the project.                                                               */
+/*----------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
+// nothing here yet!