diff --git a/dev/release/rat_exclude_files.txt b/dev/release/rat_exclude_files.txt
index 81e2b1aeadf..d3700cdde1f 100644
--- a/dev/release/rat_exclude_files.txt
+++ b/dev/release/rat_exclude_files.txt
@@ -168,6 +168,8 @@ dev/tasks/conda-recipes/*
 docs/requirements.txt
 go/arrow/go.sum
 go/arrow/Gopkg.lock
+go/arrow/flight/Flight.pb.go
+go/arrow/flight/Flight_grpc.pb.go
 go/arrow/internal/cpu/*
 go/arrow/type_string.go
 go/*.tmpldata
diff --git a/go/arrow/flight/example_flight_server_test.go b/go/arrow/flight/example_flight_server_test.go
index 3fc1050fb0d..01f291fda11 100644
--- a/go/arrow/flight/example_flight_server_test.go
+++ b/go/arrow/flight/example_flight_server_test.go
@@ -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.
+
 package flight_test
 
 import (