diff --git a/.build/license.php b/.build/license.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6ceb73e7a105
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.build/license.php
@@ -0,0 +1,459 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 Nextcloud GmbH and Nextcloud contributors
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
+ * Copied over from https://github.com/nextcloud/server/blob/master/build/license.php
+ */
+
+class Licenses {
+	protected $paths = [];
+	protected $mailMap = [];
+	protected $checkFiles = [];
+	public $authors = [];
+
+	public function __construct() {
+		$this->licenseText = <<<EOD
+/**
+@COPYRIGHT@
+ *
+@AUTHORS@
+ *
+ * @license GNU AGPL version 3 or any later version
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
+ * License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+ * along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ */
+EOD;
+		$this->licenseTextLegacy = <<<EOD
+/**
+@COPYRIGHT@
+ *
+@AUTHORS@
+ *
+ * @license AGPL-3.0
+ *
+ * This code is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License, version 3,
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License, version 3,
+ * along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>
+ *
+ */
+EOD;
+		$this->licenseTextLegacy = str_replace('@YEAR@', date('Y'), $this->licenseTextLegacy);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @param string|string[] $folder
+	 * @param string|bool $gitRoot
+	 */
+	public function exec($folder, $gitRoot = false) {
+		if (is_array($folder)) {
+			foreach ($folder as $f) {
+				$this->exec($f, $gitRoot);
+			}
+			return;
+		}
+
+		if ($gitRoot !== false && substr($gitRoot, -1) !== '/') {
+			$gitRoot .= '/';
+		}
+
+		if (is_file($folder)) {
+			$this->handleFile($folder, $gitRoot);
+			$this->printFilesToCheck();
+			return;
+		}
+
+		$excludes = array_map(function ($item) use ($folder) {
+			return $folder . '/' . $item;
+		}, ['vendor', '3rdparty', '.git', 'l10n', 'js', 'node_modules']);
+
+		$iterator = new RecursiveDirectoryIterator($folder, RecursiveDirectoryIterator::SKIP_DOTS);
+		$iterator = new RecursiveCallbackFilterIterator($iterator, function ($item) use ($folder, $excludes) {
+			/** @var SplFileInfo $item */
+			foreach ($excludes as $exclude) {
+				if (substr($item->getPath(), 0, strlen($exclude)) === $exclude) {
+					return false;
+				}
+			}
+			return true;
+		});
+		$iterator = new RecursiveIteratorIterator($iterator);
+		$iterator = new RegexIterator($iterator, '/^.+\.(js|php|md|twig|xml|Dockerfile|Caddyfile|sh|conf|script|cfg|motd|yml|yaml|txt|css)$/i');
+
+		foreach ($iterator as $file) {
+			/** @var SplFileInfo $file */
+			$this->handleFile($file, $gitRoot);
+		}
+
+		$this->printFilesToCheck();
+	}
+
+	public function writeAuthorsFile() {
+		ksort($this->authors);
+		$template = '<!--
+ - SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 Nextcloud GmbH and Nextcloud contributors
+ - SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
+-->
+# Authors
+@AUTHORS@
+
+';
+		$authors = implode(PHP_EOL, array_map(function ($author) {
+			return ' - ' . $author;
+		}, $this->authors));
+		$template = str_replace('@AUTHORS@', $authors, $template);
+		file_put_contents(__DIR__ . '/../AUTHORS', $template);
+	}
+
+	public function handleFile($path, $gitRoot) {
+		$isPhp = preg_match('/^.+\.php$/i', $path);
+		$isShell = preg_match('/^.+\.sh$/i', $path);
+
+		$source = file_get_contents($path);
+		if ($this->isMITLicensed($source)) {
+			echo "MIT licensed file: $path" . PHP_EOL;
+			return;
+		}
+		$copyrightNotices = $this->getCopyrightNotices($path, $source);
+		$authors = $this->getAuthors($path, $gitRoot);
+		if ($this->isOwnCloudLicensed($source)) {
+			$license = str_replace('@AUTHORS@', $authors, $this->licenseTextLegacy);
+			$this->checkCopyrightState($path, $gitRoot);
+		} else {
+			$license = str_replace('@AUTHORS@', $authors, $this->licenseText);
+		}
+
+		if ($copyrightNotices === '') {
+			$creator = $this->getCreatorCopyright($path, $gitRoot);
+			$license = str_replace('@COPYRIGHT@', $creator, $license);
+		} else {
+			$license = str_replace('@COPYRIGHT@', $copyrightNotices, $license);
+		}
+
+		[$source, $isStrict] = $this->eatOldLicense($source);
+
+		if ($isPhp) {
+			if ($isStrict) {
+				$source = '<?php' . PHP_EOL . PHP_EOL . 'declare(strict_types=1);' . PHP_EOL . PHP_EOL . $license . PHP_EOL . $source;
+            } else {
+                $source = '<?php' . PHP_EOL . $license . PHP_EOL . $source;
+            }
+        } else if ($isShell) {
+            $source = '#!/bin/bash' . PHP_EOL . $license . PHP_EOL . PHP_EOL . $source;
+        } else {
+            $source = $license . PHP_EOL . PHP_EOL . $source;
+        }
+
+
+		file_put_contents($path, $source);
+		echo "License updated: $path" . PHP_EOL;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @param string $source
+	 * @return bool
+	 */
+	private function isMITLicensed($source) {
+		$lines = explode(PHP_EOL, $source);
+		while (!empty($lines)) {
+			$line = $lines[0];
+			array_shift($lines);
+			if (strpos($line, 'The MIT License') !== false) {
+				return true;
+			}
+		}
+
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	private function isOwnCloudLicensed($source) {
+		$lines = explode(PHP_EOL, $source);
+		while (!empty($lines)) {
+			$line = $lines[0];
+			array_shift($lines);
+			if (strpos($line, 'ownCloud, Inc') !== false || strpos($line, 'ownCloud GmbH') !== false) {
+				return true;
+			}
+		}
+
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @param string $source
+	 * @return string
+	 */
+	private function eatOldLicense($source) {
+		$lines = explode(PHP_EOL, $source);
+		$isStrict = false;
+
+		$index = 0;
+		while (!empty($lines) && array_key_exists($index, $lines)) {
+			$line = $lines[$index];
+
+			if (trim($line) === '<?php') {
+				array_splice($lines, $index, 1);
+				continue;
+			}
+
+			// Skipping if the line contains important js keywords
+			if (strpos($line, 'eslint-') !== false
+				|| strpos($line, 'globals') !== false
+				|| strpos($line, 'const') !== false
+				|| strpos($line, 'import') !== false) {
+				$index++;
+				continue;
+			}
+	
+			if (strpos($line, '<?php declare(strict_types') !== false) {
+				$isStrict = true;
+				array_splice($lines, $index, 1);
+				continue;
+			}
+			if (strpos($line, 'declare (strict_types') !== false) {
+				$isStrict = true;
+				array_splice($lines, $index, 1);
+				continue;
+			}
+			if (strpos($line, 'declare(strict_types') !== false) {
+				$isStrict = true;
+				array_splice($lines, $index, 1);
+				continue;
+			}
+			if (strpos($line, '/**') !== false) {
+				array_splice($lines, $index, 1);
+				continue;
+			}
+			// If we reach the end of the copyright header (and it's not a one-line comment /* xxx */)
+			if (strpos($line, '*/') !== false && strpos($line, '/*') !== false) {
+				array_splice($lines, $index, 1);
+				break;
+			}
+			if (strpos($line, '*') !== false) {
+				array_splice($lines, $index, 1);
+				continue;
+			}
+			if (trim($line) === '') {
+				array_splice($lines, $index, 1);
+				continue;
+			}
+			break;
+		}
+
+		return [implode(PHP_EOL, $lines), $isStrict];
+	}
+
+	private function getCopyrightNotices($path, $file) {
+		$licenseHeaderCopyrightAtLines = trim(shell_exec("grep -ni 'copyright' $path | cut -d ':' -f 1"));
+		$lineByLine = explode(PHP_EOL, $file);
+		
+		$copyrightNotice = [];
+		if (trim($licenseHeaderCopyrightAtLines !== '')) {
+			$copyrightNotice = array_map(function ($line) use ($lineByLine) {
+				return $lineByLine[(int)$line - 1];
+			}, explode(PHP_EOL, $licenseHeaderCopyrightAtLines));
+		}
+
+		return implode(PHP_EOL, $copyrightNotice);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * check if all lines where changed after the Nextcloud fork.
+	 * That's not a guarantee that we can switch to AGPLv3 or later,
+	 * but a good indicator that we should have a look at the file
+	 *
+	 * @param $path
+	 * @param $gitRoot
+	 */
+	private function checkCopyrightState($path, $gitRoot) {
+		// This was the date the Nextcloud fork was created
+		$deadline = new DateTime('06/06/2016');
+		$deadlineTimestamp = $deadline->getTimestamp();
+
+		$buildDir = getcwd();
+		if ($gitRoot) {
+			chdir($gitRoot);
+			$path = substr($path, strlen($gitRoot));
+		}
+		$out = shell_exec("git --no-pager blame --line-porcelain $path | sed -n 's/^author-time //p'");
+		if ($gitRoot) {
+			chdir($buildDir);
+		}
+		$timestampChanges = explode(PHP_EOL, $out);
+		$timestampChanges = array_slice($timestampChanges, 0, count($timestampChanges) - 1);
+		foreach ($timestampChanges as $timestamp) {
+			if ((int)$timestamp < $deadlineTimestamp) {
+				return;
+			}
+		}
+
+		//all changes after the deadline
+		$this->checkFiles[] = $path;
+	}
+
+	private function printFilesToCheck() {
+		if (!empty($this->checkFiles)) {
+			print "\n";
+			print 'For following files all lines changed since the Nextcloud fork.' . PHP_EOL;
+			print 'Please check if these files can be moved over to AGPLv3 or later' . PHP_EOL;
+			print "\n";
+			foreach ($this->checkFiles as $file) {
+				print $file . PHP_EOL;
+			}
+			print "\n";
+		}
+	}
+
+	private function filterAuthors($authors = []) {
+		$authors = array_filter($authors, function ($author) {
+			return !in_array($author, [
+				'',
+				'Not Committed Yet <not.committed.yet>',
+				'Jenkins for ownCloud <owncloud-bot@tmit.eu>',
+				'Scrutinizer Auto-Fixer <auto-fixer@scrutinizer-ci.com>',
+			]);
+		});
+
+		// Strip out dependabot
+		$authors = array_filter($authors, function ($author) {
+			return strpos($author, 'dependabot') === false;
+		});
+
+		return $authors;
+	}
+
+	private function getCreatorCopyright($file, $gitRoot) {
+		$buildDir = getcwd();
+
+		if ($gitRoot) {
+			chdir($gitRoot);
+			$file = substr($file, strlen($gitRoot));
+		}
+
+		$year = date('Y');
+		$blame = shell_exec("git blame --line-porcelain $file | sed -n 's/^author //p;s/^author-mail //p' | sed 'N;s/\\n/ /'");
+		$authors = explode(PHP_EOL, $blame);
+
+		if ($gitRoot) {
+			chdir($buildDir);
+		}
+
+		$authors = $this->filterAuthors($authors);
+		
+		if ($gitRoot) {
+			$authors = array_map([$this, 'checkCoreMailMap'], $authors);
+			$authors = array_unique($authors);
+		}
+
+		$creator = array_key_exists(0, $authors)
+			? $this->fixInvalidEmail($authors[0])
+			: '';
+		return " * @copyright Copyright (c) $year $creator";
+	}
+
+	private function getAuthors($file, $gitRoot) {
+		// only add authors that changed code and not the license header
+		$licenseHeaderEndsAtLine = trim(shell_exec("grep -n '*/' $file | head -n 1 | cut -d ':' -f 1"));
+		$buildDir = getcwd();
+
+		if ($gitRoot) {
+			chdir($gitRoot);
+			$file = substr($file, strlen($gitRoot));
+		}
+		$out = shell_exec("git blame --line-porcelain -L $licenseHeaderEndsAtLine, $file | sed -n 's/^author //p;s/^author-mail //p' | sed 'N;s/\\n/ /' | sort -f | uniq");
+
+		if ($gitRoot) {
+			chdir($buildDir);
+		}
+
+		$authors = explode(PHP_EOL, $out);
+		$authors = $this->filterAuthors($authors);
+
+		if ($gitRoot) {
+			$authors = array_map([$this, 'checkCoreMailMap'], $authors);
+			$authors = array_unique($authors);
+		}
+
+		$authors = array_map(function ($author) {
+			$author = $this->fixInvalidEmail($author);
+			$this->authors[$author] = $author;
+			return " * @author $author";
+		}, $authors);
+
+		return implode(PHP_EOL, $authors);
+	}
+
+	private function checkCoreMailMap($author) {
+		if (empty($this->mailMap)) {
+			$content = file_get_contents(__DIR__ . '/../.mailmap');
+			$entries = explode("\n", $content);
+			foreach ($entries as $entry) {
+				if (strpos($entry, '> ') === false) {
+					$this->mailMap[$entry] = $entry;
+				} else {
+					[$use, $actual] = explode('> ', $entry);
+					$this->mailMap[$actual] = $use . '>';
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
+		if (isset($this->mailMap[$author])) {
+			return $this->mailMap[$author];
+		}
+		return $author;
+	}
+
+	private function fixInvalidEmail($author) {
+		preg_match('/<(.*)>/', $author, $mailMatch);
+		if (count($mailMatch) === 2 && !filter_var($mailMatch[1], FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL)) {
+			$author = str_replace('<' . $mailMatch[1] . '>', '"' . $mailMatch[1] . '"', $author);
+		}
+		return $author;
+	}
+}
+
+$licenses = new Licenses;
+if (isset($argv[1])) {
+	$licenses->exec($argv[1], isset($argv[2]) ? $argv[1] : false);
+} else {
+	$licenses->exec([
+        // '../.github', // Not possible because of workflow restrictions
+        '../app',
+        '../community-containers',
+        '../Containers',
+        '../manual-install',
+        '../nextcloud-aio-helm-chart',
+        '../php',
+        '../tests',
+        '../compose.yaml',
+        '../develop.md',
+        '../docker-ipv6-support.md',
+        '../docker-rootless.md',
+        '../local-instance.md',
+        '../manual-upgrade.md',
+        '../migration.md',
+        '../multiple-instances.md',
+        '../readme.md',
+        '../reverse-proxy.md',
+	]);
+	$licenses->writeAuthorsFile();
+}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/update-copyright.yml b/.github/workflows/update-copyright.yml
index 425020278bdd..574eb9fe4507 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/update-copyright.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/update-copyright.yml
@@ -11,3 +11,43 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Fetch history
+        run: git fetch --prune --unshallow
+      - name: Set up php
+        uses: shivammathur/setup-php@v2
+        with:
+          php-version: 8.1
+          coverage: none
+
+      - name: Run script
+        run: |
+          set -x
+          cd .build
+          php license.php
+          cd ../
+
+      - name: Run script 2
+        run: |
+          set -x
+          cd ../
+          # todo: remove the single branch below and clone master
+          git clone https://github.com/nextcloud/github_helper.git --depth 1 --single-branch --branch enh/noid/fix-exit
+          ls -la
+          cd github_helper/spdx-convertor
+          composer install
+          cd ../
+          cd ../
+          ls -la
+          php github_helper/spdx-convertor/convert.php ./all-in-one
+
+      - name: Create Pull Request
+        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v7
+        with:
+          commit-message: Update copyright
+          signoff: true
+          title: Update copyright
+          body: Automated updating copyright headers
+          labels: dependencies, 3. to review
+          milestone: next
+          branch: aio-copyright-update
+          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3efaf6ad4545
--- /dev/null
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+<!--
+ - SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 Nextcloud GmbH and Nextcloud contributors
+ - SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
+-->
+# Authors