diff --git a/build/license.php b/build/license.php
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-<?php
-
-/**
- * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2016-2024 Nextcloud GmbH and Nextcloud contributors
- * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2016 ownCloud, Inc.
- * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
- */
-
-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', 'templates', 'composer', '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)$/i');
-
-		foreach ($iterator as $file) {
-			/** @var SplFileInfo $file */
-			$this->handleFile($file, $gitRoot);
-		}
-
-		$this->printFilesToCheck();
-	}
-
-	public function writeAuthorsFile() {
-		ksort($this->authors);
-		$template = 'Nextcloud is written by:
-@AUTHORS@
-
-With help from many libraries and frameworks including:
-	Open Collaboration Services
-	SabreDAV
-	jQuery
-	…
-';
-		$authors = implode(PHP_EOL, array_map(function ($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);
-
-		$source = file_get_contents($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 {
-			$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));
-		}
-
-		$year = trim(shell_exec('date +%Y -d "$(git log --format=%aD ../apps/files/lib/Controller/ViewController.php | tail -1)"'));
-		$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([
-		'../apps/admin_audit',
-		'../apps/cloud_federation_api',
-		'../apps/comments',
-		'../apps/contactsinteraction',
-		'../apps/dashboard',
-		'../apps/dav',
-		'../apps/encryption',
-		'../apps/federatedfilesharing',
-		'../apps/federation',
-		'../apps/files',
-		'../apps/files_external',
-		'../apps/files_sharing',
-		'../apps/files_trashbin',
-		'../apps/files_versions',
-		'../apps/lookup_server_connector',
-		'../apps/oauth2',
-		'../apps/provisioning_api',
-		'../apps/settings',
-		'../apps/sharebymail',
-		'../apps/systemtags',
-		'../apps/testing',
-		'../apps/theming',
-		'../apps/twofactor_backupcodes',
-		'../apps/updatenotification',
-		'../apps/user_ldap',
-		'../apps/user_status',
-		'../apps/weather_status',
-		'../apps/workflowengine',
-		'../build/integration/features/bootstrap',
-		'../core',
-		'../lib',
-		'../ocs',
-		'../console.php',
-		'../cron.php',
-		'../index.php',
-		'../public.php',
-		'../remote.php',
-		'../status.php',
-		'../version.php',
-	]);
-	$licenses->writeAuthorsFile();
-}