diff --git a/.idea/copyright/Nextcloud_Talk___Android_Client.xml b/.idea/copyright/Nextcloud_Talk___Android_Client.xml
index e92aa5e06e3..98850d7cf6e 100644
--- a/.idea/copyright/Nextcloud_Talk___Android_Client.xml
+++ b/.idea/copyright/Nextcloud_Talk___Android_Client.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-
+
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/AUTHORS.md b/AUTHORS.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ba63a0e2bee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/AUTHORS.md
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+
+# Authors
+
+* Abhishek Tiwari
+* Adam Serbinski
+* Allan Nordhøy
+* Álvaro Brey
+* Amanda Rosene
+* Andy Scherzinger
+* Edvard Holst
+* Bhavesh Kumawat
+* Biswajit Das
+* Christian Reiner
+* Daniel Bailey
+* Daniel Calviño Sánchez
+* Dariusz Olszewski
+* David Leibovych
+* Dominik Schürmann
+* eho
+* Enrique López Mañas
+* Ezhil Shanmugham
+* fariba khandani
+* Florian Ludwig
+* gavine99
+* Giacomo Pacini
+* Grigorii K. Shartsev
+* hidrohase
+* Jan-Christoph Borchardt
+* jld3103
+* Joas Schilling
+* John Molakvoæ
+* Jos Poortvliet
+* Josh
+* Julius Linus
+* Marcel Hibbe
+* Mario Danic
+* MichaIng <28480705+MichaIng@users.noreply.github.com>
+* Morris Jobke
+* o0lwj0o <373911550@qq.com>
+* Parneet Singh
+* Poussinou
+* rakekniven
+* rapterjet2004
+* sim
+* Smarshal21
+* sokai
+* Sowjanya Kota
+* Stefan Niedermann
+* Stephan Ritscher
+* Tarek Loubani
+* Tilo Spannagel
+* Tim Krüger
+* Tobias Kaminsky
+* Valdnet <47037905+Valdnet@users.noreply.github.com>
+* Viktor Balogh
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 20138aa854c..ab016153b93 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -120,11 +120,11 @@ There are three build variants
### Apply a license
Nextcloud doesn't require a CLA (Contributor License Agreement).
-The copyright belongs to all the individual contributors.
-Therefore we recommend that every contributor adds following line to the header of a file, if they changed it substantially:
+The copyright belongs to all the individual contributors.
+Therefore we recommend that every contributor adds the following line to the [AUTHORS.md](AUTHORS.md) file if they made substantial changes to the code:
```
-Copyright (c)
+-
```
See section [Adding new files](#adding-new-files) for templates which can be used in new files.
@@ -189,53 +189,25 @@ If automatic backport fails, it will create a comment.
### Adding new files
If you create a new file it needs to contain a license header. We encourage you to use the same license (GPL3+) as we do.
-Copyright of Nextcloud GmbH is optional.
+Copyright of Nextcloud GmbH is optional. Individual contributor names shall go into [AUTHORS.md](AUTHORS.md) so headers are kept brief.
Source code of app:
```java/kotlin
/*
- * Nextcloud Talk application
+ * Nextcloud Talk - Android Client
*
- * @author Your Name
- * Copyright (C) 2021 Your Name
- * Copyright (C) 2021 Nextcloud GmbH
- *
- * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU 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 General Public License for more details.
- *
- * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- * along with this program. If not, see .
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026 Nextcloud GmbH and Nextcloud contributors
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
*/
```
- XML (layout) file:
+ XML file:
```xml
```