diff --git a/scripts/license.sh b/scripts/license.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+YEAR=`cat LICENSE.txt | grep "^Copyright" | awk '{print $3}'`
+NOW=`date '+%Y'`
+
+if [ $NOW -gt $YEAR ]; then
+	echo "Current year $NOW > $YEAR, updating license..."
+	LICENSE=`cat LICENSE.txt`
+	UPDATED=`echo "${LICENSE}" | sed "s/${YEAR}/${NOW}/"`
+	echo "${UPDATED}" > LICENSE.txt
+fi
+