diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0b91c350e33eb3b6ac84a2c89a9ace25b230d0e8..7c4cc844ac69852dbe879535801fd31ed25e94a5 100644
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+++ b/README.md
@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@
## Changelog
-### 4.4.0-SNAPSHOT
+### 4.6.0-SNAPSHOT
+* Update [OZGCloud License Generator](ozgcloud-common-license/readme.md)
+
+### 4.4.0
* Integration SBOM in JAR-File (OZG-4833)
* Update to Spring-Boot 3.3.4
* Update netdev.grpc Spring-Boot Starter to 3.1.0-RELEASE
diff --git a/ozgcloud-common-license/readme.md b/ozgcloud-common-license/readme.md
index c471a27f5c0752fa04206b506656f5b7d1902187..b3524b92763895809d95a537771c1651b947e27d 100644
--- a/ozgcloud-common-license/readme.md
+++ b/ozgcloud-common-license/readme.md
@@ -1,40 +1,75 @@
-com.mycila# OzgCloud Common license
+# OzgCloud Common license
-This is a basic Maven-based project that can be used as license provider for all OzgCloud Projects
+This is a license provider for all OzgCloud Projects.
-It provides the the header and full text of the german [EUPL Version 1.2 license][license]
+It uses the ["license-maven-plugin"](https://github.com/mathieucarbou/license-maven-plugin/).
+It contains the header and full text of the german [EUPL Version 1.2 license](https://eupl.eu/1.2/de/). The header file is templated to get the correct "year of introduction" for one specific file. The mechanism uses the Git history.
-## Usage
+> [!NOTE]
+> Some developers have a license-header with a *fixed* "year-of-introduction" in their IDE (see [project-setup](https://git.ozg-sh.de/ozgcloud-doc/dokumentation/src/branch/master/Entwicklungsumgebung#code-templates)). Running the plugin may overwrite this value (surprisingly) to a correct value from the Git History.
-It is a library, meant to be included as a dependency on any project which may want to make use of it.
+The recommendation is to use the (managed) preconfiguration which ideally suits every project. This config is part of OZG-Parent-Projects ([common-lib](../pom.xml) or [ozgcloud-common-parent](../ozgcloud-common-parent/pom.xml)).
-To use it add
+The plugin may get executed:
+* manually - When a developer has to (bulk-) update all files in a project
+* Pre-Push-Hook - To make sure, all pushed files contain license headers
+
+## Commands
+
+To add or update the license header to file run:
+```bash
+mvn license:format
+```
+
+To verify if there are files with missing license header run:
+```bash
+mvn license:check
+```
+
+## Configuration
+
+### Use managed Version
+Add inceptionYear to your project pom.xml:
```xml
-<ozgcloud.license.version>1.4.0</ozgcloud.license.version>
+<inceptionYear>2020</inceptionYear>
```
-to the properties section of the pom.xml file.
-In the plugins section add
+Add this section to your project main pom.xml:
+```xml
+<build>
+ <pluginManagement>
+ <plugins>
+ <plugin>
+ <groupId>com.mycila</groupId>
+ <artifactId>license-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+ </plugin>
+ </plugins>
+ </pluginManagement>
+</build>
+```
+It will include the preconfigured License-Plugin to your project.
+
+### Use custom version (older approach)
+> [!CAUTION]
+> The preconfigured License-Plugin is extended to review Git-History to find the "Year of inception" for a file (see [OZG-6839](https://jira.mgm-tp.com/jira/browse/OZG-6839))
+> If your custom configuration uses the provided [header.txt](src/main/resources/license/eupl_v1_2_de/header.txt), without the Git-Plugin, the year will be missing.
+
+In your properties section of the pom.xml, add the current version of this:
+
+```xml
+<ozgcloud.license.version>1.8.0</ozgcloud.license.version>
+```
+In the plugins section add:
```xml
<plugin>
<groupId>com.mycila</groupId>
<artifactId>license-maven-plugin</artifactId>
- <version>4.1</version>
+ <version>4.6</version>
<configuration>
- <licenseSets>
- <licenseSet>
- <header>license/eupl_v1_2_de/header.txt</header>
- <excludes>
- <exclude>**/README</exclude>
- <exclude>src/test/resources/**</exclude>
- <exclude>src/main/resources/**</exclude>
- <exclude>pom.xml</exclude>
- </excludes>
- </licenseSet>
- </licenseSets>
+ <!-- Your custom configuration -->
</configuration>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
@@ -44,22 +79,4 @@ In the plugins section add
</dependency>
</dependencies>
</plugin>
-```
-To add or update the license header to file run
-```
-mvn license:format
-```
-
-To verify if there are files with missing lisence header run
-```
-mvn license:check
-```
-
-For more information about the usage see the [Plugin Homepage][pluginHomePage]
-
-## License
-
-The project has been released under the [EUPL License][license].
-
-[license]: https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/collection/eupl/eupl-text-eupl-12
-[pluginHomePage]: https://mycila.carbou.me/license-maven-plugin/
+```
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1c2c2bb48d2ff9c767793c097df6dddc8d899277..1337e4edb6678539240fa41bf34dd78b899e19aa 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -91,17 +91,18 @@
<mapping>
<proto>SLASHSTAR_STYLE</proto>
<config>SCRIPT_STYLE</config>
+ <md>XML_STYLE</md>
</mapping>
<licenseSets>
<licenseSet>
<header>license/eupl_v1_2_de/header.txt</header>
- <excludes>
- <exclude>**/README</exclude>
- <exclude>src/test/resources/**</exclude>
- <exclude>src/main/resources/**</exclude>
- </excludes>
</licenseSet>
</licenseSets>
+ <excludes>
+ <exclude>**/.angular/cache/**</exclude>
+ <exclude>**/.nx/**</exclude>
+ <exclude>**/node_modules/**</exclude>
+ </excludes>
</configuration>
<dependencies>
<dependency>