diff --git a/sigil/misc/do_notice b/sigil/misc/do_notice
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+# 
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+# 
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+here=$(dirname $0)
+
+find . \
+    ! \( -type d \( -name .svn -o -name build \) -prune \) \
+    ! -name '*.jar'  ! -name .classpath ! -name .project \
+    ! -name '*.gif'  ! -name '*.ico' ! -name '*.png' \
+    ! -name '*.config' ! -name '*.policy' \
+    ! -name '*.swp' ! -name '*.txt' ! -name '*.properties' \
+    -type f |
+xargs $here/notice.pl $*
+
diff --git a/sigil/misc/notice.pl b/sigil/misc/notice.pl
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+#!/usr/bin/env perl
+
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+# 
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+# 
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+use FileHandle;
+
+my $dryrun = 0;
+my $quiet = 0;
+
+#
+# Usage: notice.pl [-n] [-q] files...
+#
+
+my $NOTICE = <<'EOT';
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+EOT
+
+# Note: source code notices must not be changed by code formatter
+
+my $NOTICE_java = $NOTICE;
+$NOTICE_java =~ s/^/ * /gm;
+$NOTICE_java = "/*\n" . $NOTICE_java . " */\n\n";
+
+my $NOTICE_xml = $NOTICE;
+$NOTICE_xml =~ s/^/  /gm;
+$NOTICE_xml = "<!--\n" . $NOTICE_xml . "-->\n";
+
+my $NOTICE_sh = $NOTICE;
+$NOTICE_sh =~ s/^/# /gm;
+
+my $NOTICE_bat = $NOTICE;
+$NOTICE_bat =~ s/^/:: /gm;
+
+sub addNotice {
+    my ($fh, $file, $notice) = @_;
+    print "$file\n";
+
+    return if ($dryrun);
+
+    my $tmp = "$file.tmp";
+    my $fh2 = new FileHandle(">$tmp");
+
+    print $fh2 $notice;
+    while (<$fh>) {
+	print $fh2 $_;
+    }
+
+    unlink($file);
+    rename($tmp, $file);
+}
+
+#
+# locate existing copyright & license
+#	starts at top of file
+#	ends at "package" statement
+#
+sub notice_java {
+    my $file = shift;
+    my $fh = new FileHandle($file);
+    my $header;
+    my $package = undef;
+
+    while (<$fh>) {
+        if (/^package\s+[\w.]+\s*;/) {
+	    $package = $_;
+	    last;
+	}
+	last if ($. > 200);
+	$header .= $_;
+    }
+
+    if (! $package) {
+        print STDERR "$file: ERROR: no package statement.\n";
+	return;
+    }
+
+    return if ($header eq $NOTICE_java);
+
+    # completely replace all before package statement
+    # so DON'T change below, without changing above
+    # to stop at end-of-first-comment.
+    $header = '';
+    #$header = '' if ($header =~ /copyright/im);
+    #$header = "\n" . $header unless ($header =~ /^\n/);
+
+    addNotice($fh, $file, $NOTICE_java . $header . $package);
+}
+
+sub notice_xml {
+    my $file = shift;
+    my $fh = new FileHandle($file);
+    my $header = undef;
+    my $decl = qq(<?xml version="1.0"?>\n);
+    my $end = 0;
+    my $start = 0;
+
+    while (<$fh>) {
+    	if ($. == 1 && /^\<\?/) {
+	    $decl = $_;
+	    next;
+	}
+
+	$header .= $_;
+
+    	if (!$start) {
+	  last unless (/^<!--/);
+	  $start = 1;
+	}
+
+        if (/-->/) {
+	    $end = 1;
+	    last;
+	}
+    }
+
+    return if ($header eq $NOTICE_xml);
+
+    $header = '' if ($header =~ /copyright/im);
+
+    if ($start && !$end) {
+        print STDERR "$file: ERROR: initial comment not terminated.\n";
+	return;
+    }
+
+    addNotice($fh, $file, $decl . $NOTICE_xml . $header);
+}
+
+sub notice_sh {
+    my $file = shift;
+    my $fh = new FileHandle($file);
+    my $header = undef;
+    my $hashbang = undef;
+    my $end = '';
+    my $start = '';
+
+    while (<$fh>) {
+    	if ($. == 1 && /^#!/) {
+	    $hashbang = $_;
+	    next;
+	}
+
+    	if (!$start) {
+	  unless (/^(#|\s*$)/) {
+	    $header = $_;
+	    last;
+	  }
+	  $start = 1;
+	  next if (/^\s*$/);
+	}
+
+        if (!/^#/) {
+	    $end = $_;
+	    last;
+	}
+
+	$header .= $_;
+    }
+
+    return if ($header eq $NOTICE_sh);
+
+    $hashbang .= "\n" if ($hashbang);
+
+    $header = '' if ($header =~ /copyright/im);
+    $header .= $end;
+    $header = "\n" . $header unless ($header =~ /^\n/);
+
+    if ($start && !$end) {
+        print STDERR "$file: ERROR: initial comment not terminated.\n";
+	return;
+    }
+
+    addNotice($fh, $file, $hashbang . $NOTICE_sh . $header);
+}
+
+sub notice_bat {
+    my $file = shift;
+    my $fh = new FileHandle($file);
+    my $header = undef;
+    my $atecho = undef;
+    my $end = '';
+    my $start = '';
+
+    while (<$fh>) {
+	s/\r\n$/\n/;
+    	if ($. == 1 && /^\@echo/) {
+	    $atecho = $_;
+	    next;
+	}
+
+    	if (!$start) {
+	  unless (/^(::|\s*$)/) {
+	    $header = $_;
+	    last;
+	  }
+	  $start = 1;
+	  next if (/^\s*$/);
+	}
+
+        if (!/^::/) {
+	    $end = $_;
+	    last;
+	}
+
+	$header .= $_;
+    }
+
+    return if ($header eq $NOTICE_bat);
+
+    $atecho .= "\n" if ($atecho);
+
+    $header = '' if ($header =~ /copyright/im);
+    $header .= $end;
+    $header = "\n" . $header unless ($header =~ /^\n/);
+
+    if ($start && !$end) {
+        print STDERR "$file: ERROR: initial comment not terminated.\n";
+	return;
+    }
+
+    $header = $atecho . $NOTICE_bat . $header;
+    $header =~ s/\n/\r\n/mg;
+    addNotice($fh, $file, $header);
+}
+
+sub notice_unknown {
+    my $file = shift;
+    my $fh = new FileHandle($file);
+
+    my $line = <$fh>;
+
+    if ($line =~ /^#!/) {
+        notice_sh($file);
+    }
+    elsif ($line =~ /^\<\?xml/) {
+        notice_xml($file);
+    }
+    elsif (! $quiet) {
+	print STDERR "$file: unknown file type.\n";
+    }
+}
+
+foreach my $f (@ARGV) {
+    if ($f eq '-n') {
+	$dryrun++;
+    }
+    elsif ($f eq '-q') {
+	$quiet++;
+    }
+    elsif ($f =~ /\.java$/) {
+	notice_java($f);
+    }
+    elsif ($f =~ /\.(xml|xsd|system|composite)$/) {
+	notice_xml($f);
+    }
+    elsif ($f =~ /\.(sh|app|ini|xargs)$/) {
+	notice_sh($f);
+    }
+    elsif ($f =~ /\.(bat)$/) {
+	notice_bat($f);
+    }
+    else {
+	notice_unknown($f);
+    }
+}
+