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+(defgroup license-boilerplate nil
+  "A small script for inserting license boilerplate text into source files.")
+
+(defcustom license-boilerplate-copyright-author
+  nil
+  "The value to insert into the Copyright line."
+  :group 'license-boilerplate
+  :type 'string)
+
+(defun license-boilerplate-gpl-3 ()
+  (interactive)
+  (save-excursion
+    (let ((saved-point (point)))
+      (insert (format "Copyright (C) %s" (format-time-string "%Y")))
+      (when-let ((author license-boilerplate-copyright-author))
+        (insert (format " %s" author)))
+      (insert "\n")
+      (insert "\
+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 <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.")
+      (comment-region saved-point (point)))))
+
+(provide 'license-boilerplate)