diff --git a/license/alfresco_community/header.txt b/license/alfresco_community/header.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..29c7c258e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/license/alfresco_community/header.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+Alfresco is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+(at your option) any later version.
+
+Alfresco 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 Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ 
+You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+along with Alfresco. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/license/alfresco_community/license.txt b/license/alfresco_community/license.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0e9f682a92
--- /dev/null
+++ b/license/alfresco_community/license.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Just put something in here!!
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/license/description.ftl b/license/description.ftl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..462d4d5f3f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/license/description.ftl
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+This file is part of Alfresco.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/license/licenses.properties b/license/licenses.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..19b06c5c37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/license/licenses.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+alfresco_community=Alfresco Community
+alfresco_enterprise=Alfresco Enterprise
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9b7c5144b8..9bbdbfe924 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -94,6 +94,12 @@
       <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
       <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
       <argLine>-Xmx1024m -XX:MaxPermSize=256m -Duser.language=en -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote</argLine>
+	  
+	  <!-- license properties -->
+	  <license.org.name>Alfresco Software Limited</license.org.name>
+	  <license.update.dryrun>true</license.update.dryrun>
+	  <license.verbose>false</license.verbose>
+	  
    </properties>
 
    <build>
diff --git a/rm-community/rm-community-repo/pom.xml b/rm-community/rm-community-repo/pom.xml
index bf5ebcb707..94eea34391 100644
--- a/rm-community/rm-community-repo/pom.xml
+++ b/rm-community/rm-community-repo/pom.xml
@@ -232,8 +232,34 @@
 	        <artifactId>license-maven-plugin</artifactId>
 	        <version>1.8</version>
 	        <configuration>
-	          <verbose>false</verbose>
-	          <addSvnKeyWords>false</addSvnKeyWords>
+	          
+	          <verbose>${license.verbose}</verbose>
+	          <addSvnKeyWords>false</addSvnKeyWords>  
+	          
+	          <!-- header configuration -->            
+              <organizationName>${license.org.name}</organizationName>
+	          <descriptionTemplate>${project.parent.parent.basedir}/license/description.ftl</descriptionTemplate>
+              <canUpdateCopyright>true</canUpdateCopyright>
+              <canUpdateDescription>true</canUpdateDescription>
+	          
+	          <!--  licence configuration -->
+	          <addJavaLicenseAfterPackage>true</addJavaLicenseAfterPackage>
+              <licenseName>alfresco_community</licenseName>
+              <licenseResolver>file:/${project.parent.parent.basedir}/license</licenseResolver>
+              
+              <!-- dry run options -->
+              <dryRun>${license.update.dryrun}</dryRun>
+              <failOnMissingHeader>true</failOnMissingHeader>
+              <failOnNotUptodateHeader>true</failOnNotUptodateHeader>
+              
+              <!--  source roots to check -->
+              <roots>
+				<root>source</root>
+				<root>test</root>
+				<root>unit-test</root>
+				<root>config</root>
+			  </roots>
+			  
 	        </configuration>
 	        <executions>
 	          <execution>
@@ -242,15 +268,6 @@
 	              <goal>update-file-header</goal>
 	            </goals>
 	            <phase>process-sources</phase>
-	            <configuration>
-	              <licenseName>gpl_v3</licenseName>
-	              <roots>
-					<root>source</root>
-					<root>test</root>
-					<root>unit-test</root>
-					<root>config</root>
-				  </roots>
-	            </configuration>
 	          </execution>
 	        </executions>
 	      </plugin>
@@ -289,7 +306,7 @@
                         		</goals>
                         	</pluginExecutionFilter>
                         	<action>
-                        		<execute></execute>
+                        		<ignore></ignore>
                         	</action>
                         </pluginExecution>
                      </pluginExecutions>