diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index fc049fbcddc..7bea590dee7 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #                   OpenMS -- Open-Source Mass Spectrometry
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Copyright The OpenMS Team -- Eberhard Karls University Tuebingen,
-# ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-2023.
+# ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-.
 #
 # This software is released under a three-clause BSD license:
 #  * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
index 6f22454f73f..de37410d803 100644
--- a/LICENSE
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
                   OpenMS -- Open-Source Mass Spectrometry
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Copyright The OpenMS Team -- Eberhard Karls University Tuebingen,
-ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-2023.
+ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-.
 
 This software is released under a three-clause BSD license:
  * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
diff --git a/LICENSE.md-E b/LICENSE.md-E
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6d53a770661
--- /dev/null
+++ b/LICENSE.md-E
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+BSD 3-Clause License
+
+Copyright (c) 2002-2023, The OpenMS Team -- Eberhard Karls University Tuebingen, ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin
+All rights reserved.
+
+Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
+
+1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this
+   list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+
+2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice,
+   this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation
+   and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
+
+3. Neither the name of the copyright holder nor the names of its
+   contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from
+   this software without specific prior written permission.
+
+THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS"
+AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
+IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE
+DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
+FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
+DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR
+SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER
+CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY,
+OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
+OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
diff --git a/License.txt b/License.txt
index d55fa18d8cc..af0971b101c 100644
--- a/License.txt
+++ b/License.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
                   OpenMS -- Open-Source Mass Spectrometry
 -----------------------------------------------------------------
 Copyright The OpenMS Team -- Eberhard Karls University Tuebingen,
-ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-2023.
+ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-.
 
 This software is released under a three-clause BSD license:
  * Redistributions of source code must retain the above
diff --git a/cmake/AddressSanitizer.cmake b/cmake/AddressSanitizer.cmake
index 220c5e70016..8a1236433c5 100644
--- a/cmake/AddressSanitizer.cmake
+++ b/cmake/AddressSanitizer.cmake
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #                   OpenMS -- Open-Source Mass Spectrometry
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Copyright The OpenMS Team -- Eberhard Karls University Tuebingen,
-# ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-2023.
+# ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-.
 #
 # This software is released under a three-clause BSD license:
 #  * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
diff --git a/cmake/Coverage.cmake b/cmake/Coverage.cmake
index 6cb85f04e6f..f05e4223679 100644
--- a/cmake/Coverage.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Coverage.cmake
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #                   OpenMS -- Open-Source Mass Spectrometry
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Copyright The OpenMS Team -- Eberhard Karls University Tuebingen,
-# ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-2023.
+# ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-.
 #
 # This software is released under a three-clause BSD license:
 #  * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
diff --git a/cmake/MacOSX/TOPP_bash_profile b/cmake/MacOSX/TOPP_bash_profile
index fb892dd80a1..ae6a3b471a1 100644
--- a/cmake/MacOSX/TOPP_bash_profile
+++ b/cmake/MacOSX/TOPP_bash_profile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 ##                   OpenMS -- Open-Source Mass Spectrometry               
 ## --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 ## Copyright The OpenMS Team -- Eberhard Karls University Tuebingen,
-## ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-2023.
+## ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-.
 ## 
 ## This software is released under a three-clause BSD license:
 ##  * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
diff --git a/cmake/MacOSX/fix_dependencies.rb b/cmake/MacOSX/fix_dependencies.rb
index 21d0304378d..29f7619a780 100755
--- a/cmake/MacOSX/fix_dependencies.rb
+++ b/cmake/MacOSX/fix_dependencies.rb
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #                   OpenMS -- Open-Source Mass Spectrometry
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Copyright The OpenMS Team -- Eberhard Karls University Tuebingen,
-# ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-2023.
+# ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-.
 #
 # This software is released under a three-clause BSD license:
 #  * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
diff --git a/cmake/MacOSX/sign_bins_and_libs.rb b/cmake/MacOSX/sign_bins_and_libs.rb
index 20f9076b09a..28af1a32904 100755
--- a/cmake/MacOSX/sign_bins_and_libs.rb
+++ b/cmake/MacOSX/sign_bins_and_libs.rb
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #                   OpenMS -- Open-Source Mass Spectrometry
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Copyright The OpenMS Team -- Eberhard Karls University Tuebingen,
-# ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-2023.
+# ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-.
 #
 # This software is released under a three-clause BSD license:
 #  * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
diff --git a/cmake/Modules/CheckLibArchitecture.cmake b/cmake/Modules/CheckLibArchitecture.cmake
index c63625aae19..722e44b2d8a 100644
--- a/cmake/Modules/CheckLibArchitecture.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Modules/CheckLibArchitecture.cmake
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #                   OpenMS -- Open-Source Mass Spectrometry
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Copyright The OpenMS Team -- Eberhard Karls University Tuebingen,
-# ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-2023.
+# ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-.
 #
 # This software is released under a three-clause BSD license:
 #  * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
diff --git a/cmake/Modules/FindCOIN.cmake b/cmake/Modules/FindCOIN.cmake
index dcbf846f0fd..ac9122be1f3 100644
--- a/cmake/Modules/FindCOIN.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Modules/FindCOIN.cmake
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #
 #=============================================================================
 # Copyright The OpenMS Team -- Eberhard Karls University Tuebingen,
-# ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-2023.
+# ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-.
 #
 # This software is released under a three-clause BSD license:
 #  * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
diff --git a/cmake/Modules/FindLIBSVM.cmake b/cmake/Modules/FindLIBSVM.cmake
index dc0ac02b6b2..e05650925cc 100644
--- a/cmake/Modules/FindLIBSVM.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Modules/FindLIBSVM.cmake
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #
 #=============================================================================
 # Copyright The OpenMS Team -- Eberhard Karls University Tuebingen,
-# ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-2023.
+# ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-.
 #
 # This software is released under a three-clause BSD license:
 #  * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
diff --git a/cmake/OpenMSConfig.cmake.in b/cmake/OpenMSConfig.cmake.in
index b68e8891569..1cf48dc1503 100644
--- a/cmake/OpenMSConfig.cmake.in
+++ b/cmake/OpenMSConfig.cmake.in
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #                   OpenMS -- Open-Source Mass Spectrometry
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Copyright The OpenMS Team -- Eberhard Karls University Tuebingen,
-# ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-2023.
+# ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-.
 #
 # This software is released under a three-clause BSD license:
 #  * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
diff --git a/cmake/OpenMSConfigVersion.cmake.in b/cmake/OpenMSConfigVersion.cmake.in
index 198d0db53db..a67d16cbc7a 100644
--- a/cmake/OpenMSConfigVersion.cmake.in
+++ b/cmake/OpenMSConfigVersion.cmake.in
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #                   OpenMS -- Open-Source Mass Spectrometry
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Copyright The OpenMS Team -- Eberhard Karls University Tuebingen,
-# ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-2023.
+# ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-.
 #
 # This software is released under a three-clause BSD license:
 #  * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
diff --git a/cmake/add_library_macros.cmake b/cmake/add_library_macros.cmake
index cc575e588f7..bba4acafe61 100644
--- a/cmake/add_library_macros.cmake
+++ b/cmake/add_library_macros.cmake
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #                   OpenMS -- Open-Source Mass Spectrometry
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Copyright The OpenMS Team -- Eberhard Karls University Tuebingen,
-# ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-2023.
+# ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-.
 #
 # This software is released under a three-clause BSD license:
 #  * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
diff --git a/cmake/build_system_macros.cmake b/cmake/build_system_macros.cmake
index 16c112d6478..0572fe9b970 100644
--- a/cmake/build_system_macros.cmake
+++ b/cmake/build_system_macros.cmake
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #                   OpenMS -- Open-Source Mass Spectrometry
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Copyright The OpenMS Team -- Eberhard Karls University Tuebingen,
-# ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-2023.
+# ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-.
 #
 # This software is released under a three-clause BSD license:
 #  * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
diff --git a/cmake/cmake_findExternalLibs.cmake b/cmake/cmake_findExternalLibs.cmake
index b997a4d5e6f..b9300303159 100644
--- a/cmake/cmake_findExternalLibs.cmake
+++ b/cmake/cmake_findExternalLibs.cmake
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #                   OpenMS -- Open-Source Mass Spectrometry
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Copyright The OpenMS Team -- Eberhard Karls University Tuebingen,
-# ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-2023.
+# ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-.
 #
 # This software is released under a three-clause BSD license:
 #  * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
diff --git a/cmake/compiler_flags.cmake b/cmake/compiler_flags.cmake
index ee6558b2f1e..939621c517a 100644
--- a/cmake/compiler_flags.cmake
+++ b/cmake/compiler_flags.cmake
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #                   OpenMS -- Open-Source Mass Spectrometry
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Copyright The OpenMS Team -- Eberhard Karls University Tuebingen,
-# ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-2023.
+# ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-.
 #
 # This software is released under a three-clause BSD license:
 #  * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
diff --git a/cmake/doc_macros.cmake b/cmake/doc_macros.cmake
index 0936c0709af..925b598a769 100644
--- a/cmake/doc_macros.cmake
+++ b/cmake/doc_macros.cmake
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #                   OpenMS -- Open-Source Mass Spectrometry
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Copyright The OpenMS Team -- Eberhard Karls University Tuebingen,
-# ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-2023.
+# ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-.
 #
 # This software is released under a three-clause BSD license:
 #  * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
diff --git a/cmake/export_macros.cmake b/cmake/export_macros.cmake
index a9ee1599143..151cc8c1054 100644
--- a/cmake/export_macros.cmake
+++ b/cmake/export_macros.cmake
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #                   OpenMS -- Open-Source Mass Spectrometry
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Copyright The OpenMS Team -- Eberhard Karls University Tuebingen,
-# ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-2023.
+# ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-.
 #
 # This software is released under a three-clause BSD license:
 #  * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
diff --git a/cmake/install_macros.cmake b/cmake/install_macros.cmake
index 7f937efb845..27400cf112f 100644
--- a/cmake/install_macros.cmake
+++ b/cmake/install_macros.cmake
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #                   OpenMS -- Open-Source Mass Spectrometry
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Copyright The OpenMS Team -- Eberhard Karls University Tuebingen,
-# ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-2023.
+# ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-.
 #
 # This software is released under a three-clause BSD license:
 #  * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
diff --git a/cmake/knime/COPYRIGHT b/cmake/knime/COPYRIGHT
index b0fb012cc78..a79720a3cbe 100644
--- a/cmake/knime/COPYRIGHT
+++ b/cmake/knime/COPYRIGHT
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 Copyright The OpenMS Team -- Eberhard Karls University Tuebingen,
-ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-2023.
+ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-.
diff --git a/cmake/knime/LICENSE b/cmake/knime/LICENSE
index 3618186837d..8084193614e 100644
--- a/cmake/knime/LICENSE
+++ b/cmake/knime/LICENSE
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ BSD 3-Clause License
                   OpenMS -- Open-Source Mass Spectrometry
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Copyright The OpenMS Team -- Eberhard Karls University Tuebingen,
-ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-2023.
+ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-.
 
 This software is released under a three-clause BSD license:
  * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
diff --git a/cmake/knime/TPCOPYRIGHT b/cmake/knime/TPCOPYRIGHT
index 0ace0908588..cf7dc30cb43 100644
--- a/cmake/knime/TPCOPYRIGHT
+++ b/cmake/knime/TPCOPYRIGHT
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 For the plugin infrastructure and the adapter code, the
 copyright belongs to The OpenMS Team -- Eberhard Karls University Tuebingen,
-ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-2023.
+ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-.
 
 For the underlying thirdparty executables, please see the description of
 the individual nodes.
diff --git a/cmake/knime/TPLICENSE b/cmake/knime/TPLICENSE
index a34815cce8b..083d8239809 100644
--- a/cmake/knime/TPLICENSE
+++ b/cmake/knime/TPLICENSE
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ License of the wrapping framework:
                   OpenMS -- Open-Source Mass Spectrometry
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Copyright The OpenMS Team -- Eberhard Karls University Tuebingen,
-ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-2023.
+ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-.
 
 This software is released under a three-clause BSD license:
  * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
diff --git a/cmake/knime/change_exec_name_in_ctd.cmake b/cmake/knime/change_exec_name_in_ctd.cmake
index f274fc025f8..0fee3dcbb53 100644
--- a/cmake/knime/change_exec_name_in_ctd.cmake
+++ b/cmake/knime/change_exec_name_in_ctd.cmake
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #                   OpenMS -- Open-Source Mass Spectrometry
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Copyright The OpenMS Team -- Eberhard Karls University Tuebingen,
-# ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-2023.
+# ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-.
 #
 # This software is released under a three-clause BSD license:
 #  * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
diff --git a/cmake/knime/common.cmake b/cmake/knime/common.cmake
index 14a0fe54a50..f7eae7b8668 100644
--- a/cmake/knime/common.cmake
+++ b/cmake/knime/common.cmake
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #                   OpenMS -- Open-Source Mass Spectrometry
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Copyright The OpenMS Team -- Eberhard Karls University Tuebingen,
-# ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-2023.
+# ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-.
 #
 # This software is released under a three-clause BSD license:
 #  * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
diff --git a/cmake/knime/compress_payload.cmake b/cmake/knime/compress_payload.cmake
index 4d751e6591a..d736a236a4b 100644
--- a/cmake/knime/compress_payload.cmake
+++ b/cmake/knime/compress_payload.cmake
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #                   OpenMS -- Open-Source Mass Spectrometry
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Copyright The OpenMS Team -- Eberhard Karls University Tuebingen,
-# ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-2023.
+# ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-.
 #
 # This software is released under a three-clause BSD license:
 #  * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
diff --git a/cmake/knime/configure_plugin_properties.cmake b/cmake/knime/configure_plugin_properties.cmake
index 1077a30c3df..6e4dcc00547 100644
--- a/cmake/knime/configure_plugin_properties.cmake
+++ b/cmake/knime/configure_plugin_properties.cmake
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #                   OpenMS -- Open-Source Mass Spectrometry
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Copyright The OpenMS Team -- Eberhard Karls University Tuebingen,
-# ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-2023.
+# ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-.
 #
 # This software is released under a three-clause BSD license:
 #  * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
diff --git a/cmake/knime/copy_binaries_ini.cmake b/cmake/knime/copy_binaries_ini.cmake
index 1a48557291a..ce79013b473 100644
--- a/cmake/knime/copy_binaries_ini.cmake
+++ b/cmake/knime/copy_binaries_ini.cmake
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #                   OpenMS -- Open-Source Mass Spectrometry
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Copyright The OpenMS Team -- Eberhard Karls University Tuebingen,
-# ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-2023.
+# ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-.
 #
 # This software is released under a three-clause BSD license:
 #  * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
diff --git a/cmake/knime/copy_searchengines.cmake b/cmake/knime/copy_searchengines.cmake
index 7e7fdd21669..d7dac18db32 100644
--- a/cmake/knime/copy_searchengines.cmake
+++ b/cmake/knime/copy_searchengines.cmake
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #                   OpenMS -- Open-Source Mass Spectrometry
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Copyright The OpenMS Team -- Eberhard Karls University Tuebingen,
-# ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-2023.
+# ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-.
 #
 # This software is released under a three-clause BSD license:
 #  * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
diff --git a/cmake/knime/copy_share.cmake b/cmake/knime/copy_share.cmake
index eb7ded23335..7d1c272142f 100644
--- a/cmake/knime/copy_share.cmake
+++ b/cmake/knime/copy_share.cmake
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #                   OpenMS -- Open-Source Mass Spectrometry
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Copyright The OpenMS Team -- Eberhard Karls University Tuebingen,
-# ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-2023.
+# ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-.
 #
 # This software is released under a three-clause BSD license:
 #  * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
diff --git a/cmake/knime/remove_parameter_from_ctd.cmake b/cmake/knime/remove_parameter_from_ctd.cmake
index e55e570a1fc..fceb112c547 100644
--- a/cmake/knime/remove_parameter_from_ctd.cmake
+++ b/cmake/knime/remove_parameter_from_ctd.cmake
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #                   OpenMS -- Open-Source Mass Spectrometry
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Copyright The OpenMS Team -- Eberhard Karls University Tuebingen,
-# ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-2023.
+# ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-.
 #
 # This software is released under a three-clause BSD license:
 #  * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
diff --git a/cmake/knime_package_support.cmake b/cmake/knime_package_support.cmake
index 52c77928bde..efed5fd4b82 100644
--- a/cmake/knime_package_support.cmake
+++ b/cmake/knime_package_support.cmake
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #                   OpenMS -- Open-Source Mass Spectrometry
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Copyright The OpenMS Team -- Eberhard Karls University Tuebingen,
-# ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-2023.
+# ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-.
 #
 # This software is released under a three-clause BSD license:
 #  * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
diff --git a/cmake/messages.cmake b/cmake/messages.cmake
index af28e0005fe..49358185548 100644
--- a/cmake/messages.cmake
+++ b/cmake/messages.cmake
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #                   OpenMS -- Open-Source Mass Spectrometry
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Copyright The OpenMS Team -- Eberhard Karls University Tuebingen,
-# ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-2023.
+# ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-.
 #
 # This software is released under a three-clause BSD license:
 #  * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
diff --git a/cmake/multithreading.cmake b/cmake/multithreading.cmake
index d54aff12a89..572dda0cab0 100644
--- a/cmake/multithreading.cmake
+++ b/cmake/multithreading.cmake
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #                   OpenMS -- Open-Source Mass Spectrometry
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Copyright The OpenMS Team -- Eberhard Karls University Tuebingen,
-# ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-2023.
+# ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-.
 #
 # This software is released under a three-clause BSD license:
 #  * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
diff --git a/cmake/package_components.cmake b/cmake/package_components.cmake
index a18e4c177d7..2053e8f8393 100644
--- a/cmake/package_components.cmake
+++ b/cmake/package_components.cmake
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #                   OpenMS -- Open-Source Mass Spectrometry
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Copyright The OpenMS Team -- Eberhard Karls University Tuebingen,
-# ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-2023.
+# ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-.
 #
 # This software is released under a three-clause BSD license:
 #  * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
diff --git a/cmake/package_deb.cmake b/cmake/package_deb.cmake
index 6b8323d2601..4177e3439a9 100644
--- a/cmake/package_deb.cmake
+++ b/cmake/package_deb.cmake
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #                   OpenMS -- Open-Source Mass Spectrometry
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Copyright The OpenMS Team -- Eberhard Karls University Tuebingen,
-# ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-2023.
+# ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-.
 #
 # This software is released under a three-clause BSD license:
 #  * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
diff --git a/cmake/package_definitions.cmake b/cmake/package_definitions.cmake
index dedd472e41e..910a9f6c93c 100644
--- a/cmake/package_definitions.cmake
+++ b/cmake/package_definitions.cmake
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #                   OpenMS -- Open-Source Mass Spectrometry
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Copyright The OpenMS Team -- Eberhard Karls University Tuebingen,
-# ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-2023.
+# ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-.
 #
 # This software is released under a three-clause BSD license:
 #  * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
diff --git a/cmake/package_dragndrop_dmg.cmake b/cmake/package_dragndrop_dmg.cmake
index 8ed1a405bb1..d3177ee427f 100644
--- a/cmake/package_dragndrop_dmg.cmake
+++ b/cmake/package_dragndrop_dmg.cmake
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #                   OpenMS -- Open-Source Mass Spectrometry
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Copyright The OpenMS Team -- Eberhard Karls University Tuebingen,
-# ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-2023.
+# ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-.
 #
 # This software is released under a three-clause BSD license:
 #  * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
diff --git a/cmake/package_general.cmake b/cmake/package_general.cmake
index f751bbe6e41..b6455268abf 100644
--- a/cmake/package_general.cmake
+++ b/cmake/package_general.cmake
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #                   OpenMS -- Open-Source Mass Spectrometry
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Copyright The OpenMS Team -- Eberhard Karls University Tuebingen,
-# ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-2023.
+# ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-.
 #
 # This software is released under a three-clause BSD license:
 #  * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
diff --git a/cmake/package_mac_productbuild.cmake b/cmake/package_mac_productbuild.cmake
index c5eba140da5..1f001f7e9c4 100644
--- a/cmake/package_mac_productbuild.cmake
+++ b/cmake/package_mac_productbuild.cmake
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #                   OpenMS -- Open-Source Mass Spectrometry
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Copyright The OpenMS Team -- Eberhard Karls University Tuebingen,
-# ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-2023.
+# ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-.
 #
 # This software is released under a three-clause BSD license:
 #  * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
diff --git a/cmake/package_nsis.cmake b/cmake/package_nsis.cmake
index 99d4d9255f5..ce1306d4c95 100644
--- a/cmake/package_nsis.cmake
+++ b/cmake/package_nsis.cmake
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #                   OpenMS -- Open-Source Mass Spectrometry
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Copyright The OpenMS Team -- Eberhard Karls University Tuebingen,
-# ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-2023.
+# ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-.
 #
 # This software is released under a three-clause BSD license:
 #  * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
diff --git a/cmake/package_rpm.cmake b/cmake/package_rpm.cmake
index 1919392f4f2..240c5207112 100644
--- a/cmake/package_rpm.cmake
+++ b/cmake/package_rpm.cmake
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #                   OpenMS -- Open-Source Mass Spectrometry
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Copyright The OpenMS Team -- Eberhard Karls University Tuebingen,
-# ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-2023.
+# ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-.
 #
 # This software is released under a three-clause BSD license:
 #  * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
diff --git a/cmake/setup_lib_find_paths.cmake b/cmake/setup_lib_find_paths.cmake
index 3eda8e9a3a7..1c51b7ea2cd 100644
--- a/cmake/setup_lib_find_paths.cmake
+++ b/cmake/setup_lib_find_paths.cmake
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #                   OpenMS -- Open-Source Mass Spectrometry
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Copyright The OpenMS Team -- Eberhard Karls University Tuebingen,
-# ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-2023.
+# ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-.
 #
 # This software is released under a three-clause BSD license:
 #  * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
diff --git a/cmake/stl_debug.cmake b/cmake/stl_debug.cmake
index 799f8cfbb27..23c55dfa752 100644
--- a/cmake/stl_debug.cmake
+++ b/cmake/stl_debug.cmake
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #                   OpenMS -- Open-Source Mass Spectrometry
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Copyright The OpenMS Team -- Eberhard Karls University Tuebingen,
-# ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-2023.
+# ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-.
 #
 # This software is released under a three-clause BSD license:
 #  * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
diff --git a/doc/CMakeLists.txt b/doc/CMakeLists.txt
index 20a1251616e..e16db384fdd 100644
--- a/doc/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/doc/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #                   OpenMS -- Open-Source Mass Spectrometry
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Copyright The OpenMS Team -- Eberhard Karls University Tuebingen,
-# ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-2023.
+# ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-.
 #
 # This software is released under a three-clause BSD license:
 #  * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
diff --git a/doc/code_examples/CMakeLists.txt b/doc/code_examples/CMakeLists.txt
index 1187f17542f..2011015b474 100644
--- a/doc/code_examples/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/doc/code_examples/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #                   OpenMS -- Open-Source Mass Spectrometry
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Copyright The OpenMS Team -- Eberhard Karls University Tuebingen,
-# ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-2023.
+# ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-.
 #
 # This software is released under a three-clause BSD license:
 #  * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 4f30739043d..da02c4a9f1f 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #                   OpenMS -- Open-Source Mass Spectrometry
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Copyright The OpenMS Team -- Eberhard Karls University Tuebingen,
-# ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-2023.
+# ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-.
 #
 # This software is released under a three-clause BSD license:
 #  * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
diff --git a/src/openms/CMakeLists.txt b/src/openms/CMakeLists.txt
index d7e4439301f..2e7ad75abf9 100644
--- a/src/openms/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/openms/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #                   OpenMS -- Open-Source Mass Spectrometry
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Copyright The OpenMS Team -- Eberhard Karls University Tuebingen,
-# ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-2023.
+# ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-.
 #
 # This software is released under a three-clause BSD license:
 #  * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
diff --git a/src/openms/configh.cmake b/src/openms/configh.cmake
index 78639ec833f..056ed932797 100755
--- a/src/openms/configh.cmake
+++ b/src/openms/configh.cmake
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #                   OpenMS -- Open-Source Mass Spectrometry
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Copyright The OpenMS Team -- Eberhard Karls University Tuebingen,
-# ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-2023.
+# ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-.
 #
 # This software is released under a three-clause BSD license:
 #  * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
diff --git a/src/openms/include/OpenMS/openms_data_path.h.in b/src/openms/include/OpenMS/openms_data_path.h.in
index e6b7b562f65..36f27058aa2 100644
--- a/src/openms/include/OpenMS/openms_data_path.h.in
+++ b/src/openms/include/OpenMS/openms_data_path.h.in
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 //                   OpenMS -- Open-Source Mass Spectrometry
 // --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Copyright The OpenMS Team -- Eberhard Karls University Tuebingen,
-// ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-2023.
+// ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-.
 //
 // This software is released under a three-clause BSD license:
 //  * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
diff --git a/src/openms/thirdparty/CMakeLists.txt b/src/openms/thirdparty/CMakeLists.txt
index e453cdc1f0e..6dc2cfe50d3 100644
--- a/src/openms/thirdparty/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/openms/thirdparty/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #                   OpenMS -- Open-Source Mass Spectrometry
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Copyright The OpenMS Team -- Eberhard Karls University Tuebingen,
-# ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-2023.
+# ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-.
 #
 # This software is released under a three-clause BSD license:
 #  * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
diff --git a/src/openms/thirdparty/GTE/CMakeLists.txt b/src/openms/thirdparty/GTE/CMakeLists.txt
index 7f5993a04bb..3bc75b89ebf 100644
--- a/src/openms/thirdparty/GTE/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/openms/thirdparty/GTE/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #                   OpenMS -- Open-Source Mass Spectrometry
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Copyright The OpenMS Team -- Eberhard Karls University Tuebingen,
-# ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-2023.
+# ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-.
 #
 # This software is released under a three-clause BSD license:
 #  * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
diff --git a/src/openms/thirdparty/IsoSpec/CMakeLists.txt b/src/openms/thirdparty/IsoSpec/CMakeLists.txt
index 07781a93d7f..3d54b2a2295 100644
--- a/src/openms/thirdparty/IsoSpec/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/openms/thirdparty/IsoSpec/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #                   OpenMS -- Open-Source Mass Spectrometry
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Copyright The OpenMS Team -- Eberhard Karls University Tuebingen,
-# ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-2023.
+# ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-.
 #
 # This software is released under a three-clause BSD license:
 #  * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
diff --git a/src/openms/thirdparty/Quadtree/CMakeLists.txt b/src/openms/thirdparty/Quadtree/CMakeLists.txt
index 0f37a473a32..0827cf46f51 100644
--- a/src/openms/thirdparty/Quadtree/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/openms/thirdparty/Quadtree/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #                   OpenMS -- Open-Source Mass Spectrometry
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Copyright The OpenMS Team -- Eberhard Karls University Tuebingen,
-# ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-2023.
+# ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-.
 #
 # This software is released under a three-clause BSD license:
 #  * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
diff --git a/src/openms/thirdparty/eol-bspline/CMakeLists.txt b/src/openms/thirdparty/eol-bspline/CMakeLists.txt
index 676759dcb8e..8e260a57fea 100644
--- a/src/openms/thirdparty/eol-bspline/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/openms/thirdparty/eol-bspline/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #                   OpenMS -- Open-Source Mass Spectrometry
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Copyright The OpenMS Team -- Eberhard Karls University Tuebingen,
-# ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-2023.
+# ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-.
 #
 # This software is released under a three-clause BSD license:
 #  * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
diff --git a/src/openms/thirdparty/evergreen/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/openms/thirdparty/evergreen/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 893f5c9852c..fa1e4c62ffa 100644
--- a/src/openms/thirdparty/evergreen/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/openms/thirdparty/evergreen/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #                   OpenMS -- Open-Source Mass Spectrometry
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Copyright The OpenMS Team -- Eberhard Karls University Tuebingen,
-# ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-2023.
+# ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-.
 #
 # This software is released under a three-clause BSD license:
 #  * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
diff --git a/src/openms/thirdparty/simde/CMakeLists.txt b/src/openms/thirdparty/simde/CMakeLists.txt
index 842b52cfae6..379e2c75182 100644
--- a/src/openms/thirdparty/simde/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/openms/thirdparty/simde/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #                   OpenMS -- Open-Source Mass Spectrometry
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Copyright The OpenMS Team -- Eberhard Karls University Tuebingen,
-# ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-2020.
+# ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-.
 #
 # This software is released under a three-clause BSD license:
 #  * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
diff --git a/src/openms_gui/CMakeLists.txt b/src/openms_gui/CMakeLists.txt
index 9c021fa5778..8f2a2f7d55c 100644
--- a/src/openms_gui/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/openms_gui/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #                   OpenMS -- Open-Source Mass Spectrometry
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Copyright The OpenMS Team -- Eberhard Karls University Tuebingen,
-# ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-2023.
+# ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-.
 #
 # This software is released under a three-clause BSD license:
 #  * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
diff --git a/src/openms_gui/add_mac_bundle.cmake b/src/openms_gui/add_mac_bundle.cmake
index 70f11a6444b..7c09e89de08 100644
--- a/src/openms_gui/add_mac_bundle.cmake
+++ b/src/openms_gui/add_mac_bundle.cmake
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #                   OpenMS -- Open-Source Mass Spectrometry
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Copyright The OpenMS Team -- Eberhard Karls University Tuebingen,
-# ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-2023.
+# ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-.
 #
 # This software is released under a three-clause BSD license:
 #  * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
diff --git a/src/openms_gui/qt_wrap_ui.cmake b/src/openms_gui/qt_wrap_ui.cmake
index 62d43b8fd28..f48313d8264 100644
--- a/src/openms_gui/qt_wrap_ui.cmake
+++ b/src/openms_gui/qt_wrap_ui.cmake
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #                   OpenMS -- Open-Source Mass Spectrometry
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Copyright The OpenMS Team -- Eberhard Karls University Tuebingen,
-# ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-2023.
+# ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-.
 #
 # This software is released under a three-clause BSD license:
 #  * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
diff --git a/src/openswathalgo/CMakeLists.txt b/src/openswathalgo/CMakeLists.txt
index 0758ed7a33f..6849146316a 100644
--- a/src/openswathalgo/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/openswathalgo/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #                   OpenMS -- Open-Source Mass Spectrometry
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Copyright The OpenMS Team -- Eberhard Karls University Tuebingen,
-# ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-2023.
+# ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-.
 #
 # This software is released under a three-clause BSD license:
 #  * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
diff --git a/src/openswathalgo/source/OPENSWATHALGO/OpenSwathAlgoFiles.cmake b/src/openswathalgo/source/OPENSWATHALGO/OpenSwathAlgoFiles.cmake
index 6f829ba6308..6b42e95d45d 100644
--- a/src/openswathalgo/source/OPENSWATHALGO/OpenSwathAlgoFiles.cmake
+++ b/src/openswathalgo/source/OPENSWATHALGO/OpenSwathAlgoFiles.cmake
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #                   OpenMS -- Open-Source Mass Spectrometry
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Copyright The OpenMS Team -- Eberhard Karls University Tuebingen,
-# ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-2023.
+# ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-.
 #
 # This software is released under a three-clause BSD license:
 #  * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
diff --git a/src/pyOpenMS/CMakeLists.txt b/src/pyOpenMS/CMakeLists.txt
index 3c02f853ecc..6b5754f4392 100644
--- a/src/pyOpenMS/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/pyOpenMS/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #                   OpenMS -- Open-Source Mass Spectrometry
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Copyright The OpenMS Team -- Eberhard Karls University Tuebingen,
-# ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-2023.
+# ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-.
 #
 # This software is released under a three-clause BSD license:
 #  * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
diff --git a/src/pyOpenMS/doCythonCompileOnly.py b/src/pyOpenMS/doCythonCompileOnly.py
index 224a8abe0c4..9270d306562 100644
--- a/src/pyOpenMS/doCythonCompileOnly.py
+++ b/src/pyOpenMS/doCythonCompileOnly.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
                   OpenMS -- Open-Source Mass Spectrometry
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Copyright The OpenMS Team -- Eberhard Karls University Tuebingen,
-ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-2023.
+ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-.
 
 This software is released under a three-clause BSD license:
  * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
diff --git a/src/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/src/tests/CMakeLists.txt
index e831402592e..7eedfdbca36 100644
--- a/src/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #                   OpenMS -- Open-Source Mass Spectrometry
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Copyright The OpenMS Team -- Eberhard Karls University Tuebingen,
-# ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-2023.
+# ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-.
 #
 # This software is released under a three-clause BSD license:
 #  * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
diff --git a/src/tests/class_tests/CMakeLists.txt b/src/tests/class_tests/CMakeLists.txt
index 4309d6e823a..4a1380a67b8 100644
--- a/src/tests/class_tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/tests/class_tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #                   OpenMS -- Open-Source Mass Spectrometry
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Copyright The OpenMS Team -- Eberhard Karls University Tuebingen,
-# ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-2023.
+# ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-.
 #
 # This software is released under a three-clause BSD license:
 #  * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
diff --git a/src/tests/class_tests/openms/CMakeLists.txt b/src/tests/class_tests/openms/CMakeLists.txt
index e5f4fca9afd..3a85f7cc313 100644
--- a/src/tests/class_tests/openms/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/tests/class_tests/openms/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #                   OpenMS -- Open-Source Mass Spectrometry
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Copyright The OpenMS Team -- Eberhard Karls University Tuebingen,
-# ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-2023.
+# ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-.
 #
 # This software is released under a three-clause BSD license:
 #  * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
diff --git a/src/tests/class_tests/openms_gui/CMakeLists.txt b/src/tests/class_tests/openms_gui/CMakeLists.txt
index 81e6c0b8ff7..cb09fa86851 100644
--- a/src/tests/class_tests/openms_gui/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/tests/class_tests/openms_gui/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #                   OpenMS -- Open-Source Mass Spectrometry
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Copyright The OpenMS Team -- Eberhard Karls University Tuebingen,
-# ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-2023.
+# ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-.
 #
 # This software is released under a three-clause BSD license:
 #  * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
diff --git a/src/tests/class_tests/openswathalgo/CMakeLists.txt b/src/tests/class_tests/openswathalgo/CMakeLists.txt
index 6aa81cd80c2..d8119c24f36 100644
--- a/src/tests/class_tests/openswathalgo/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/tests/class_tests/openswathalgo/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #                   OpenMS -- Open-Source Mass Spectrometry
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Copyright The OpenMS Team -- Eberhard Karls University Tuebingen,
-# ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-2023.
+# ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-.
 #
 # This software is released under a three-clause BSD license:
 #  * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
diff --git a/src/tests/coding/CMakeLists.txt b/src/tests/coding/CMakeLists.txt
index 4496aa4e180..1063fb08817 100644
--- a/src/tests/coding/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/tests/coding/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #                   OpenMS -- Open-Source Mass Spectrometry
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Copyright The OpenMS Team -- Eberhard Karls University Tuebingen,
-# ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-2023.
+# ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-.
 #
 # This software is released under a three-clause BSD license:
 #  * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
diff --git a/src/tests/coding/cppcheck.cmake b/src/tests/coding/cppcheck.cmake
index 8c6b364ff06..9b8342f5b9c 100644
--- a/src/tests/coding/cppcheck.cmake
+++ b/src/tests/coding/cppcheck.cmake
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #                   OpenMS -- Open-Source Mass Spectrometry
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Copyright The OpenMS Team -- Eberhard Karls University Tuebingen,
-# ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-2023.
+# ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-.
 #
 # This software is released under a three-clause BSD license:
 #  * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
diff --git a/src/tests/coding/createcpplinttests.cmake b/src/tests/coding/createcpplinttests.cmake
index bb303c84d81..1911d916741 100644
--- a/src/tests/coding/createcpplinttests.cmake
+++ b/src/tests/coding/createcpplinttests.cmake
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #                   OpenMS -- Open-Source Mass Spectrometry
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Copyright The OpenMS Team -- Eberhard Karls University Tuebingen,
-# ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-2023.
+# ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-.
 #
 # This software is released under a three-clause BSD license:
 #  * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
diff --git a/src/tests/topp/CMakeLists.txt b/src/tests/topp/CMakeLists.txt
index 2b3887ab1b9..d7b87bf65b4 100644
--- a/src/tests/topp/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/tests/topp/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #                   OpenMS -- Open-Source Mass Spectrometry
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Copyright The OpenMS Team -- Eberhard Karls University Tuebingen,
-# ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-2023.
+# ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-.
 #
 # This software is released under a three-clause BSD license:
 #  * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
diff --git a/src/topp/CMakeLists.txt b/src/topp/CMakeLists.txt
index c09d29e94d3..71da6717215 100644
--- a/src/topp/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/topp/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #                   OpenMS -- Open-Source Mass Spectrometry
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Copyright The OpenMS Team -- Eberhard Karls University Tuebingen,
-# ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-2023.
+# ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-.
 #
 # This software is released under a three-clause BSD license:
 #  * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
diff --git a/tools/PythonExtensionChecker.py b/tools/PythonExtensionChecker.py
index ffaebea1e79..054d36ffcc2 100755
--- a/tools/PythonExtensionChecker.py
+++ b/tools/PythonExtensionChecker.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
                   OpenMS -- Open-Source Mass Spectrometry
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Copyright The OpenMS Team -- Eberhard Karls University Tuebingen,
-ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-2023.
+ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-.
 
 This software is released under a three-clause BSD license:
  * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
diff --git a/tools/changelog_helper.sh b/tools/changelog_helper.sh
index 3d4fbe76be1..fbe6a680aad 100755
--- a/tools/changelog_helper.sh
+++ b/tools/changelog_helper.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 #                   OpenMS -- Open-Source Mass Spectrometry
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Copyright The OpenMS Team -- Eberhard Karls University Tuebingen,
-# ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-2023.
+# ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-.
 #
 # This software is released under a three-clause BSD license:
 #  * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
diff --git a/tools/checker.php b/tools/checker.php
index 6ccc18e9ca9..7efa41b6285 100755
--- a/tools/checker.php
+++ b/tools/checker.php
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 #                   OpenMS -- Open-Source Mass Spectrometry
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Copyright The OpenMS Team -- Eberhard Karls University Tuebingen,
-# ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-2023.
+# ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-.
 #
 # This software is released under a three-clause BSD license:
 #  * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
diff --git a/tools/common_functions.php b/tools/common_functions.php
index 8403b1fc00b..7ffed16d627 100755
--- a/tools/common_functions.php
+++ b/tools/common_functions.php
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 #                   OpenMS -- Open-Source Mass Spectrometry
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Copyright The OpenMS Team -- Eberhard Karls University Tuebingen,
-# ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-2023.
+# ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-.
 #
 # This software is released under a three-clause BSD license:
 #  * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
diff --git a/tools/correct_test.php b/tools/correct_test.php
index d0a7c39b743..601b2b92889 100755
--- a/tools/correct_test.php
+++ b/tools/correct_test.php
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 #                   OpenMS -- Open-Source Mass Spectrometry
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Copyright The OpenMS Team -- Eberhard Karls University Tuebingen,
-# ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-2023.
+# ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-.
 #
 # This software is released under a three-clause BSD license:
 #  * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
diff --git a/tools/create_class.rb b/tools/create_class.rb
index f082b2bdbb9..3c36aad19f2 100755
--- a/tools/create_class.rb
+++ b/tools/create_class.rb
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #                   OpenMS -- Open-Source Mass Spectrometry
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Copyright The OpenMS Team -- Eberhard Karls University Tuebingen,
-# ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-2023.
+# ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-.
 #
 # This software is released under a three-clause BSD license:
 #  * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
diff --git a/tools/create_test.php b/tools/create_test.php
index baf3b6b98f9..e7fd5a209ca 100755
--- a/tools/create_test.php
+++ b/tools/create_test.php
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 #                   OpenMS -- Open-Source Mass Spectrometry
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Copyright The OpenMS Team -- Eberhard Karls University Tuebingen,
-# ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-2023.
+# ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-.
 #
 # This software is released under a three-clause BSD license:
 #  * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
diff --git a/tools/rest_server_update_helper.sh b/tools/rest_server_update_helper.sh
index 8ce84977431..5a344e2e157 100755
--- a/tools/rest_server_update_helper.sh
+++ b/tools/rest_server_update_helper.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 #                   OpenMS -- Open-Source Mass Spectrometry
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Copyright The OpenMS Team -- Eberhard Karls University Tuebingen,
-# ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-2023.
+# ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-.
 #
 # This software is released under a three-clause BSD license:
 #  * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
diff --git a/tools/scripts/create_im.py b/tools/scripts/create_im.py
index e2e1c1f5b83..11d496c56f5 100644
--- a/tools/scripts/create_im.py
+++ b/tools/scripts/create_im.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
                   OpenMS -- Open-Source Mass Spectrometry
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Copyright The OpenMS Team -- Eberhard Karls University Tuebingen,
-ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-2023.
+ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-.
 
 This software is released under a three-clause BSD license:
  * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
diff --git a/tools/scripts/create_im_with_swathIm.py b/tools/scripts/create_im_with_swathIm.py
index 3cdf49a329d..628b3ff3001 100644
--- a/tools/scripts/create_im_with_swathIm.py
+++ b/tools/scripts/create_im_with_swathIm.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
                   OpenMS -- Open-Source Mass Spectrometry
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Copyright The OpenMS Team -- Eberhard Karls University Tuebingen,
-ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-2023.
+ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-.
 
 This software is released under a three-clause BSD license:
  * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
diff --git a/tools/scripts/create_sonar.py b/tools/scripts/create_sonar.py
index 484092fe9cf..69d657ecc21 100644
--- a/tools/scripts/create_sonar.py
+++ b/tools/scripts/create_sonar.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
                   OpenMS -- Open-Source Mass Spectrometry
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Copyright The OpenMS Team -- Eberhard Karls University Tuebingen,
-ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-2023.
+ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-.
 
 This software is released under a three-clause BSD license:
  * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
diff --git a/tools/sql2graph.php b/tools/sql2graph.php
index 2ef8ebccb2c..2a53458b098 100755
--- a/tools/sql2graph.php
+++ b/tools/sql2graph.php
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 #                   OpenMS -- Open-Source Mass Spectrometry
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Copyright The OpenMS Team -- Eberhard Karls University Tuebingen,
-# ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-2023.
+# ETH Zurich, and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-.
 #
 # This software is released under a three-clause BSD license:
 #  * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
diff --git a/tools/update_header_dates.sh b/tools/update_header_dates.sh
index bb2912d0920..8226fb1dafb 100755
--- a/tools/update_header_dates.sh
+++ b/tools/update_header_dates.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-#find . -type f | xargs sed -i 's/and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-2023.and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-2023.g'
+#find . -type f | xargs sed -i 's/and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-.and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-.g'
 ## For all files and on MacOS: 
-find . -type f ! -path "./.git/*" -exec grep -q "Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-20" {} \; -exec sed -i '' -e 's/and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-2023.and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-2023.g' {} \;
+find . -type f ! -path "./.git/*" -exec grep -q "Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-20" {} \; -exec sed -i '' -e 's/and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-.and Freie Universitaet Berlin 2002-.g' {} \;