diff --git a/.github/pull_request_template.md b/.github/pull_request_template.md
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--- a/.github/pull_request_template.md
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@@ -1,8 +1,3 @@
-<!--
-  - SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2019-2024 Nextcloud GmbH and Nextcloud contributors
-  - SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
--->
-
 ### 📝 Summary
 
 * Resolves: # <!-- related github issue -->
diff --git a/.github/pull_request_template.md.license b/.github/pull_request_template.md.license
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f070b8a4c01
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/pull_request_template.md.license
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2019-2024 Nextcloud GmbH and Nextcloud contributors
+SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later