--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/SourceLicenseChecker.kt	Fri May 08 21:33:19 2020 -0400
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+package com.geekorum.build
+
+import com.hierynomus.gradle.license.LicenseBasePlugin
+import com.hierynomus.gradle.license.tasks.LicenseCheck
+import com.hierynomus.gradle.license.tasks.LicenseFormat
+import nl.javadude.gradle.plugins.license.LicenseExtension
+import nl.javadude.gradle.plugins.license.LicensePlugin
+import org.gradle.api.Project
+import org.gradle.api.Task
+import org.gradle.kotlin.dsl.apply
+import org.gradle.kotlin.dsl.configure
+import org.gradle.kotlin.dsl.invoke
+import org.gradle.kotlin.dsl.named
+
+internal fun Project.configureSourceLicenseChecker(): Unit {
+    apply<LicensePlugin>()
+
+    configure<LicenseExtension> {
+        header = file("$rootDir/config/license/header.txt")
+        // ignore failures for now until we set the final license
+        ignoreFailures = true
+
+        excludes(listOf("**/*.webp", "**/*.png"))
+    }
+
+    tasks {
+        val checkKotlinFilesLicenseTask = register("checkKotlinFilesLicense", LicenseCheck::class.java) {
+            source = fileTree("src").apply {
+                include("**/*.kt")
+            }
+        }
+
+        val formatKotlinFilesLicenseTask = register("formatKotlinFilesLicense", LicenseFormat::class.java) {
+            source = fileTree("src").apply {
+                include("**/*.kt")
+            }
+        }
+
+        named<Task>(LicenseBasePlugin.getLICENSE_TASK_BASE_NAME()) {
+            dependsOn(checkKotlinFilesLicenseTask)
+        }
+
+        named<Task>(LicenseBasePlugin.getFORMAT_TASK_BASE_NAME()) {
+            dependsOn(formatKotlinFilesLicenseTask)
+        }
+    }
+}