diff --git a/resources/generate-notice-file b/resources/generate-notice-file
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..60c66bbce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/generate-notice-file
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -euo pipefail
+
+SCRIPT_DIR="$( cd -- "$( dirname -- "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" &> /dev/null && pwd )"
+SMACK_DIR=$(realpath "${SCRIPT_DIR}/..")
+
+cd "${SMACK_DIR}"
+
+TEMPFILE=$(mktemp)
+
+cleanup() {
+	rm "${TEMPFILE}"
+}
+trap cleanup EXIT
+
+git shortlog -s |\
+	cut -f2- |\
+	grep -v '(no author)' |\
+	grep '\w \w.*' |\
+	sort \
+	> "${TEMPFILE}"
+
+readonly NOTICE_FILE="${SMACK_DIR}/NOTICE"
+
+cat <<EOF > "${NOTICE_FILE}"
+                 Smack
+
+       An open-source XMPP library
+      maintained by Florian Schmaus
+
+ https://igniterealtime.org/projects/smack
+
+
+Authors:
+
+EOF
+
+cat "${TEMPFILE}" >> "${NOTICE_FILE}"
diff --git a/resources/get-contributors.sh b/resources/get-contributors.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index c31236464..000000000
--- a/resources/get-contributors.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-git shortlog -s |\
-	cut -f2- |\
-	grep -v '(no author)' |\
-	grep '\w \w.*' |\
-	sort