diff --git a/LICENSE.txt b/LICENSE.txt
index 4fc88098775c..74f1504175fd 100644
--- a/LICENSE.txt
+++ b/LICENSE.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,14 @@
+Although the code for this android client is free and available under the GPL2 license, Deutsche Telekom
+(including T-Systems) fully reserves all rights to the Telekom brand. To prevent users from getting confused about
+the source of a digital product or experience, there are stringent restrictions on using the Telekom brand and design,
+even when built into code that we provide. For any customization other than explicitly for Telekom or T-Systems, you must
+replace the Deutsche Telekom and T-Systems brand elements contained in the provided sources.
+
+To help you identify the brand elements, see:
+    ./drawable: folder contains brand-design specific icons or images
+    Brand-protected Magenta colour definitions are (unfortunately) spread over the source code.
+
+
                     GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
                        Version 2, June 1991
 
diff --git a/app/build.gradle.kts b/app/build.gradle.kts
index c822052f1d13..e5b5c0606001 100644
--- a/app/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/app/build.gradle.kts
@@ -72,6 +72,12 @@ configurations.configureEach {
     }
 }
 
+// NMC: semantic versioning for version code
+val versionMajor = 10
+val versionMinor = 1
+val versionPatch = 0
+val versionBuild = 90
+
 val ndkEnv = buildMap {
     file("${project.rootDir}/ndk.env").readLines().forEach {
         val (key, value) = it.split("=")
@@ -109,10 +115,6 @@ android {
         minSdk = 28
         compileSdk = 37
         targetSdk = 36
-        // mayor.minor.hotfix.increment (for increment: 01-50=Alpha / 51-89=RC / 90-99=stable)
-        // xx   .xxx  .xx    .xx
-        versionCode = 350010050
-        versionName = "35.1.0 Alpha 51"
 
         buildConfigField("boolean", "CI", ciBuild.toString())
         buildConfigField("boolean", "RUNTIME_PERF_ANALYSIS", perfAnalysis.toString())
@@ -121,6 +123,10 @@ android {
         testInstrumentationRunner = if (shotTest) "com.karumi.shot.ShotTestRunner"
         else "com.nextcloud.client.TestRunner"
 
+        versionCode = versionMajor * 10000000 + versionMinor * 10000 + versionPatch * 100 + versionBuild
+        // NMC: using short version name
+        versionName = "${versionMajor}.${versionMinor}.${versionPatch}"
+
         // adapt structure from Eclipse to Gradle/Android Studio expectations;
         // see http://tools.android.com/tech-docs/new-build-system/user-guide#TOC-Configuring-the-Structure
 
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 91f3dedc1c10..41c1ccfbe4ee 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ org.gradle.configuration-cache=true
 org.gradle.workers.max=4
 
 # Needed for local libs
-# org.gradle.dependency.verification=off
+# uncomment below line for NMC Customization so that build won't fail due to gradle dependency verification
+org.gradle.dependency.verification=off
 # systemProp.org.gradle.internal.publish.checksums.insecure=true
 
 # Enabled parallel sync for Gradle 9.4+