diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/li/license-go/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/li/license-go/package.nix
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+{
+  lib,
+  buildGoModule,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+}:
+let
+  version = "5.0.4";
+in
+buildGoModule {
+  pname = "license-go";
+  inherit version;
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "nishanths";
+    repo = "license";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-Rz/eIGa3xLjirPMOs4otfmwy4OzJgopKPbka2OKt8Fo=";
+  };
+
+  vendorHash = "sha256-kx3lPhmEo515sHgHBqDC6udz6xkZvB+nn6x3/JaBHbo=";
+
+  ldflags = [
+    "-s"
+    "-w"
+    "-X main.version=${version}"
+    "-X main.builtBy=nixpkgs"
+  ];
+
+  meta = {
+    description = "Command line license text generator";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/nishanths/license";
+    license = lib.licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with lib.maintainers; [ uncenter ];
+    mainProgram = "license";
+  };
+}