diff --git a/nb-configuration.xml b/nb-configuration.xml
index 8b137891791fe96927ad78e64b0aad7bded08bdc..7103095542c1a062dedf6d7f32faa28c80b6c0de 100644
--- a/nb-configuration.xml
+++ b/nb-configuration.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project-shared-configuration>
+    <!--
+This file contains additional configuration written by modules in the NetBeans IDE.
+The configuration is intended to be shared among all the users of project and
+therefore it is assumed to be part of version control checkout.
+Without this configuration present, some functionality in the IDE may be limited or fail altogether.
+-->
+    <properties xmlns="http://www.netbeans.org/ns/maven-properties-data/1">
+        <!--
+Properties that influence various parts of the IDE, especially code formatting and the like. 
+You can copy and paste the single properties, into the pom.xml file and the IDE will pick them up.
+That way multiple projects can share the same settings (useful for formatting rules for example).
+Any value defined here will override the pom.xml file value but is only applicable to the current project.
+-->
+        <netbeans.hint.license>nibio_open_source_license.ftl</netbeans.hint.license>
+    </properties>
+</project-shared-configuration>