diff --git a/src/App/CMakeLists.txt b/src/App/CMakeLists.txt
index f014d2bf38..1232bc2946 100644
--- a/src/App/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/App/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -163,6 +163,8 @@ SET(Document_CPP_SRCS
     TextDocument.cpp
     Link.cpp
     LinkBaseExtensionPyImp.cpp
+    License.cpp
+    License.h
 )
 
 SET(Document_HPP_SRCS
diff --git a/src/App/Document.cpp b/src/App/Document.cpp
index 4446d2a3fd..12db4a3a22 100644
--- a/src/App/Document.cpp
+++ b/src/App/Document.cpp
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ recompute path. Also, it enables more complicated dependencies beyond trees.
 #include "ExpressionParser.h"
 #include "GeoFeature.h"
 #include "GeoFeatureGroupExtension.h"
+#include "License.h"
 #include "Link.h"
 #include "MergeDocuments.h"
 #include "Origin.h"
@@ -1550,67 +1551,10 @@ Document::Document(const char *name)
     ADD_PROPERTY_TYPE(Uid, (id), 0, Prop_ReadOnly, "UUID of the document");
 
     // license stuff
-    ADD_PROPERTY_TYPE(License, ("CC-BY 3.0"), 0, Prop_None, "License string of the Item");
-    ADD_PROPERTY_TYPE(LicenseURL, ("https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/"), 0, Prop_None, "URL to the license text/contract");
-
-    // license stuff
-    int licenseId = App::GetApplication().GetParameterGroupByPath("User parameter:BaseApp/Preferences/Document")->GetInt("prefLicenseType", 0);
-    std::string license;
-    std::string licenseUrl;
-    switch (licenseId) {
-        case 0:
-            license = "All rights reserved";
-            licenseUrl = "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_rights_reserved";
-            break;
-        case 1:
-            license = "Creative Commons Attribution";
-            licenseUrl = "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/";
-            break;
-        case 2:
-            license = "Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike";
-            licenseUrl = "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/";
-            break;
-        case 3:
-            license = "Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives";
-            licenseUrl = "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/";
-            break;
-        case 4:
-            license = "Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial";
-            licenseUrl = "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/";
-            break;
-        case 5:
-            license = "Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike";
-            licenseUrl = "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/";
-            break;
-        case 6:
-            license = "Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives";
-            licenseUrl = "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/";
-            break;
-        case 7:
-            license = "Public Domain";
-            licenseUrl = "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domain";
-            break;
-        case 8:
-            license = "FreeArt";
-            licenseUrl = "https://artlibre.org/licence/lal";
-            break;
-        case 9:
-            license = "CERN Open Hardware Licence strongly-reciprocal";
-            licenseUrl = "https://cern-ohl.web.cern.ch/";
-            break;
-        case 10:
-            license = "CERN Open Hardware Licence weakly-reciprocal";
-            licenseUrl = "https://cern-ohl.web.cern.ch/";
-            break;
-        case 11:
-            license = "CERN Open Hardware Licence permissive";
-            licenseUrl = "https://cern-ohl.web.cern.ch/";
-            break;
-        default:
-            license = "Other";
-            break;
-    }
-
+    long licenseId = App::GetApplication().GetParameterGroupByPath("User parameter:BaseApp/Preferences/Document")->GetInt("prefLicenseType", 0);
+    App::License licenseType{licenseId};
+    std::string license = licenseType.getLicense();
+    std::string licenseUrl = licenseType.getUrl();
     licenseUrl = App::GetApplication().GetParameterGroupByPath("User parameter:BaseApp/Preferences/Document")->GetASCII("prefLicenseUrl", licenseUrl.c_str());
 
     ADD_PROPERTY_TYPE(License, (license.c_str()), 0, Prop_None, "License string of the Item");
diff --git a/src/App/License.cpp b/src/App/License.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..079ebdb126
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/App/License.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,114 @@
+/***************************************************************************
+ *   Copyright (c) 2023 Werner Mayer <wmayer[at]users.sourceforge.net>     *
+ *                                                                         *
+ *   This file is part of the FreeCAD CAx development system.              *
+ *                                                                         *
+ *   This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or         *
+ *   modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public           *
+ *   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either          *
+ *   version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.      *
+ *                                                                         *
+ *   This library  is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,      *
+ *   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of        *
+ *   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the         *
+ *   GNU Library General Public License for more details.                  *
+ *                                                                         *
+ *   You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public     *
+ *   License along with this library; see the file COPYING.LIB. If not,    *
+ *   write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place,         *
+ *   Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA                                *
+ *                                                                         *
+ ***************************************************************************/
+
+#include "PreCompiled.h"
+#ifndef _PreComp_
+#include <algorithm>
+#endif
+
+#include "License.h"
+
+using namespace App;
+
+std::map<License::Type, License::LicenseItem> License::licenseItems;
+
+License::License(License::Type type)
+  : type{type}
+{
+    init();
+}
+
+License::License(long id)
+  : type{static_cast<Type>(id)}
+{
+    if (id < 0 || id > static_cast<long>(Type::Other)) {
+        type = Type::Other;
+    }
+
+    init();
+}
+
+License::License(int id)
+  : License(static_cast<long>(id))
+{
+}
+
+void License::init()
+{
+    static bool first = true;
+    if (!first)
+        return;
+    first = false;
+
+    licenseItems[Type::AllRightsReserved] = LicenseItem{"All rights reserved",
+            "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_rights_reserved"};
+    licenseItems[Type::CC_BY_40] = LicenseItem{"Creative Commons Attribution",
+            "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"};
+    licenseItems[Type::CC_BY_SA_40] = LicenseItem{"Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike",
+            "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"};
+    licenseItems[Type::CC_BY_ND_40] = LicenseItem{"Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives",
+            "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/"};
+    licenseItems[Type::CC_BY_NC_40] = LicenseItem{"Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial",
+            "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/"};
+    licenseItems[Type::CC_BY_NC_SA_40] = LicenseItem{"Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike",
+            "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/"};
+    licenseItems[Type::CC_BY_NC_ND_40] = LicenseItem{"Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives",
+            "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/"};
+    licenseItems[Type::PublicDomain] = LicenseItem{"Public Domain",
+            "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domain"};
+    licenseItems[Type::FreeArt] = LicenseItem{"FreeArt", "https://artlibre.org/licence/lal"};
+    licenseItems[Type::CERN_OHS_S] = LicenseItem{"CERN Open Hardware Licence strongly-reciprocal",
+            "https://cern-ohl.web.cern.ch/"};
+    licenseItems[Type::CERN_OHS_W] = LicenseItem{"CERN Open Hardware Licence weakly-reciprocal",
+            "https://cern-ohl.web.cern.ch/"};
+    licenseItems[Type::CERN_OHS_P] = LicenseItem{"CERN Open Hardware Licence permissive",
+            "https://cern-ohl.web.cern.ch/"};
+    licenseItems[Type::Other] = LicenseItem{"Other", ""};
+}
+
+License::Type License::getType() const
+{
+    return type;
+}
+
+std::string License::getLicense() const
+{
+    return licenseItems.at(type).license;
+}
+
+std::string License::getUrl() const
+{
+    return licenseItems.at(type).url;
+}
+
+std::vector<std::string> License::getLicenses()
+{
+    init();
+    std::vector<std::string> output;
+    output.reserve(licenseItems.size());
+    using Value = std::pair<Type, LicenseItem>;
+    std::transform(licenseItems.cbegin(), licenseItems.cend(), std::back_inserter(output), [](const Value& val) {
+        return val.second.license;
+    });
+
+    return output;
+}
diff --git a/src/App/License.h b/src/App/License.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..795a96d50c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/App/License.h
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+/***************************************************************************
+ *   Copyright (c) 2023 Werner Mayer <wmayer[at]users.sourceforge.net>     *
+ *                                                                         *
+ *   This file is part of the FreeCAD CAx development system.              *
+ *                                                                         *
+ *   This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or         *
+ *   modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public           *
+ *   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either          *
+ *   version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.      *
+ *                                                                         *
+ *   This library  is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,      *
+ *   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of        *
+ *   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the         *
+ *   GNU Library General Public License for more details.                  *
+ *                                                                         *
+ *   You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public     *
+ *   License along with this library; see the file COPYING.LIB. If not,    *
+ *   write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place,         *
+ *   Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA                                *
+ *                                                                         *
+ ***************************************************************************/
+
+#ifndef APP_LICENSE_H
+#define APP_LICENSE_H
+
+#include <FCGlobal.h>
+#include <string>
+#include <map>
+#include <vector>
+
+namespace App {
+
+/*!
+ * \brief The License class
+ * Handling of standard licenses.
+ */
+class AppExport License
+{
+public:
+    enum class Type {
+        AllRightsReserved,
+        CC_BY_40,
+        CC_BY_SA_40,
+        CC_BY_ND_40,
+        CC_BY_NC_40,
+        CC_BY_NC_SA_40,
+        CC_BY_NC_ND_40,
+        PublicDomain,
+        FreeArt,
+        CERN_OHS_S,
+        CERN_OHS_W,
+        CERN_OHS_P,
+        Other
+    };
+
+    explicit License(Type);
+    explicit License(long);
+    explicit License(int);
+    Type getType() const;
+    std::string getLicense() const;
+    std::string getUrl() const;
+
+    static std::vector<std::string> getLicenses();
+
+private:
+    static void init();
+
+private:
+    struct LicenseItem{
+        std::string license;
+        std::string url;
+    };
+    Type type;
+
+    static std::map<Type, LicenseItem> licenseItems;
+};
+
+}
+
+#endif // APP_LICENSE_H
diff --git a/src/Gui/DlgProjectInformationImp.cpp b/src/Gui/DlgProjectInformationImp.cpp
index 7139b8833a..978b1b700e 100644
--- a/src/Gui/DlgProjectInformationImp.cpp
+++ b/src/Gui/DlgProjectInformationImp.cpp
@@ -29,11 +29,28 @@
 #endif
 
 #include <App/Document.h>
+#include <App/License.h>
 
 #include "DlgProjectInformationImp.h"
 #include "ui_DlgProjectInformation.h"
 
 
+#if 0 // needed for Qt's lupdate utility
+    qApp->translate("Gui::Dialog::DlgSettingsDocument", "All rights reserved");
+    qApp->translate("Gui::Dialog::DlgSettingsDocument", "Creative Commons Attribution");
+    qApp->translate("Gui::Dialog::DlgSettingsDocument", "Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike");
+    qApp->translate("Gui::Dialog::DlgSettingsDocument", "Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives");
+    qApp->translate("Gui::Dialog::DlgSettingsDocument", "Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial");
+    qApp->translate("Gui::Dialog::DlgSettingsDocument", "Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike");
+    qApp->translate("Gui::Dialog::DlgSettingsDocument", "Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives");
+    qApp->translate("Gui::Dialog::DlgSettingsDocument", "Public Domain");
+    qApp->translate("Gui::Dialog::DlgSettingsDocument", "FreeArt");
+    qApp->translate("Gui::Dialog::DlgSettingsDocument", "CERN Open Hardware Licence strongly-reciprocal");
+    qApp->translate("Gui::Dialog::DlgSettingsDocument", "CERN Open Hardware Licence weakly-reciprocal");
+    qApp->translate("Gui::Dialog::DlgSettingsDocument", "CERN Open Hardware Licence permissive");
+    qApp->translate("Gui::Dialog::DlgSettingsDocument", "Other");
+#endif
+
 using namespace Gui::Dialog;
 
 /* TRANSLATOR Gui::Dialog::DlgProjectInformationImp */
@@ -59,23 +76,10 @@ DlgProjectInformationImp::DlgProjectInformationImp(App::Document* doc, QWidget*
     ui->lineEditLastModDate->setText(QString::fromUtf8(doc->LastModifiedDate.getValue()));
     ui->lineEditCompany->setText(QString::fromUtf8(doc->Company.getValue()));
 
-    QList<QByteArray> rawLicenses; rawLicenses
-        << "All rights reserved"
-        << "Creative Commons Attribution"
-        << "Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike"
-        << "Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives"
-        << "Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial"
-        << "Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike"
-        << "Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives"
-        << "Public Domain"
-        << "FreeArt"
-        << "CERN Open Hardware Licence strongly-reciprocal"
-        << "CERN Open Hardware Licence weakly-reciprocal"
-        << "CERN Open Hardware Licence permissive"
-        << "Other";
-    for (QList<QByteArray>::iterator it = rawLicenses.begin(); it != rawLicenses.end(); ++it) {
-        QString text = QApplication::translate("Gui::Dialog::DlgSettingsDocument", it->constData());
-        ui->comboLicense->addItem(text, *it);
+    auto rawLicenses = App::License::getLicenses();
+    for (const auto& it : rawLicenses) {
+        QString text = QApplication::translate("Gui::Dialog::DlgSettingsDocument", it.c_str());
+        ui->comboLicense->addItem(text, QByteArray(it.c_str()));
     }
 
     int index = ui->comboLicense->findData(QByteArray(doc->License.getValue()));
@@ -145,41 +149,13 @@ void DlgProjectInformationImp::accept()
 
 void DlgProjectInformationImp::onLicenseTypeChanged(int index)
 {
-    switch (index) {
-        case 0:
-            ui->lineEditLicenseURL->setText(QString::fromLatin1("http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_rights_reserved"));
-            break;
-        case 1:
-            ui->lineEditLicenseURL->setText(QString::fromLatin1("http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"));
-            break;
-        case 2:
-            ui->lineEditLicenseURL->setText(QString::fromLatin1("http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"));
-            break;
-        case 3:
-            ui->lineEditLicenseURL->setText(QString::fromLatin1("http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/"));
-            break;
-        case 4:
-            ui->lineEditLicenseURL->setText(QString::fromLatin1("http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/"));
-            break;
-        case 5:
-            ui->lineEditLicenseURL->setText(QString::fromLatin1("http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/"));
-            break;
-        case 6:
-            ui->lineEditLicenseURL->setText(QString::fromLatin1("http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/"));
-            break;
-        case 7:
-            ui->lineEditLicenseURL->setText(QString::fromLatin1("http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domain"));
-            break;
-        case 8:
-            ui->lineEditLicenseURL->setText(QString::fromLatin1("http://artlibre.org/licence/lal"));
-            break;
-        case 9: case 10: case 11:
-            ui->lineEditLicenseURL->setText(QString::fromLatin1("https://cern-ohl.web.cern.ch/"));
-            break;
-        default:
-            ui->lineEditLicenseURL->setText(QString::fromUtf8(_doc->LicenseURL.getValue()));
-            break;
+    App::License license{index};
+    std::string url = license.getUrl();
+    if (license.getType() == App::License::Type::Other) {
+        url = _doc->LicenseURL.getValue();
     }
+
+    ui->lineEditLicenseURL->setText(QString::fromStdString(url));
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/Gui/DlgSettingsDocument.ui b/src/Gui/DlgSettingsDocument.ui
index 810e580f4b..2d90093047 100644
--- a/src/Gui/DlgSettingsDocument.ui
+++ b/src/Gui/DlgSettingsDocument.ui
@@ -680,71 +680,6 @@ You can also use the form: John Doe &lt;john@doe.com&gt;</string>
         <property name="prefPath" stdset="0">
          <cstring>Document</cstring>
         </property>
-        <item>
-         <property name="text">
-          <string>All rights reserved</string>
-         </property>
-        </item>
-        <item>
-         <property name="text">
-          <string>Creative Commons Attribution</string>
-         </property>
-        </item>
-        <item>
-         <property name="text">
-          <string>Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike</string>
-         </property>
-        </item>
-        <item>
-         <property name="text">
-          <string>Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives</string>
-         </property>
-        </item>
-        <item>
-         <property name="text">
-          <string>Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial</string>
-         </property>
-        </item>
-        <item>
-         <property name="text">
-          <string>Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike</string>
-         </property>
-        </item>
-        <item>
-         <property name="text">
-          <string>Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives</string>
-         </property>
-        </item>
-        <item>
-         <property name="text">
-          <string>Public Domain</string>
-         </property>
-        </item>
-        <item>
-         <property name="text">
-          <string>FreeArt</string>
-         </property>
-        </item>
-        <item>
-         <property name="text">
-          <string>CERN Open Hardware Licence strongly-reciprocal</string>
-         </property>
-        </item>
-        <item>
-         <property name="text">
-          <string>CERN Open Hardware Licence weakly-reciprocal</string>
-         </property>
-        </item>
-        <item>
-         <property name="text">
-          <string>CERN Open Hardware Licence permissive</string>
-         </property>
-        </item>
-        <item>
-         <property name="text">
-          <string>Other</string>
-         </property>
-        </item>
        </widget>
       </item>
       <item row="3" column="0">
diff --git a/src/Gui/DlgSettingsDocumentImp.cpp b/src/Gui/DlgSettingsDocumentImp.cpp
index b70b6b5865..c41d9ebef0 100644
--- a/src/Gui/DlgSettingsDocumentImp.cpp
+++ b/src/Gui/DlgSettingsDocumentImp.cpp
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #include "DlgSettingsDocumentImp.h"
 #include "ui_DlgSettingsDocument.h"
 #include "AutoSaver.h"
+#include <App/License.h>
 
 
 using namespace Gui::Dialog;
@@ -42,6 +43,8 @@ DlgSettingsDocumentImp::DlgSettingsDocumentImp( QWidget* parent )
     , ui(new Ui_DlgSettingsDocument)
 {
     ui->setupUi(this);
+    addLicenseTypes();
+
     ui->prefSaveTransaction->hide();
     ui->prefDiscardTransaction->hide();
 
@@ -137,54 +140,39 @@ void DlgSettingsDocumentImp::changeEvent(QEvent *e)
 {
     if (e->type() == QEvent::LanguageChange) {
         ui->retranslateUi(this);
+        int index = ui->prefLicenseType->currentIndex();
+        addLicenseTypes();
+        ui->prefLicenseType->setCurrentIndex(index);
     }
     else {
         QWidget::changeEvent(e);
     }
 }
 
+void DlgSettingsDocumentImp::addLicenseTypes()
+{
+    ui->prefLicenseType->clear();
+    auto rawLicenses = App::License::getLicenses();
+    for (const auto& it : rawLicenses) {
+        QString text = QApplication::translate("Gui::Dialog::DlgSettingsDocument", it.c_str());
+        ui->prefLicenseType->addItem(text);
+    }
+}
+
 /**
  * Set the correct URL depending on the license type
  */
 void DlgSettingsDocumentImp::onLicenseTypeChanged(int index)
 {
-    ui->prefLicenseUrl->setReadOnly(true);
-
-    switch (index) {
-        case 0:
-            ui->prefLicenseUrl->setText(QString::fromLatin1("http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_rights_reserved"));
-            break;
-        case 1:
-            ui->prefLicenseUrl->setText(QString::fromLatin1("http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"));
-            break;
-        case 2:
-            ui->prefLicenseUrl->setText(QString::fromLatin1("http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"));
-            break;
-        case 3:
-            ui->prefLicenseUrl->setText(QString::fromLatin1("http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/"));
-            break;
-        case 4:
-            ui->prefLicenseUrl->setText(QString::fromLatin1("http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/"));
-            break;
-        case 5:
-            ui->prefLicenseUrl->setText(QString::fromLatin1("http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/"));
-            break;
-        case 6:
-            ui->prefLicenseUrl->setText(QString::fromLatin1("http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/"));
-            break;
-        case 7:
-            ui->prefLicenseUrl->setText(QString::fromLatin1("http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domain"));
-            break;
-        case 8:
-            ui->prefLicenseUrl->setText(QString::fromLatin1("http://artlibre.org/licence/lal"));
-            break;
-        case 9: case 10: case 11:
-            ui->prefLicenseUrl->setText(QString::fromLatin1("https://cern-ohl.web.cern.ch/"));
-            break;
-        default:
-            ui->prefLicenseUrl->clear();
-            ui->prefLicenseUrl->setReadOnly(false);
-            break;
+    App::License license{index};
+    std::string url = license.getUrl();
+    if (license.getType() == App::License::Type::Other) {
+        ui->prefLicenseUrl->clear();
+        ui->prefLicenseUrl->setReadOnly(false);
+    }
+    else {
+        ui->prefLicenseUrl->setReadOnly(true);
+        ui->prefLicenseUrl->setText(QString::fromStdString(url));
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/Gui/DlgSettingsDocumentImp.h b/src/Gui/DlgSettingsDocumentImp.h
index 71c922b6f5..0ccee6b560 100644
--- a/src/Gui/DlgSettingsDocumentImp.h
+++ b/src/Gui/DlgSettingsDocumentImp.h
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ protected Q_SLOTS:
 
 protected:
     void changeEvent(QEvent *e) override;
+    void addLicenseTypes();
 
 private:
     std::unique_ptr<Ui_DlgSettingsDocument> ui;