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3.5.20 license-info - Emit the licensing information and copyright years

Usage: (license-info license prog-name prefix [ owner ] [ years ])
Emit a string that contains the licensing description, with some substitutions for program name, copyright holder, a list of years when the source was modified, and a per-line prefix. This text typically includes a brief license description and is often printed out when a program starts running or as part of the --version output. For more details, See the license-full command.

Arguments:
license - name of license type
prog-name - name of the program under the GPL
prefix - String for starting each output line
owner - Optional - owner of the program
years - Optional - copyright years