Change to MIT license (old BSD 3-clause not strictly compatible w/ GPL)

Matt Fox · Matt Fox · commit 76113a9ddc5a · 2011-10-14T14:12:31.000-07:00
diff --git a/LICENSE.txt b/LICENSE.txt
@@ -1,24 +1,19 @@
-Copyright (c) 2011, Kerkhoff Technologies, Inc.
-All rights reserved.
+Copyright (c) 2011, Kerkhoff Technologies Inc.
 
-Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
-modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
-    * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
-      notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
-    * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
-      notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
-      documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
-    * Neither the name of the Kerkhoff Technologies, Inc. nor the
-      names of its contributors may be used to endorse or promote products
-      derived from this software without specific prior written permission.
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of
+this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in
+the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to
+use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies
+of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do
+so, subject to the following conditions:
 
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-(INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES;
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+
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