Proposing switch to actual BSD license

[Waldhoff, Rodney]

In order to simplify the explanation, I'd like to propose we change our
license from "BSD-like" to the actually BSD license.  

Specifically, I'd like to propose the following:

====
Copyright (c) 2002-2006, Axion Development Team
All rights reserved.

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 Axion Development Team nor the names of its
contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from
this software without specific prior written permission.

THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS
IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED
TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT OWNER
OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL,
EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR
PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF
LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING
NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS
SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
====

which is precisely the template at
http://www.opensource.org/licenses/bsd-license.php where:

 <OWNER> = <ORGANIZATION> = Axion Development Team

And

 <YEAR> = 2002-2006

If you compare this to our current license
(http://axion.tigris.org/nonav/source/browse/*checkout*/axion/LICENSE.tx
t?rev=HEAD) you'll note the following changes:

 * We no longer reference "Tigris", which we probably never really had
much right to anyway

 * Bullets 3 and 4 are collapsed into a single item

 * The bit at the bottom defining "Axion Development Team" and stating
"License changes are to be determined by a simple majority vote of the
Axion Development Team." has been dropped, as it seems to make some
lawyers nervous.

If there are no comments, complaints or suggestions, I'll open a formal
VOTE thread later this week.

 - R

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