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Simplify LICENSE wording

Now, before you call your lawyers, here is some explanation:
The MIT/X Consortium-License and ISC-License are equivalent
according to the Berne-convention. This means that a court
of law presented with either licenses will act the same.

The advantage of the ISC license is that it has a simpler wording
and is recommended by the OpenBSD-project for new projects[0].
And as we at suckless.org love removing cruft, this also includes
removing legal cruft wording that is not needed any more.

[0]: http://www.openbsd.org/policy.html

--- a/LICENSE

+++ b/LICENSE

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@

-MIT/X Consortium License

+ISC License

 (c) 2012-2016 Roberto E. Vargas Caballero <[email protected]>

@@ -14,20 +14,14 @@

 (c) 2016 Lucas Gabriel Vuotto <[email protected]>

 (c) 2016 Raymond Nicholson <[email protected]>

-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:

+Permission to use, copy, modify, and/or distribute this software for any

+purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above

+copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies.

-The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in

-all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

-

-THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR

-IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,

-FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.  IN NO EVENT SHALL

-THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER

-LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING

-FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER

-DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES

+WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF

+MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR

+ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES

+WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN

+ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF

+OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.