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Index: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/internal/software-license.xml
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--- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/internal/software-license.xml
+++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/internal/software-license.xml
@@ -74,26 +74,6 @@
</li>
<li>
- <p>We will allow existing GPLv2 licensed software to be
- converted to GPLv3 or other similar license changes on a
- case-by-case basis provided that the FreeBSD Core Team is
- given appropriate technical justification.</p>
-
- <p>Each piece of software that is being converted to a
- different license must be submitted to the FreeBSD Core Team
- for approval through this process as though it were a new
- piece of software.</p>
-
- <p>For Free Software Foundation maintained software except
- GCC, GDB, and binutils, all patches posted after the date the
- software switched to GPLv3 will be considered to be covered by
- the GPLv3 and thus will be subject to this rule. For GCC, GDB
- and binutils we accept the community practice of allowing
- patches to be relicensed under GPLv2 at the patch author's
- discretion. The author's permission must be documented in the
- commit message for each patch that is committed.</p>
- </li>
- <li>
<p>Historically, the phrase 'All Rights Reserved.' was
included in all copyright notices. The BSD releases had it to
comply with the Buenos Aires Convention of 1910 in the
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