From: Matthias Maier Date: Sat, 2 Jun 2018 17:38:36 +0000 (-0500) Subject: Update LICENSE file X-Git-Tag: v9.1.0-rc1~1077^2~3 X-Git-Url: https://gitweb.dealii.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=96edf8942422a58915904060caef624c3c61986b;p=dealii.git Update LICENSE file --- diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE.md similarity index 85% rename from LICENSE rename to LICENSE.md index 892c6fd04c..6fab0282a6 100644 --- a/LICENSE +++ b/LICENSE.md @@ -1,25 +1,127 @@ +deal.II Copyright and License +============================= This directory contains the deal.II library. The deal.II library is copyrighted by the deal.II authors. This term -refers to the people listed in the file AUTHORS and on the webpage -http://www.dealii.org/authors.html. +refers to the people listed in the file `AUTHORS` and in the +[authors list](https://www.dealii.org/authors.html) on the webpage. 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