rename COPYING to LICENSE #376

pull prusnak wants to merge 1 commits into bitcoin-core:master from prusnak:master changing 59 files +64 −62

prusnak commented at 11:23 AM on January 31, 2016: none

It's an unwritten rule to use COPYING for copyleft licenses (such as GPL) and LICENSE for non-copyleft licenses (such as MIT or BSD).

Also I changed the formatting slightly to match the template used at Github as this formatting seems to be what most projects are using nowadays.
rename COPYING to LICENSE, fix formatting fdfee39ee5
prusnak cross-referenced this on Jan 31, 2016 from issue rename COPYING to LICENSE by prusnak
prusnak commented at 10:15 AM on February 1, 2016: none

Bitcoin Core people don't want this change. Retracting PR.
prusnak closed this on Feb 1, 2016

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