license to GPLv2 like bedtools

LICENSE.txt

@@ -1,26 +1,19 @@
-Wrapper for Aaron Quinlan's BEDtools, plus other useful methods for working with BED files
+Wrapper for Aaron Quinlan's BEDtools, plus other useful methods for working
+with BED, BAM, GFF, and VCF files
 
-Copyright (c) 2010, Ryan Dale
+Copyright (c) 2010,2011 Ryan Dale
 All rights reserved.
 
+This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
+of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
 
-Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification,
-are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
+This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+GNU General Public License for more details.
 
-    * 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.
-
-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 HOLDER 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.
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
+with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51
+Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.

README.rst

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Overview
 --------
-pybedtools is a Python wrapper for Aaron Quinlan's BEDtools and is
+`pybedtools` is a Python wrapper for Aaron Quinlan's BEDtools and is
 designed to leverage the "genome algebra" power of BEDtools from within
 Python scripts.
 
@@ -9,3 +9,10 @@ Python.
 
 See full online documentation, including installation instructions, at
 http://pybedtools.genomicnorth.com.
+
+Created by Ryan Dale 2010
+
+Copyright 2010,2011 Ryan Dale, all rights reserved.
+
+`pybedtools` is released under the GPLv2 license; see LICENSE.txt for more
+info.

docs/source/index.rst

@@ -14,10 +14,13 @@ Welcome to pybedtools's documentation!
    mind when assesing whether to use this package in production code.
 
 The documentation is separated into 4 main parts, depending on the depth you'd
-like to cover.  Lazy, or just want to jump in?  Check out :ref:`3examples` to
-get a feel for the package.  Want a guided tour?  Give the :ref:`tutorial` a
-shot.  More advanced features are described in the :ref:`topical` section. Finally, 
-doctested module documentation can be found in :ref:`autodoc`.
+like to cover:
+
+* Lazy, or just want to jump in?  Check out :ref:`3examples` to
+  get a feel for the package.
+* Want a guided tour?  Give the :ref:`tutorial` a shot.
+* More advanced features are described in the :ref:`topical` section. 
+* Finally, doctested module documentation can be found in :ref:`autodoc`.
 
 Contents:
 ---------