added NY Senate licensing document

SENATE-CODE-LICENSE.txt

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+Open-Source Software & Software Licenses 
+In order to make the Senate's information and software as public as 
+possible, it is has adopted unique system using two types of licenses  - 
+GNU General Public License as well as the BSD License. This system is 
+meant to ensure the most public licence is used in each specific case 
+such that: 
+
+(i) Any Software released containing components with preexisting GPL 
+copyrights must be released pursuant to a GPL v3 copyright restriction. 
+(ii) Any Software created independently by the Senate without any 
+preexisting licensing restrictions on any of its components shall be 
+released under dual licensing and take one of two forms: (a) a BSD 
+license, or (b) a GPL v3 license.  The ultimate user of such Software 
+shall choose which form of licensing makes the most sense for his or her 
+project. 
+(iii) Regarding Software containing preexisting copyright restrictions 
+other than GPL, the CIO shall make the determination how he or she 
+wishes to release such Software. 
+
+GPL v3: http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html 
+BSD: http://www.opensource.org/licenses/bsd-license.php