add a LICENSE file for clarity and for the convenience of porters

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+$Id: LICENSE,v 1.1 2014/04/22 22:03:22 schwarze Exp $
+
+With the exceptions noted below, all code and documentation
+contained in the mdocml toolkit is protected by the Copyright
+of the following developers:
+
+Copyright (c) 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 Kristaps Dzonsons <kristaps@bsd.lv>
+Copyright (c) 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 Ingo Schwarze <schwarze@openbsd.org>
+Copyright (c) 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg@netbsd.org>
+Copyright (c) 2013 Franco Fichtner <franco@lastsummer.de>
+Copyright (c) 1999, 2004 Marc Espie <espie@openbsd.org>
+Copyright (c) 1998, 2010 Todd C. Miller <Todd.Miller@courtesan.com>
+Copyright (c) 2003 Jason McIntyre <jmc@openbsd.org>
+
+See the individual source files for information about who contributed
+to which file during which years.
+
+
+The mdocml distribution as a whole is distributed by its developers
+under the following license:
+
+Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any
+purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above
+copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES
+WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
+MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR
+ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES
+WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN
+ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF
+OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
+
+
+The following files included from outside sources are protected by
+other people's Copyright and are distributed under a 3-clause BSD
+license; see these individual files for details.
+
+compat_getsubopt.c, compat_strcasestr.c, compat_strsep.c:
+Copyright (c) 1990, 1993 The Regents of the University of California
+
+compat_fgetln.c:
+Copyright (c) 1998 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.