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What is GNU MediaGoblin
=======================
-Three years ago, a number of free software luminaries got together at
-the FSF office to answer the question, "What should software freedom
-look like on the participatory web?" Those thinkers included Richard
-Stallman - founder of the free software movement and instigator of the
-GNU project, Evan Prodromou - the driving force behind Status.net, a
-highly sucessful federated micro-blogging service, and FIXME.
+Three years ago (2008), a number of free software luminaries got
+together at the FSF office to answer the question, "What should
+software freedom look like on the participatory web?" Those thinkers
+included Richard Stallman---founder of the free software movement and
+instigator of the GNU project, Evan Prodromou---the driving force
+behind Status.net, a highly sucessful federated micro-blogging
+service, and FIXME.
Since that time Identi.ca and Libre.fm have answered the
freedom-loving web-user's need for micro-blogging and music sharing.
@@ -46,10 +47,12 @@ How can I participate?
See `Get Involved <http://mediagoblin.org/join/>`.
-How is this licensed?
-=====================
+How is GNU MediaGoblin licensed?
+================================
-FIXME - write this once we work out the details
+GNU MediaGoblin software is released under an AGPLv3 license.
+
+See the ``COPYING`` file in the source for details.
Is this an official GNU Project? What does that mean?