[Hackage] #205: Remove BSD4 from Cabal.Distribution.License.License

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#205: Remove BSD4 from Cabal.Distribution.License.License
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  Reporter:  igloo          |        Owner:         
      Type:  defect         |       Status:  new    
  Priority:  normal         |    Milestone:         
 Component:  Cabal library  |      Version:  1.2.3.0
  Severity:  normal         |     Keywords:         
Difficulty:  normal         |   Ghcversion:  6.8.2  
  Platform:  Linux          |  
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 I doubt any Haskell software actually uses the BSD4 license, and it is
 likely to confuse users as it looks like a newer version of BSD3.

 Currently we have
 {{{
 data License = ... | BSD3 | BSD4
 }}}
 so I propose moving to one of
 {{{
 data License = ... | BSD3
 data License = ... | BSD
 data License = ... | BSD3   | OldBSD
 data License = ... | BSD    | OldBSD
 data License = ... | NewBSD | OldBSD
 }}}
 (http://www.opensource.org/licenses/alphabetical lists it as "New BSD
 license")

 All but the first will require changing a number of packages. We could
 leave the old BSD3 name as deprecated for a while, though.

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