Updated the license to a contemporary one.

Author: Jon Fiscus

LICENSE.md

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-# License Information for NIST data
+Full details can be found at: http://nist.gov/data/license.cfm
 
-This data was developed by employees of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), an agency of the Federal Government. Pursuant to title 15 United States Code Section 105, works of NIST employees are not subject to copyright protection in the United States and are considered to be in the public domain.
+LICENSING STATEMENT
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-
-Online version: <http://www.nist.gov/open/license.cfm>
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