diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index 5031e00f..82fefa8f 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@
                     
                     <h2>Getting the code</h2> 
                     <div class="divider"></div> 
-                    <p>Ace is a community project. We actively encourage and support contributions. The Ace source code is <a href="http://github.com/ajaxorg/ace">hosted on GitHub</a>. It is released under the Mozilla tri-license (MPL/GPL/LGPL). This is the same license used by Firefox. This license is friendly to all kinds of projects, whether open source or not. Take charge of your editor and add your favorite language highlighting and keybindings!
+                    <p>Ace is a community project. We actively encourage and support contributions. The Ace source code is <a href="http://github.com/ajaxorg/ace">hosted on GitHub</a>. Ace is a community project. We actively encourage and support contributions. The Ace source code is hosted on GitHub. It is released under the BSD License. This license is very simple, and is friendly to all kinds of projects, whether open source or not. Take charge of your editor and add your favorite language highlighting and keybindings!
                     <pre>git clone git://github.com/ajaxorg/ace.git</pre></p> 
  
                 </div> 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 28943867..652611d2 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -22,14 +22,8 @@
         "ace": "."
     },
     "licenses": [{
-        "type": "MPL",
-        "url": "http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/"
-    }, {
-        "type": "GPL",
-        "url": "http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html"
-    }, {
-        "type": "LGPL",
-        "url": "http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.html"
+        "type": "BSD New",
+        "url": "http://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause"
     }],
     "directories": {
         "lib": "lib/ace"
@@ -61,4 +55,4 @@
             }
         }
     }
-}
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+}