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Update GraphQL licensing situation in the docs

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## Road to GraphQL
We have changed our plans to move to GraphQL. After reviewing the GraphQL license, anything related to the Facebook BSD plus patent license will not be allowed at GitLab.
Going forward, we will start on moving to
[GraphQL](http://graphql.org/learn/best-practices/) and deprecate the use of
controller-specific endpoints. GraphQL has a number of benefits:
1. We avoid having to maintain two different APIs.
2. Callers of the API can request only what they need.
3. It is versioned by default.
It will co-exist with the current v4 REST API. If we have a v5 API, this should
be a compatibility layer on top of GraphQL.
Although there were some patenting and licensing concerns with GraphQL, these
have been resolved to our satisfaction by the relicensing of the reference
implementations under MIT, and the use of the OWF license for the GraphQL
specification.
## Basic usage

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- [ISC License][ISC] (also known as the OpenBSD License): A permissive (non-copyleft) license as defined by the Open Source Initiative.
- [Creative Commons Zero (CC0)][CC0]: A public domain dedication, recommended as a way to disclaim copyright on your work to the maximum extent possible.
- [Unlicense][UNLICENSE]: Another public domain dedication.
- [OWFa 1.0][OWFa1]: An open-source license and patent grant designed for specifications.
## Unacceptable Licenses
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[OSL-GNU]: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.en.html#OSL
[Org-Repo]: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/organization
[UNLICENSE]: https://unlicense.org
[OWFa1]: http://www.openwebfoundation.org/legal/the-owf-1-0-agreements/owfa-1-0
[Facebook]: https://code.facebook.com/pages/850928938376556
[x-list]: https://www.apache.org/legal/resolved.html#category-x
[Acceptable-Licenses]: #acceptable-licenses