diff --git a/src/outline/licenseOptions.js b/src/outline/licenseOptions.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 6b6e63b..0000000
--- a/src/outline/licenseOptions.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,105 +0,0 @@
-// This was a student project to
-// allow the user to chose favoite CC license terms and have them highlighted
-
-// tabulator.options becaome UI.licenseOptions
-// Possible future alternative directoons: Store license preferences in a solid preferences file
-import { store } from 'solid-logic'
-
-export const licenseURI = [
-  'http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/',
-  'http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/',
-  'http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/',
-  'http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/3.0/',
-  'http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/',
-  'http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/'
-]
-
-const names = ['BY-NC-ND', 'BY-NC-SA', 'BY-NC', 'BY-ND', 'BY-SA', 'BY']
-
-export function licenseOptions () {
-  this.options = {}
-  this.references = []
-  this.checkedLicenses = []
-
-  this.openCheckBoxWindow = function () {
-    this.this.display = window.open(
-      ' ',
-      'NewWin',
-      'menubar=0,location=no,status=no,directories=no,toolbar=no,scrollbars=yes,height=200,width=200'
-    )
-  }
-  let message = "<font face='arial' size='2'><form name ='checkboxes'>"
-  const lics = this.checkedLicenses
-  for (let kk = 0; kk < lics.length; kk++) {
-    message +=
-      "<input type='checkbox' name = 'n" +
-      kk +
-      "' onClick = 'tabulator.options.submit()'" + // @@ FIXME
-      (lics[kk] ? 'CHECKED' : '') +
-      ' />CC: ' +
-      names[kk] +
-      '<br />'
-  }
-
-  message +=
-    "<br /> <a onclick='tabulator.options.selectAll()'>[Select All] </a>" // @@ FIXME
-  message += "<a onclick='tabulator.options.deselectAll()'> [Deselect All]</a>" // @@ FIXME
-  message += '</form></font>'
-
-  this.display.document.write(message)
-
-  this.display.document.close()
-
-  let i
-  for (i = 0; i < 6; i++) {
-    this.references[i] = this.this.display.document.checkboxes.elements[i]
-  }
-
-  this.selectAll = function () {
-    let i
-    for (i = 0; i < 6; i++) {
-      this.display.document.checkboxes.elements[i].checked = true
-      this.references[i].checked = true
-      this.checkedLicenses[i] = true
-    }
-  }
-
-  this.deselectAll = function () {
-    let i
-    for (i = 0; i < 6; i++) {
-      this.display.document.checkboxes.elements[i].checked = false
-      this.references[i].checked = false
-      this.checkedLicenses[i] = false
-    }
-  }
-
-  this.submit = function () {
-    // alert('this.submit: checked=' + this.references[0].checked)
-    for (let i = 0; i < 6; i++) {
-      this.checkedLicenses[i] = !!this.references[i].checked
-    }
-  }
-
-  this.checkLicense = function checkLicense (statement) {
-    const licenses = store.each(
-      statement.why,
-      store.sym('http://creativecommons.org/ns#license'),
-      null,
-      statement.why
-    )
-    // UI.log.info('licenses:' + statement.why + ': ' + licenses)
-    for (let i = 0; i < licenses.length; i++) {
-      for (let j = 0; j < this.checkedLicenses.length; j++) {
-        if (this.checkedLicenses[j] && licenses[i].uri === licenseURI[j]) {
-          return true
-          // theClass += ' licOkay' // icon_expand
-          // break
-        }
-      }
-    }
-    return false
-  }
-  return this
-}
-
-// ends
diff --git a/src/outline/manager.js b/src/outline/manager.js
index 12e780b..50541ab 100644
--- a/src/outline/manager.js
+++ b/src/outline/manager.js
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@ import * as $rdf from 'rdflib'
 import * as UI from 'solid-ui'
 import { authn, authSession, store } from 'solid-logic'
 import { propertyViews } from './propertyViews'
-import { licenseOptions } from './licenseOptions'
-
 import { outlineIcons } from './outlineIcons.js' // @@ chec
 import { UserInput } from './userInput.js'
 import * as queryByExample from './queryByExample.js'
@@ -179,13 +177,6 @@ export default function (context) {
     td.setAttribute('notSelectable', 'false')
     let theClass = 'obj'
 
-    // check the IPR on the data.  Ok if there is any checked license which is one the document has.
-    if (statement && statement.why) {
-      if (licenseOptions && licenseOptions.checklicense && licenseOptions.checklicense()) {
-        theClass += ' licOkay' // flag as light green etc .licOkay {background-color: #dfd}
-      }
-    }
-
     // set about and put 'expand' icon
     if (
       obj.termType === 'NamedNode' ||