docs: spell license the US way and list the same exclusions

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/bug.md

@@ -13,6 +13,6 @@ labels: bug
 
 **Browser and OS**
 
-Note: anything to do with buying a licence, signing in, or the app itself is
+Note: anything to do with buying a license, signing in, or the app itself is
 handled elsewhere — email support@tablepro.app instead, this repository only
 covers the website.

.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/config.yml

@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@ contact_links:
   - name: A problem with the TablePro app itself
     url: https://github.com/TableProApp/TablePro/issues
     about: Bugs and feature requests for the macOS app live in the app repository.
-  - name: Licence, billing or account help
+  - name: License, billing or account help
     url: mailto:support@tablepro.app
     about: Anything involving your purchase or account.

CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ the most valuable contributions to it are usually not code.
 The site claims things about a real product that real people pay for, so:
 
 - Do not claim a feature TablePro does not have.
-- Do not describe a competitor inaccurately. If you are comparing, be fair —
+- Do not describe a competitor inaccurately. If you are comparing, be fair:
   a comparison page that oversells us is worse than no page.
 - Cite a version when a claim depends on one.
 
@@ -46,17 +46,17 @@ CI runs the same three. It will not fix style for you.
 
 ## What does not belong here
 
-Anything touching licences, payments, customer accounts or personal data is
-handled by a separate application — see [docs/architecture.md](docs/architecture.md).
+Anything touching licenses, payments, customer accounts or personal data is
+handled by a separate application. See [docs/architecture.md](docs/architecture.md).
 If your change needs one of those, open an issue describing what you need
 rather than working around it.
 
 ## Licensing
 
 By contributing you agree that:
 
-- **Code** you contribute is licensed under the [MIT licence](LICENSE).
-- **Content** you contribute — prose, blog posts, page copy — is licensed under
+- **Code** you contribute is licensed under the [MIT license](LICENSE).
+- **Content** you contribute (prose, blog posts, page copy) is licensed under
   [CC BY-NC 4.0](LICENSE-CONTENT).
 
 Practically: anyone may reuse the code freely, and may share the writing with
@@ -65,8 +65,10 @@ screenshots and stand up a competing commercial site with them.
 
 Do not commit images you do not have the rights to. Third-party logos under
 `public/images/sponsors/` belong to their owners and are used with permission;
-neither licence above extends to them. The TablePro logo files under
-`public/images/brand/` are trademarks, not covered by either licence. The brand
+neither license above extends to them. The TablePro logo files under
+`public/images/brand/` and the site icons (`public/logo.png`,
+`public/images/logo.png`, `public/apple-touch-icon.png` and
+`public/favicon.ico`) are trademarks, not covered by either license. The brand
 guidelines text is CC BY 4.0. After the app icon changes, regenerate the PNG
 files in `public/images/brand/` with
 `scripts/brand-kit.sh <path to a TablePro app checkout>` (macOS, needs

LICENSE-CONTENT

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)
 
 Copyright (c) 2026 Ngo Quoc Dat (TablePro)
 
-This licence covers the EDITORIAL CONTENT of this repository:
+This license covers the EDITORIAL CONTENT of this repository:
 
   - resources/blog/**          blog posts
   - resources/data/**          comparison and database page copy
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ This licence covers the EDITORIAL CONTENT of this repository:
   - public/og/**               generated social cards
 
 The source code in this repository is licensed separately under the MIT
-licence. See LICENSE.
+license. See LICENSE.
 
-Excluded from this licence:
+Excluded from this license:
 
   - third-party logos under public/images/sponsors and the icons and
     screenshots under public/images/integrations, which are the property
@@ -36,13 +36,13 @@ YOU ARE FREE TO:
 UNDER THE FOLLOWING TERMS:
 
   Attribution   — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to this
-                  licence, and indicate if changes were made.
+                  license, and indicate if changes were made.
 
   NonCommercial — You may not use the material for commercial purposes.
 
   No additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological
                   measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the
-                  licence permits.
+                  license permits.
 
 The full legal text is available at:
 

README.md

@@ -109,28 +109,28 @@ tests skip unless the SSR bundle is built; that is expected locally.
 
 ## What is not here
 
-Buying a licence, signing in to an account and subscribing to the newsletter
+Buying a license, signing in to an account and subscribing to the newsletter
 are handled by the TablePro backend, which is a separate application. Forms on these pages `POST` to those endpoints and get JSON back.
 
-If you are working on one of those forms, stub the response or proxy it — see
+If you are working on one of those forms, stub the response or proxy it. See
 [docs/architecture.md](docs/architecture.md) for the contract and the options.
 
 ## Contributing
 
-See [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md). Content contributions — a blog post, a
-comparison page, a typo fix, better copy — are as welcome as code.
+See [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md). Content contributions (a blog post, a
+comparison page, a typo fix, better copy) are as welcome as code.
 
-## Licence
+## License
 
-Two licences, because code and writing want different terms:
+Two licenses, because code and writing want different terms:
 
-- **Code** — [MIT](LICENSE). Use it however you like.
-- **Content** — [CC BY-NC 4.0](LICENSE-CONTENT). Covers the prose in
+- **Code**: [MIT](LICENSE). Use it however you like.
+- **Content**: [CC BY-NC 4.0](LICENSE-CONTENT). Covers the prose in
   `resources/blog`, the page copy in `resources/data` and `resources/js`, and
   the images under `public/images` and `public/og`. Share and adapt it with
   attribution, but not commercially.
 
-Neither licence covers:
+Neither license covers:
 
 - the third-party logos under `public/images/sponsors` and the integration
   icons and screenshots under `public/images/integrations`, which belong to

docs/architecture.md

@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ page: the registry drops every path the map answers.
 
 ## What it does not serve
 
-Buying a licence, signing in to an account and subscribing to the newsletter are
+Buying a license, signing in to an account and subscribing to the newsletter are
 handled by the TablePro backend, which is a separate application and not part of
 this repository. Requests to those paths never reach this code.