Revert "code adjustments to license picker"

This reverts commit cfba24023766a54b7ea991c8c8ab7041dd5e3feb.
Revert "Merge pull request #219 from podlove/licenceselector"

This reverts commit de22267c9a9ed5afc0ed8ab432f9d1b9f2140cd4, reversing
changes made to 8488a9a37364784a7407034644d34d45e3159753.
:shipit: release 1.8.10