diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 4f548b4..5c37f6a 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -2,104 +2,126 @@ GEM
   remote: https://rubygems.org/
   specs:
     RedCloth (4.2.9)
-    activesupport (4.1.1)
+    activesupport (4.1.5)
       i18n (~> 0.6, >= 0.6.9)
       json (~> 1.7, >= 1.7.7)
       minitest (~> 5.1)
       thread_safe (~> 0.1)
       tzinfo (~> 1.1)
     blankslate (2.1.2.4)
-    classifier (1.3.4)
-      fast-stemmer (>= 1.0.0)
+    celluloid (0.16.0)
+      timers (~> 4.0.0)
+    classifier-reborn (2.0.1)
+      fast-stemmer (~> 1.0)
+    coffee-script (2.3.0)
+      coffee-script-source
+      execjs
+    coffee-script-source (1.8.0)
     colorator (0.1)
     colored (1.2)
-    commander (4.1.6)
-      highline (~> 1.6.11)
-    ethon (0.7.0)
+    ethon (0.7.1)
       ffi (>= 1.3.0)
+    execjs (2.2.1)
     fast-stemmer (1.0.2)
     ffi (1.9.3)
-    gemoji (1.5.0)
-    github-pages (18)
+    gemoji (2.1.0)
+    github-pages (24)
       RedCloth (= 4.2.9)
-      jekyll (= 1.5.1)
-      jekyll-mentions (= 0.0.6)
-      jekyll-redirect-from (= 0.3.1)
-      jekyll-sitemap (= 0.2.0)
-      jemoji (= 0.1.0)
+      jekyll (= 2.3.0)
+      jekyll-coffeescript (= 1.0.0)
+      jekyll-mentions (= 0.1.3)
+      jekyll-redirect-from (= 0.6.0)
+      jekyll-sass-converter (= 1.2.0)
+      jekyll-sitemap (= 0.5.1)
+      jemoji (= 0.3.0)
       kramdown (= 1.3.1)
-      liquid (= 2.5.5)
+      liquid (= 2.6.1)
       maruku (= 0.7.0)
+      pygments.rb (= 0.6.0)
       rdiscount (= 2.1.7)
-      redcarpet (= 2.3.0)
-    highline (1.6.21)
-    html-pipeline (1.5.0)
+      redcarpet (= 3.1.2)
+    hitimes (1.2.2)
+    html-pipeline (1.9.0)
       activesupport (>= 2)
       nokogiri (~> 1.4)
-    html-proofer (0.6.7)
+    html-proofer (1.3.3)
       colored (~> 1.2)
       mercenary (~> 0.3.2)
-      nokogiri (~> 1.6.0)
+      nokogiri (~> 1.5)
       typhoeus (~> 0.6.7)
-    i18n (0.6.9)
-    jekyll (1.5.1)
-      classifier (~> 1.3)
+      yell (~> 2.0)
+    i18n (0.6.11)
+    jekyll (2.3.0)
+      classifier-reborn (~> 2.0)
       colorator (~> 0.1)
-      commander (~> 4.1.3)
-      liquid (~> 2.5.5)
-      listen (~> 1.3)
-      maruku (= 0.7.0)
-      pygments.rb (~> 0.5.0)
-      redcarpet (~> 2.3.0)
+      jekyll-coffeescript (~> 1.0)
+      jekyll-gist (~> 1.0)
+      jekyll-paginate (~> 1.0)
+      jekyll-sass-converter (~> 1.0)
+      jekyll-watch (~> 1.1)
+      kramdown (~> 1.3)
+      liquid (~> 2.6.1)
+      mercenary (~> 0.3.3)
+      pygments.rb (~> 0.6.0)
+      redcarpet (~> 3.1)
       safe_yaml (~> 1.0)
       toml (~> 0.1.0)
-    jekyll-mentions (0.0.6)
-      html-pipeline (~> 1.5.0)
-      jekyll (~> 1.4)
-    jekyll-redirect-from (0.3.1)
-      jekyll (~> 1.4)
-    jekyll-sitemap (0.2.0)
-      jekyll (~> 1.4)
-    jemoji (0.1.0)
-      gemoji (~> 1.5.0)
-      html-pipeline (~> 1.5.0)
-      jekyll (~> 1.4)
+    jekyll-coffeescript (1.0.0)
+      coffee-script (~> 2.2)
+    jekyll-gist (1.1.0)
+    jekyll-mentions (0.1.3)
+      html-pipeline (~> 1.9.0)
+      jekyll (~> 2.0)
+    jekyll-paginate (1.0.0)
+    jekyll-redirect-from (0.6.0)
+      jekyll (~> 2.0)
+    jekyll-sass-converter (1.2.0)
+      sass (~> 3.2)
+    jekyll-sitemap (0.5.1)
+    jekyll-watch (1.1.0)
+      listen (~> 2.7)
+    jemoji (0.3.0)
+      gemoji (~> 2.0)
+      html-pipeline (~> 1.9)
+      jekyll (~> 2.0)
     json (1.8.1)
     kramdown (1.3.1)
-    liquid (2.5.5)
-    listen (1.3.1)
+    liquid (2.6.1)
+    listen (2.7.9)
+      celluloid (>= 0.15.2)
       rb-fsevent (>= 0.9.3)
       rb-inotify (>= 0.9)
-      rb-kqueue (>= 0.2)
     maruku (0.7.0)
-    mercenary (0.3.3)
-    mini_portile (0.5.3)
-    minitest (5.3.3)
-    nokogiri (1.6.1)
-      mini_portile (~> 0.5.0)
+    mercenary (0.3.4)
+    mini_portile (0.6.0)
+    minitest (5.4.1)
+    nokogiri (1.6.3.1)
+      mini_portile (= 0.6.0)
     parslet (1.5.0)
       blankslate (~> 2.0)
-    posix-spawn (0.3.8)
-    pygments.rb (0.5.4)
+    posix-spawn (0.3.9)
+    pygments.rb (0.6.0)
       posix-spawn (~> 0.3.6)
       yajl-ruby (~> 1.1.0)
-    rake (10.3.1)
+    rake (10.3.2)
     rb-fsevent (0.9.4)
-    rb-inotify (0.9.4)
-      ffi (>= 0.5.0)
-    rb-kqueue (0.2.2)
+    rb-inotify (0.9.5)
       ffi (>= 0.5.0)
     rdiscount (2.1.7)
-    redcarpet (2.3.0)
+    redcarpet (3.1.2)
     safe_yaml (1.0.3)
-    thread_safe (0.3.3)
+    sass (3.4.3)
+    thread_safe (0.3.4)
+    timers (4.0.0)
+      hitimes
     toml (0.1.1)
       parslet (~> 1.5.0)
-    typhoeus (0.6.8)
-      ethon (>= 0.7.0)
-    tzinfo (1.1.0)
+    typhoeus (0.6.9)
+      ethon (>= 0.7.1)
+    tzinfo (1.2.2)
       thread_safe (~> 0.1)
     yajl-ruby (1.1.0)
+    yell (2.0.4)
 
 PLATFORMS
   ruby
diff --git a/_config.yml b/_config.yml
index 2430a28..1f6bd7d 100644
--- a/_config.yml
+++ b/_config.yml
@@ -4,67 +4,20 @@ relative_permalinks: false
 markdown: kramdown
 url: "http://choosealicense.com"
 
-rules:
+collections:
+  licenses:
+    output: true
+    permalink: /licenses/:path/
 
-  required:
-  - description: Include a copy of the license and copyright notice with the code.
-    label: License and copyright notice
-    tag: include-copyright
-  - description: Indicate significant changes made to the code.
-    label: State Changes
-    tag: document-changes
-  - description: Source code must be made available when distributing the software. In the case of LGPL, the source for the library (and not the entire program) must be made available.
-    label: Disclose Source
-    tag: disclose-source
-  - description: Users who interact with the software via network are given the right to receive a copy of the corresponding source code.
-    label: Network Use is Distribution
-    tag: network-use-disclose
-  - description: The library may be used within a non-open-source application.
-    label: Library usage
-    tag: library-usage
-  - description: You must change the name of the software if you modify it.
-    label: Rename
-    tag: rename
-
-  permitted:
-  - description: This software and derivatives may be used for commercial purposes.
-    label: Commercial Use
-    tag: commercial-use
-  - description: This software may be modified.
-    label: Modification
-    tag: modifications
-  - description: You may distribute this software.
-    label: Distribution
-    tag: distribution
-  - description: You may grant a sublicense to modify and distribute this software to third parties not included in the license.
-    label: Sublicensing
-    tag: sublicense
-  - description: You may use and modify the software without distributing it.
-    label: Private Use
-    tag: private-use
-  - description: This license provides an express grant of patent rights from the contributor to the recipient.
-    label: Patent Grant
-    tag: patent-grant
-
-  forbidden:
-  - description: While this may be implicitly true of all licenses, this license explicitly states that you may NOT use the names, logos, or trademarks of contributors.
-    label: Use Trademark
-    tag: trademark-use
-  - description: Software is provided without warranty and the software author/license owner cannot be held liable for damages.
-    label: Hold Liable
-    tag: no-liability
-  - description: You may not grant a sublicense to modify and distribute this software to third parties not included in the license.
-    label: Sublicensing
-    tag: no-sublicense
-  - description: This software may not be modified.
-    label: Modification
-    tag: modifications
-  - description: You may not distribute this software.
-    label: Distribution
-    tag: distribution
-  - description: You may not grant a sublicense to modify and distribute this software to third parties not included in the license.
-    label: Sublicensing
-    tag: sublicense
+defaults:
+  -
+    scope:
+      path: ""
+      type: "licenses"
+    values:
+      layout: license
+      featured: false
+      "hide-from-license-list": false
 
 exclude:
   - app.coffee
@@ -76,10 +29,12 @@ exclude:
   - Rakefile
   - README.md
   - script
-  - bundle
+  - vendor/bundle
   - test
   - tests
-
+  - assets/vendor/selectivizr/tests
+  - assets/vendor/zeroclipboard/test
+  
 gems:
   - jekyll-sitemap
   - jekyll-redirect-from
diff --git a/_data/rules.yml b/_data/rules.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5bd9c57
--- /dev/null
+++ b/_data/rules.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+required:
+- description: Include a copy of the license and copyright notice with the code.
+  label: License and copyright notice
+  tag: include-copyright
+- description: Indicate significant changes made to the code.
+  label: State Changes
+  tag: document-changes
+- description: Source code must be made available when distributing the software. In the case of LGPL, the source for the library (and not the entire program) must be made available.
+  label: Disclose Source
+  tag: disclose-source
+- description: Users who interact with the software via network are given the right to receive a copy of the corresponding source code.
+  label: Network Use is Distribution
+  tag: network-use-disclose
+- description: The library may be used within a non-open-source application.
+  label: Library usage
+  tag: library-usage
+- description: You must change the name of the software if you modify it.
+  label: Rename
+  tag: rename
+
+permitted:
+- description: This software and derivatives may be used for commercial purposes.
+  label: Commercial Use
+  tag: commercial-use
+- description: This software may be modified.
+  label: Modification
+  tag: modifications
+- description: You may distribute this software.
+  label: Distribution
+  tag: distribution
+- description: You may grant a sublicense to modify and distribute this software to third parties not included in the license.
+  label: Sublicensing
+  tag: sublicense
+- description: You may use and modify the software without distributing it.
+  label: Private Use
+  tag: private-use
+- description: This license provides an express grant of patent rights from the contributor to the recipient.
+  label: Patent Grant
+  tag: patent-grant
+
+forbidden:
+- description: While this may be implicitly true of all licenses, this license explicitly states that you may NOT use the names, logos, or trademarks of contributors.
+  label: Use Trademark
+  tag: trademark-use
+- description: Software is provided without warranty and the software author/license owner cannot be held liable for damages.
+  label: Hold Liable
+  tag: no-liability
+- description: You may not grant a sublicense to modify and distribute this software to third parties not included in the license.
+  label: Sublicensing
+  tag: no-sublicense
+- description: This software may not be modified.
+  label: Modification
+  tag: modifications
+- description: You may not distribute this software.
+  label: Distribution
+  tag: distribution
+- description: You may not grant a sublicense to modify and distribute this software to third parties not included in the license.
+  label: Sublicensing
+  tag: sublicense
diff --git a/_includes/footer.html b/_includes/footer.html
index c9c56c2..40ccf02 100644
--- a/_includes/footer.html
+++ b/_includes/footer.html
@@ -15,11 +15,14 @@
 
     </div> <!-- /container -->
 
-    {% if page.layout == "license" or page.class == "license-types" %}
+    {% if page.collection == "licenses" or page.class == "license-types" %}
     <script src="/assets/vendor/jquery/jquery.min.js"></script>
     <script src="/assets/vendor/qtip2/jquery.qtip.min.js"></script>
     <script src="/assets/vendor/zeroclipboard/ZeroClipboard.min.js"></script>
-    <script src="/assets/js/javascript.js"></script>
+    <script>
+      window.annotations = {{ site.data.rules | jsonify }};
+    </script>
+    <script src="/assets/js/app.js"></script>
     {% endif %}
 
     <script>
diff --git a/_includes/js/annotations.js b/_includes/js/annotations.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 9a602b6..0000000
--- a/_includes/js/annotations.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-var annotations = {
-{% for type_hash in site.rules %}
-  "{{ type_hash[0] }}": {
-    {% for rule_hash in type_hash[1] %}
-    "{{ rule_hash.tag }}" : "{{ rule_hash.description }}"{% if forloop.rindex0 > 0 %},{% endif %}
-    {% endfor %}
-  }{% if forloop.rindex0 > 0 %},{% endif %}
-{% endfor %}
-};
diff --git a/_includes/js/app.js b/_includes/js/app.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 124bea0..0000000
--- a/_includes/js/app.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,132 +0,0 @@
-// Generated by CoffeeScript 1.7.1
-(function() {
-  var Choosealicense;
-
-  Choosealicense = (function() {
-    Choosealicense.prototype.flashAvailable = function() {
-      if (typeof ActiveXObject !== "undefined" && ActiveXObject !== null) {
-        return !!(new ActiveXObject("ShockwaveFlash.ShockwaveFlash"));
-      } else {
-        return !!navigator.mimeTypes["application/x-shockwave-flash"];
-      }
-    };
-
-    Choosealicense.prototype.selectText = function(element) {
-      var range, selection;
-      if (document.body.createTextRange) {
-        range = document.body.createTextRange();
-        range.moveToElementText(element);
-        return range.select();
-      } else if (window.getSelection) {
-        selection = window.getSelection();
-        range = document.createRange();
-        range.selectNodeContents(element);
-        selection.removeAllRanges();
-        return selection.addRange(range);
-      }
-    };
-
-    Choosealicense.prototype.qtip_position = {
-      my: "top center",
-      at: "bottom center"
-    };
-
-    Choosealicense.prototype.categories = {
-      required: "Required",
-      permitted: "Permitted",
-      forbidden: "Forbidden"
-    };
-
-    function Choosealicense() {
-      this.initTooltips();
-      this.initClipboard();
-      this.initLicenseVariationNav();
-    }
-
-    Choosealicense.prototype.initTooltips = function() {
-      var category, label, rules, text, _ref;
-      for (category in annotations) {
-        rules = annotations[category];
-        for (label in rules) {
-          text = rules[label];
-          $(".license-rules ul.license-" + category + " li." + label).attr("title", text);
-        }
-      }
-      _ref = this.categories;
-      for (category in _ref) {
-        label = _ref[category];
-        $(".license-" + category + " li").qtip({
-          content: {
-            text: false,
-            title: {
-              text: label
-            }
-          },
-          position: this.qtip_position,
-          style: {
-            classes: "qtip-shadow qtip-" + category
-          }
-        });
-      }
-      return false;
-    };
-
-    Choosealicense.prototype.initZeroClipboard = function() {
-      var clip;
-      $(".js-clipboard-button").data("clipboard-prompt", $(".js-clipboard-button").text());
-      clip = new ZeroClipboard($(".js-clipboard-button"), {
-        moviePath: "/assets/vendor/zeroclipboard/ZeroClipboard.swf"
-      });
-      clip.on("mouseout", this.clipboardMouseout);
-      clip.on("complete", this.clipboardComplete);
-      return clip;
-    };
-
-    Choosealicense.prototype.initAlternativeClipboard = function() {
-      return $(".js-clipboard-button").click((function(_this) {
-        return function(e) {
-          var target;
-          target = "#" + $(e.target).data("clipboard-target");
-          return _this.selectText($(target)[0]);
-        };
-      })(this));
-    };
-
-    Choosealicense.prototype.initClipboard = function() {
-      if ((typeof ZeroClipboard !== "undefined" && ZeroClipboard !== null) && this.flashAvailable()) {
-        return this.initZeroClipboard();
-      } else {
-        return this.initAlternativeClipboard();
-      }
-    };
-
-    Choosealicense.prototype.clipboardMouseout = function(client, args) {
-      return this.innerText = $(this).data("clipboard-prompt");
-    };
-
-    Choosealicense.prototype.clipboardComplete = function(client, args) {
-      return this.innerText = "Copied!";
-    };
-
-    Choosealicense.prototype.initLicenseVariationNav = function() {
-      return $(".js-nav-pills a").click(function(e) {
-        var nav, selectedTab;
-        selectedTab = $(this).data("selected-tab");
-        nav = $(this).closest(".js-nav-pills");
-        nav.find("li").removeClass("active");
-        nav.closest(".js-license-variations").siblings(".js-variation-tab").removeClass("active");
-        $(this).parent("li").addClass("active");
-        $("." + selectedTab).addClass("active");
-        return e.preventDefault();
-      });
-    };
-
-    return Choosealicense;
-
-  })();
-
-  $(function() {
-    return new Choosealicense();
-  });
-
-}).call(this);
diff --git a/_includes/license-overview.html b/_includes/license-overview.html
index fcc2c64..cf511ec 100644
--- a/_includes/license-overview.html
+++ b/_includes/license-overview.html
@@ -1,26 +1,30 @@
 <div class="license-family clearfix">
   <div class="license-family-heading">
-    <h3 class="license-family-name"><a href="{{ page.permalink }}">{% if page.category %}{{ page.category }}{% else %}{{ page.title }}{% endif %}</a></h3>
+    <h3 class="license-family-name">
+      <a href="{{ license.permalink }}">
+        {% if license.category %}{{ license.category }}{% else %}{{ license.title }}{% endif %}
+      </a>
+    </h3>
 
-    <p class="license-family-description">{{ page.description }}</p>
+    <p class="license-family-description">{{ license.description }}</p>
   </div>
 
   <div class="license-details">
     <div class="license-variations js-license-variations">
       <!-- always show this div, even w/o variations, for proper spacing -->
-      {% if page.tab-slug %}
+      {% if license.tab-slug %}
       <ul class="nav-pills js-nav-pills">
-        {% for variation in site.pages %}
-          {% if variation.category and variation.category == page.category %}
-        <li{% if page.tab-slug == variation.tab-slug %} class="active"{% endif %}><a href="#{{ variation.tab-slug }}" data-selected-tab="variation-{{ variation.tab-slug }}">{{ variation.title }}</a></li>
+        {% for variation in site.licenses %}
+          {% if variation.category and variation.category == license.category %}
+        <li{% if license.tab-slug == variation.tab-slug %} class="active"{% endif %}><a href="#{{ variation.tab-slug }}" data-selected-tab="variation-{{ variation.tab-slug }}">{{ variation.title }}</a></li>
           {% endif %}
         {% endfor %}
       </ul>
       {% endif %}
     </div>
-    {% for variation in site.pages %}
-      {% if variation.category and variation.category == page.category %}
-    <div {% if variation.tab-slug %}id="{{ variation.tab-slug }}" {% endif %}class="variation-tab {% if variation.tab-slug %}variation-{{ variation.tab-slug }}{% endif %} js-variation-tab{% if page.tab-slug == variation.tab-slug %} active{% endif %}">
+    {% for variation in site.licenses %}
+      {% if variation.category and variation.category == license.category %}
+    <div {% if variation.tab-slug %}id="{{ variation.tab-slug }}" {% endif %}class="variation-tab {% if variation.tab-slug %}variation-{{ variation.tab-slug }}{% endif %} js-variation-tab{% if license.tab-slug == variation.tab-slug %} active{% endif %}">
       <table class="license-rules">
         <tr>
         {% assign types = "required|permitted|forbidden" | split: "|" %}
@@ -32,7 +36,7 @@
           {% for type in types %}
             <td>
               <ul class="license-{{ type }}">
-                {% assign rules = site.rules[type] | sort: "label" %}
+                {% assign rules = site.data.rules[type] | sort: "label" %}
                 {% for rule_obj in rules %}
                   {% assign req = rule_obj.tag %}
                   {% if variation[type] contains req %}
diff --git a/_includes/sidebar.html b/_includes/sidebar.html
index dedb0e0..72dfeff 100644
--- a/_includes/sidebar.html
+++ b/_includes/sidebar.html
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
   {% for type in types %}
     <h3>{{ type | capitalize }}</h3>
     <ul class="license-{{ type }}">
-      {% assign rules = site.rules[type] | sort: "label" %}
+      {% assign rules = site.data.rules[type] | sort: "label" %}
       {% for rule_obj in rules %}
         {% assign req = rule_obj.tag %}
         {% if page[type] contains req %}
diff --git a/licenses/AGPL-3.0.txt b/_licenses/AGPL-3.0.txt
similarity index 100%
rename from licenses/AGPL-3.0.txt
rename to _licenses/AGPL-3.0.txt
diff --git a/licenses/Apache-2.0.txt b/_licenses/Apache-2.0.txt
similarity index 100%
rename from licenses/Apache-2.0.txt
rename to _licenses/Apache-2.0.txt
diff --git a/licenses/Artistic-2.0.txt b/_licenses/Artistic-2.0.txt
similarity index 100%
rename from licenses/Artistic-2.0.txt
rename to _licenses/Artistic-2.0.txt
diff --git a/licenses/BSD-2-Clause.txt b/_licenses/BSD-2-Clause.txt
similarity index 100%
rename from licenses/BSD-2-Clause.txt
rename to _licenses/BSD-2-Clause.txt
diff --git a/licenses/BSD-3-Clause.txt b/_licenses/BSD-3-Clause.txt
similarity index 100%
rename from licenses/BSD-3-Clause.txt
rename to _licenses/BSD-3-Clause.txt
diff --git a/licenses/EPL-1.0.txt b/_licenses/EPL-1.0.txt
similarity index 100%
rename from licenses/EPL-1.0.txt
rename to _licenses/EPL-1.0.txt
diff --git a/licenses/GPL-2.0.txt b/_licenses/GPL-2.0.txt
similarity index 100%
rename from licenses/GPL-2.0.txt
rename to _licenses/GPL-2.0.txt
diff --git a/licenses/GPL-3.0.txt b/_licenses/GPL-3.0.txt
similarity index 100%
rename from licenses/GPL-3.0.txt
rename to _licenses/GPL-3.0.txt
diff --git a/licenses/LGPL-2.1.txt b/_licenses/LGPL-2.1.txt
similarity index 100%
rename from licenses/LGPL-2.1.txt
rename to _licenses/LGPL-2.1.txt
diff --git a/licenses/LGPL-3.0.txt b/_licenses/LGPL-3.0.txt
similarity index 100%
rename from licenses/LGPL-3.0.txt
rename to _licenses/LGPL-3.0.txt
diff --git a/licenses/MIT.txt b/_licenses/MIT.txt
similarity index 100%
rename from licenses/MIT.txt
rename to _licenses/MIT.txt
diff --git a/licenses/MPL-2.0.txt b/_licenses/MPL-2.0.txt
similarity index 100%
rename from licenses/MPL-2.0.txt
rename to _licenses/MPL-2.0.txt
diff --git a/licenses/cc0.txt b/_licenses/cc0.txt
similarity index 100%
rename from licenses/cc0.txt
rename to _licenses/cc0.txt
diff --git a/licenses/isc.txt b/_licenses/isc.txt
similarity index 100%
rename from licenses/isc.txt
rename to _licenses/isc.txt
diff --git a/licenses/no-license.html b/_licenses/no-license.html
similarity index 100%
rename from licenses/no-license.html
rename to _licenses/no-license.html
diff --git a/licenses/unlicense.txt b/_licenses/unlicense.txt
similarity index 100%
rename from licenses/unlicense.txt
rename to _licenses/unlicense.txt
diff --git a/_includes/js/app.coffee b/assets/js/app.coffee
similarity index 94%
rename from _includes/js/app.coffee
rename to assets/js/app.coffee
index 20bdf30..7b47065 100644
--- a/_includes/js/app.coffee
+++ b/assets/js/app.coffee
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+---
+---
+
 class Choosealicense
 
   # Checks if Flash is available in the client.
@@ -42,9 +45,9 @@ class Choosealicense
   initTooltips: ->
 
     # Dynamically add annotations as title attribute to rule list items
-    for category, rules of annotations
-      for label, text of rules
-        $(".license-rules ul.license-#{category} li.#{label}").attr "title", text
+    for category, rules of window.annotations
+      for rule in rules
+        $(".license-rules ul.license-#{category} li.#{rule["tag"]}").attr "title", rule["description"]
 
     # Init tooltips on all rule list items
     for category, label of @categories
diff --git a/assets/js/javascript.js b/assets/js/javascript.js
deleted file mode 100644
index a33dbdc..0000000
--- a/assets/js/javascript.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
----
-layout: nil
----
-
-{% include js/annotations.js %}
-{% include js/app.js %}
diff --git a/licenses.html b/licenses.html
index 0445a54..bd42d1e 100644
--- a/licenses.html
+++ b/licenses.html
@@ -7,14 +7,9 @@ title: Licenses
 
 <h2>Featured Licenses</h2>
 
-{% assign sorted_pages = site.pages | sort: 'path' %}
-
-{% for page in sorted_pages %}
-  {% if page.layout == "license" %}
-    {% if page.featured %}
-      {% include license-overview.html %}
-    {% endif %}
-  {% endif %}
+{% assign featured_licenses = site.licenses | where:"featured",true %}
+{% for license in featured_licenses | sort: 'path' %}
+  {% include license-overview.html %}
 {% endfor %}
 
 <h2>Other licenses</h2>
@@ -22,11 +17,7 @@ title: Licenses
   Some communities tend to have specific licenses preferred by the
   community. For example, Perl developers often choose the Artistic License.
 </p>
-
-{% for page in sorted_pages %}
-  {% if page.layout == "license" %}
-    {% if page.featured != true and page.hide-from-license-list != true %}
-      {% include license-overview.html %}
-    {% endif %}
-  {% endif %}
+{% assign licenses = site.licenses | where:"featured",false | where:"hide-from-license-list",false %}
+{% for license in licenses %}
+  {% include license-overview.html %}
 {% endfor %}
diff --git a/licenses.json b/licenses.json
index f8e1a6a..ded1514 100644
--- a/licenses.json
+++ b/licenses.json
@@ -1,8 +1,4 @@
 ---
-comment: \
-  because the for loop is being filtered by layout, the normal rindex0 check
-  for the trailing comma doesn't work. Count the number of licenses and manually
-  increment an index to see if we're on the true last iteration.
 ---
-{% assign count = 0 %}{% for page in site.pages %}{% if page.layout == "license" %}{% assign count = count | plus: 1 %}{% endif %}{% endfor %}{% assign i = 0 %}
-[{% for page in site.pages %}{% if page.layout == "license" %}{{ page | jsonify }}{% assign i = i | plus: 1 %}{% if i < count %},{% endif %}{% endif %}{% endfor %}]
+
+{{ site.licenses | jsonify }}
diff --git a/script/bootstrap b/script/bootstrap
index 8a6128e..b659455 100755
--- a/script/bootstrap
+++ b/script/bootstrap
@@ -6,8 +6,5 @@ echo "bundling installin'"
 gem install bundler
 bundle install
 
-echo "npm installin'"
-npm install coffee-script
-
 echo
-echo "You're all set. Just run script/server and you can play license roulette!"
\ No newline at end of file
+echo "You're all set. Just run script/server and you can play license roulette!"
diff --git a/script/cibuild b/script/cibuild
index f0647b6..241f1f7 100755
--- a/script/cibuild
+++ b/script/cibuild
@@ -2,8 +2,5 @@
 
 set -e
 
-echo "compiling javascript..."
-./node_modules/.bin/coffee -c _includes/js/app.coffee
-
 echo "building the site..."
 bundle exec rake test
diff --git a/script/server b/script/server
index 901dd03..987b025 100755
--- a/script/server
+++ b/script/server
@@ -2,11 +2,8 @@
 
 set -e
 
-echo "compiling javascript..."
-./node_modules/.bin/coffee -c _includes/js/app.coffee
-
 echo "spinning up the server..."
 bundle exec jekyll serve -w
 
 echo "cleaning up..."
-rm -Rf _site
\ No newline at end of file
+rm -Rf _site