diff --git a/actions/register.php b/actions/register.php
index ccab76cf01..da8d0a0bbc 100644
--- a/actions/register.php
+++ b/actions/register.php
@@ -491,11 +491,15 @@ class RegisterAction extends Action
             $this->elementStart('li');
             $this->element('input', $attrs);
             $this->elementStart('label', array('class' => 'checkbox', 'for' => 'license'));
-            $this->text(_('My text and files are available under '));
-            $this->element('a', array('href' => common_config('license', 'url')),
-                           common_config('license', 'title'), _("Creative Commons Attribution 3.0"));
-            $this->text(_(' except this private data: password, '.
-                          'email address, IM address, and phone number.'));
+            $message = _('My text and files are available under %s ' .
+                         'except this private data: password, ' .
+                         'email address, IM address, and phone number.');
+            $link = '<a href="' .
+                    htmlspecialchars(common_config('license', 'url')) .
+                    '">' .
+                    htmlspecialchars(common_config('license', 'title')) .
+                    '</a>';
+            $this->raw(sprintf(htmlspecialchars($message), $link));
             $this->elementEnd('label');
             $this->elementEnd('li');
         }
diff --git a/plugins/Facebook/FBConnectAuth.php b/plugins/Facebook/FBConnectAuth.php
index 51bfc38657..8eba7fc135 100644
--- a/plugins/Facebook/FBConnectAuth.php
+++ b/plugins/Facebook/FBConnectAuth.php
@@ -138,6 +138,11 @@ class FBConnectauthAction extends Action
         parent::showPage();
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @fixme much of this duplicates core code, which is very fragile.
+     * Should probably be replaced with an extensible mini version of
+     * the core registration form.
+     */
     function showContent()
     {
         if (!empty($this->message_text)) {
@@ -159,10 +164,15 @@ class FBConnectauthAction extends Action
                                       'name' => 'license',
                                       'value' => 'true'));
         $this->elementStart('label', array('class' => 'checkbox', 'for' => 'license'));
-        $this->text(_m('My text and files are available under '));
-        $this->element('a', array('href' => common_config('license', 'url')),
-                       common_config('license', 'title'));
-        $this->text(_m(' except this private data: password, email address, IM address, phone number.'));
+        $message = _('My text and files are available under %s ' .
+                     'except this private data: password, ' .
+                     'email address, IM address, and phone number.');
+        $link = '<a href="' .
+                htmlspecialchars(common_config('license', 'url')) .
+                '">' .
+                htmlspecialchars(common_config('license', 'title')) .
+                '</a>';
+        $this->raw(sprintf(htmlspecialchars($message), $link));
         $this->elementEnd('label');
         $this->elementEnd('li');
         $this->elementEnd('ul');
diff --git a/plugins/OpenID/finishopenidlogin.php b/plugins/OpenID/finishopenidlogin.php
index f3a4833006..32b092a0bd 100644
--- a/plugins/OpenID/finishopenidlogin.php
+++ b/plugins/OpenID/finishopenidlogin.php
@@ -79,6 +79,11 @@ class FinishopenidloginAction extends Action
         $this->showPage();
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @fixme much of this duplicates core code, which is very fragile.
+     * Should probably be replaced with an extensible mini version of
+     * the core registration form.
+     */
     function showContent()
     {
         if (!empty($this->message_text)) {
@@ -110,10 +115,15 @@ class FinishopenidloginAction extends Action
                                       'value' => 'true'));
         $this->elementStart('label', array('for' => 'license',
                                           'class' => 'checkbox'));
-        $this->text(_m('My text and files are available under '));
-        $this->element('a', array('href' => common_config('license', 'url')),
-                       common_config('license', 'title'));
-        $this->text(_m(' except this private data: password, email address, IM address, phone number.'));
+        $message = _('My text and files are available under %s ' .
+                     'except this private data: password, ' .
+                     'email address, IM address, and phone number.');
+        $link = '<a href="' .
+                htmlspecialchars(common_config('license', 'url')) .
+                '">' .
+                htmlspecialchars(common_config('license', 'title')) .
+                '</a>';
+        $this->raw(sprintf(htmlspecialchars($message), $link));
         $this->elementEnd('label');
         $this->elementEnd('li');
         $this->elementEnd('ul');
diff --git a/plugins/TwitterBridge/twitterauthorization.php b/plugins/TwitterBridge/twitterauthorization.php
index bc004cb955..7a896e1687 100644
--- a/plugins/TwitterBridge/twitterauthorization.php
+++ b/plugins/TwitterBridge/twitterauthorization.php
@@ -332,6 +332,11 @@ class TwitterauthorizationAction extends Action
         parent::showPage();
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @fixme much of this duplicates core code, which is very fragile.
+     * Should probably be replaced with an extensible mini version of
+     * the core registration form.
+     */
     function showContent()
     {
         if (!empty($this->message_text)) {
@@ -353,10 +358,15 @@ class TwitterauthorizationAction extends Action
                                       'name' => 'license',
                                       'value' => 'true'));
         $this->elementStart('label', array('class' => 'checkbox', 'for' => 'license'));
-        $this->text(_('My text and files are available under '));
-        $this->element('a', array('href' => common_config('license', 'url')),
-                       common_config('license', 'title'));
-        $this->text(_(' except this private data: password, email address, IM address, phone number.'));
+        $message = _('My text and files are available under %s ' .
+                     'except this private data: password, ' .
+                     'email address, IM address, and phone number.');
+        $link = '<a href="' .
+                htmlspecialchars(common_config('license', 'url')) .
+                '">' .
+                htmlspecialchars(common_config('license', 'title')) .
+                '</a>';
+        $this->raw(sprintf(htmlspecialchars($message), $link));
         $this->elementEnd('label');
         $this->elementEnd('li');
         $this->elementEnd('ul');