Add LICENSE file for expectant auditors #730
Conversation
|
Ah, forgot the changelog entry. |
sigmavirus24
force-pushed
the
add-license-file
branch
from
7d395b7 to
448d925
Compare
| @@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ v25.1.6 | |||
| ------- | |||
|
|
|||
| * #725 | |||
| * #612 via #730: Add a LICENSE file which neds to be provided by the terms of | |||
There was a problem hiding this comment.
Also, this entry should go in a new section for v25.2.0.
The classifier in setup.py should be enough for most auditors, but some have automated tooling that checks for LICENSE files and reads those. This helps all auditors (downstream redistributors and users) who can not just rely on the classifier. Related to pypa#612
sigmavirus24
force-pushed
the
add-license-file
branch
from
448d925 to
8383954
Compare
|
Do you think there is any value to having a |
|
@jakirkham not really? Almost every project I've ever seen has had the license file sans |
|
Yeah, we can both dig up numerous examples either way both inside and outside of the Python ecosystem. I don't think it really matters and this (merged) pull request certainly isn't the place for a discussion of this type (whether or not to put .txt at the end of a LICENSE file name because some operating systems do weird things in an attempt to be smart). |
The classifier in setup.py should be enough for most auditors, but some
have automated tooling that checks for LICENSE files and reads those.
This helps all auditors (downstream redistributors and users) who can
not just rely on the classifier.
Related to #612