Please add a LICENSE file to the package

[GoogleCodeExporter]

I am packaging regex for Fedora (see 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1155778). The packaging guidelines 
suggest to ask upstream to include a LICENSE file if none is present.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by thomas.m...@gmail.com on 23 Oct 2014 at 7:11

[GoogleCodeExporter]

I've switched to Apache License 2.0 and included a copy.

Original comment by re...@mrabarnett.plus.com on 23 Oct 2014 at 6:47

• Changed state: Done

[GoogleCodeExporter]

Hm, I can't see the copy of the LICENSE file in my local checkout.

Also, the Python/_regex_core.py, Python/regex.py, and regex/_regex.c state that 
they "can be redistributed under CNRI's Python 1.6 license".

Are you sure they can be relicensed under ASL 2.0?

Original comment by thomas.m...@gmail.com on 23 Oct 2014 at 7:01

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I forgot to add the file to the commit. Added now.

I don't know about the licensing stuff. It was under the Python Software 
Foundation License, but not much of the sre code remains. Also, that licence it 
refers to Python itself...

Original comment by re...@mrabarnett.plus.com on 23 Oct 2014 at 7:26

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I would feel more comfortable if you could do both these two things:

* Ask Secret Labs AB (info@pythonware.com) about re-licensing whatever is left 
of the sre code
* Add a (short) license information to every file in the package

Original comment by thomas.m...@gmail.com on 24 Oct 2014 at 4:05

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I've reverted the licence to Python Software Foundation License.

What do other distros do about the licence?

Original comment by re...@mrabarnett.plus.com on 24 Oct 2014 at 5:35