Licensing

Date: January 30th 2016
Last updated: January 30nd 2016

A python package must include a license. This is necessary for users to know what they can and can't do with the code.

There are many options to choose from. A good place to start is http://choosealicense.com/.

• MIT
• Apache
• GPL
• PSFL: Python Software Foundation License

At a basic level:

setup(

    ...
    # Add license type
    license="MIT",
    ...
    # copy and paste MIT license into txt file
    # http://choosealicense.com/licenses/mit/
    data_files = [('', ['LICENSE.txt'])],
    ...

)