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Document the license argument to setup.py
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Description
It would be good to document permissible values for the "license" argument to setup.py and how it is used: https://python-packaging-user-guide.readthedocs.org/en/latest/tutorial.html#metadata
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Start with the linked Python Packaging User Guide tutorial and the documentation covering setup.py metadata. Determine which license values are permissible and explain how the license argument is used. Done means the documentation clearly covers both the accepted values and their usage.
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- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- documentation
- Issue type
- Documentation
- Difficulty
- 2/5
- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100