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Expand Up @@ -439,38 +439,6 @@ addresses::
Maintainer-email: cschultz@example.com, snoopy@peanuts.com


.. _license-optional:
.. _core-metadata-license:

License
=======

.. versionadded:: 1.0
.. deprecated:: 2.4
in favour of ``License-Expression``.

.. warning::
As of Metadata 2.4, ``License`` and ``License-Expression`` are mutually
exclusive. If both are specified, tools which parse metadata will disregard
``License`` and PyPI will reject uploads.
See `PEP 639 <https://peps.python.org/pep-0639/#deprecate-license-field>`__.

Text indicating the license covering the distribution where the license
is not a selection from the "License" Trove classifiers. See
:ref:`"Classifier" <metadata-classifier>` below.
This field may also be used to specify a
particular version of a license which is named via the ``Classifier``
field, or to indicate a variation or exception to such a license.

Examples::

License: This software may only be obtained by sending the
author a postcard, and then the user promises not
to redistribute it.

License: GPL version 3, excluding DRM provisions


.. _license-expression-optional:
.. _core-metadata-license-expression:

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Obsoletes: Gorgon


.. _license-optional:
.. _core-metadata-license:

License
-------

.. versionadded:: 1.0
.. deprecated:: 2.4
in favour of ``License-Expression``.

.. warning::
As of Metadata 2.4, ``License`` and ``License-Expression`` are mutually
exclusive. If both are specified, tools which parse metadata will disregard
``License`` and PyPI will reject uploads.
See `PEP 639 <https://peps.python.org/pep-0639/#deprecate-license-field>`__.

Text indicating the license covering the distribution where the license
is not a selection from the "License" Trove classifiers. See
:ref:`"Classifier" <metadata-classifier>` below.
This field may also be used to specify a
particular version of a license which is named via the ``Classifier``
field, or to indicate a variation or exception to such a license.

Examples::

License: This software may only be obtained by sending the
author a postcard, and then the user promises not
to redistribute it.

License: GPL version 3, excluding DRM provisions


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