Can pip (or setuptools, distribute etc…) list the license used by each installed package?

Question

I\'m trying to audit a Python project with a large number of dependencies and while I can manually look up each project\'s homepage/license terms, it seems like most OSS pac

Answer 1

With pip:

pip show django | grep License

If you want to get the PyPI classifier for the license, use the verbose option:

pip show -v django | grep 'License ::'