How to include license file in setup.py script?

Question

I have written a Python extension module in C++. I plan to distribute the module with setuptools. There will be binary distributions for 32- and 64-bit Windows (built with

Answer 1

For example:

setup(
    ...
    license="ZPL",
    classifiers=[
        ...
        'License :: OSI Approved :: Zope Public License',
        ...
        ],
     ...)

additionally you can insert your licence text into 'long_description':

setup(
    ...
    long_description="Package description. \nLicense Text",
    ...)