[Distutils] license for setuptools

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The OP specifically asked about setuptools, which is on-topic. In large corporate environments it is standard to have a process that evaluates every single dependency, so setuptools does end up in the bucket with matplotlib since you need it to install.

> On Aug 11, 2016, at 8:36 PM, Noah Kantrowitz <noah at coderanger.net> wrote:
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> Hi there, this list is for the discussion of Python's core packaging tools like distutils. We have no control over the packages made or distributed with them. You would have to contact the matplotlib authors, not us.
> 
> --Noah
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>> On Aug 12, 2016, at 7:51 AM, Marinier, Claude <claude.marinier at lmco.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Good afternoon (well it’s afternoon here in the EDT zone),
>> 
>> I am in the process of requesting the installation of Python 3 with matplotlib. The company needs to approve licenses but I cannot find the license for setuptools. The description here says it uses an MIT license but I cannot confirm this. On github, the file setup.py says the same thing.
>> 
>> License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License
>> 
>> Could the maintainer please add an explicit license file.
>> 
>> I would really like to use matplotlib but will not get approval unless we can confirm the license.
>> 
>> Thank you.
>> 
>> --
>> Claude Marinier
>> 
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