New submission from David James:

Lib/argparse.py [1] doesn't mention a license in it. Could you please add a 
license to it?

According to the argparse project [2], argparse is licensed under the Python 
license. Chromium OS uses argparse. If you would add information about the 
license to argparse, we'd appreciate it.

Here's an example license string that passes the Debian licensecheck [3] script:

# Licensed under the Python Software Foundation License version 2.7


In case you don't understand why Chromium wants include a license in 
argparse.py, rather than just consulting the global LICENSE file, here's a bit 
more detail: Chromium includes many files from different authors in its 
distribution. Many projects contain LICENSE files, but this doesn't mean that 
every file under the project is licensed under that license. So it's helpful if 
each file has a quick note that mentions what license it uses. This helps us 
ensure that we understand the license of all files we include. We automate this 
check using  Debian's licensecheck.pl script.


[1]: http://hg.python.org/cpython/file/62a988b3bf2e/Lib/argparse.py
[2]: https://code.google.com/p/argparse/source/browse/LICENSE.txt
[3]: 
http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/pool/main/d/devscripts/devscripts_2.12.6.tar.gz 
or 
http://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome/trunk/src/third_party/devscripts/licensecheck.pl

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components: Library (Lib)
messages: 184929
nosy: David.James
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: Add the license to argparse.py
versions: Python 2.6, Python 2.7, Python 3.1, Python 3.2, Python 3.3, Python 
3.4, Python 3.5

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