Add LICENSE file for expectant auditors

The classifier in setup.py should be enough for most auditors, but some
have automated tooling that checks for LICENSE files and reads those.
This helps all auditors (downstream redistributors and users) who can
not just rely on the classifier.

Related to #612

2 files changed, 25 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index 3077f39d..f5205339 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@
 CHANGES
 =======
 
+v25.2.0
+-------
+
+* #612 via #730: Add a LICENSE file which needs to be provided by the terms of
+  the MIT license.
+
 v25.1.6
 -------
 
diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6e0693b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+Copyright (C) 2016 Jason R Coombs <jaraco@jaraco.com>
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of
+this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in
+the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to
+use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies
+of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do
+so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+SOFTWARE.