Including non-Python files with setup.py

Question

How do I make it setup.py

include a file that is not part of the code? (Specifically, this is a license file, but it could be any other thing.)

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python distutils

Ram Rachum Oct 20 At 14:02

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Matt ball · Accepted Answer · 2009-10-20T14:05:28+0000

http://docs.python.org/distutils/setupscript.html#installing-additional-files is all you need.

Since you mentioned the license file, you can include additional metadata (like the license) this way .