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## License

For more information, see [PEP 639][].
For more information, see [PEP 639][]. `license` must be a valid
[SPDX license expression](https://peps.python.org/pep-0639/#spdx-license-expression-syntax),
`license-files` a list of glob patterns which match license files. If not specified,
`license-files` will default to `['LICEN[CS]E*', 'COPYING*', 'NOTICE*', 'AUTHORS*']`.

=== ":octicons-file-code-16: pyproject.toml"

=== "SPDX expression"

```toml
[project]
...
license = "Apache-2.0 OR MIT"
```

=== "Files"

```toml
[project]
...
license-files = ["LICENSES/*"]
```
```toml
[project]
...
license = "Apache-2.0 OR MIT"
license-files = ["LICENSES/*"]
```

## Ownership

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