Update License Info with Well-known OSA MIT License Classifier

[macserv]

I am currently unable to utilize basedpyright at my place of work because the (industry-standard) managed system we use to procure external code can not identify the license type.

This change replaces the current license property with the registered classifier for the MIT License, ensuring that it will be parsed properly by managed procurement tools like ours.

• Update license data in pyproject.toml, replacing license property with classifiers, containing the License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License classifier, and Python version classifiers from 3.8–3.13.

[DetachHead]

thanks

[jorenham]

There's also the license = {file = "LICENSE"} you could use in [project] btw
https://packaging.python.org/en/latest/guides/writing-pyproject-toml/#license

[DetachHead]

If you are using a standard, well-known license, it is not necessary to use this field. Instead, you should use one of the classifiers starting with License ::. (As a general rule, it is a good idea to use a standard, well-known license, both to avoid confusion and because some organizations avoid software whose license is unapproved.)

i guess this means since we're using MIT the classifier is the way to go

[jorenham]

I don't think they're mutually exclusive; I use both in my project (usually BSD though). Big guys like numpy also use both in that way: https://github.com/numpy/numpy/blob/060c28aa1920f0699ef7c3725e59dcd8e99723ca/pyproject.toml#L12-L42

[macserv]

The reason for the change was that the license property alone was insufficient to identify the license to my company's artifact procurement system.

I doubt having both in place would cause problems, but the documentation (which you linked) does state that you should use classifiers instead of license when possible:

If you are using a standard, well-known license, it is not necessary to use [the license] field. Instead, you should use one of the classifiers starting with License ::.

[njzjz]

Per PEP 639, both license = {file = "LICENSE"} and License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License are deprecated when PEP 639 is officially accepted. The new recommended configuration will be

[project]
license = "MIT"

[jorenham]

[DetachHead]

thanks for the info guys, i think i'll just leave it as is for now