The OP specifically asked about setuptools, which is on-topic. In large corporate environments it is standard to have a process that evaluates every single dependency, so setuptools does end up in the bucket with matplotlib since you need it to install.
> On Aug 11, 2016, at 8:36 PM, Noah Kantrowitz <n...@coderanger.net> wrote: > > Hi there, this list is for the discussion of Python's core packaging tools > like distutils. We have no control over the packages made or distributed with > them. You would have to contact the matplotlib authors, not us. > > --Noah > >> On Aug 12, 2016, at 7:51 AM, Marinier, Claude <claude.marin...@lmco.com> >> wrote: >> >> Good afternoon (well it’s afternoon here in the EDT zone), >> >> I am in the process of requesting the installation of Python 3 with >> matplotlib. The company needs to approve licenses but I cannot find the >> license for setuptools. The description here says it uses an MIT license but >> I cannot confirm this. On github, the file setup.py says the same thing. >> >> License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License >> >> Could the maintainer please add an explicit license file. >> >> I would really like to use matplotlib but will not get approval unless we >> can confirm the license. >> >> Thank you. >> >> -- >> Claude Marinier >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Distutils-SIG maillist - Distutils-SIG@python.org >> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/distutils-sig > > > _______________________________________________ > Distutils-SIG maillist - Distutils-SIG@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/distutils-sig _______________________________________________ Distutils-SIG maillist - Distutils-SIG@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/distutils-sig
