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Fix outdated use of METADATA name (noted by Sean R.) 

Expand list of licensing terms using CTAN's list, and explain how to
    derive the 'freely redistributable' status from them (Carey Evans)
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@ -22,10 +22,10 @@ Including Metadata in Packages
distribution (where the README, INSTALL, and other files usually
go).
Developers may not provide their own "METADATA" file. The "sdist"
command will, if it detects an existing "METADATA" file, terminate
Developers may not provide their own "PKG-INFO" file. The "sdist"
command will, if it detects an existing "PKG-INFO" file, terminate
with an appropriate error message. This should prevent confusion
caused by the "METADATA" and "setup.py" files being out of sync.
caused by the "PKG-INFO" and "setup.py" files being out of sync.
The PKG-INFO file format is a single set of RFC-822 headers
parseable by the rfc822.py module. The field names listed in the
@ -137,9 +137,31 @@ Fields
The choices are:
Artistic, BSD, GPL, LGPL, "MIT/X11", MPL, "public domain",
Python, QPL, ZPL, other
Artistic, BSD, DFSG, GNU PL, Lesser GNU PL, "MIT/X11",
Mozilla PL, "public domain", Python, Qt PL, Zope PL, unknown,
nocommercial, nosell, nosource, shareware, other
The definitions are:
public domain Software is public domain, not copyrighted.
unknown Status is not known
nocommercial Free private use but commercial use not permitted
nosell Free use but distribution for profit by arrangement
nosource Freely distributable but no source code
shareware Payment is requested if software is used
other General category for other non-DFSG licenses
Some of these licenses can be interpreted to mean the software is
freely redistributable. The list of redistributable licenses is:
Artistic, BSD, DFSG, GNU PL, Lesser GNU PL, "MIT/X11",
Mozilla PL, "public domain", Python, Qt PL, Zope PL,
nosource, shareware
Note that being redistributable does not mean a package
qualifies as free software, 'nosource' and 'shareware' being
examples.
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