Rename copying to license and upgrade the setup.cfg (#4338)

.pre-commit-config.yaml

@@ -6,10 +6,6 @@ repos:
         exclude: "tests/functional/t/trailing_whitespaces.py"
       - id: end-of-file-fixer
         exclude: "tests/functional/m/missing/missing_final_newline.py|tests/functional/t/trailing_newlines.py"
-  - repo: https://github.com/asottile/setup-cfg-fmt
-    rev: v1.17.0
-    hooks:
-      - id: setup-cfg-fmt
   - repo: https://github.com/myint/autoflake
     rev: v1.4
     hooks:

ChangeLog

@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ Release date: Undefined
   only contain ``__version__`` (also accessible with ``pylint.__version__``), other meta-information are still
   accessible with ``import importlib;metadata.metadata('pylint')``.
 
+* COPYING has been renamed to LICENSE for standardization.
+
 * Fix false-positive ``used-before-assignment`` in function returns.
 
   Closes #4301

doc/exts/pylint_extensions.py

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 # Licensed under the GPL: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html
-# For details: https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/blob/master/COPYING
+# For details: https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/blob/master/LICENSE
 
 """Script used to generate the extensions file before building the actual documentation."""
 

doc/exts/pylint_features.py

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 # Licensed under the GPL: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html
-# For details: https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/blob/master/COPYING
+# For details: https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/blob/master/LICENSE
 
 """Script used to generate the features file before building the actual documentation."""
 

pylint/__init__.py

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2021 Marc Mueller <[email protected]>
 
 # Licensed under the GPL: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html
-# For details: https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/blob/master/COPYING
+# For details: https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/blob/master/LICENSE
 
 import os
 import sys

pylint/__main__.py

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 
 # Licensed under the GPL: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html
-# For details: https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/blob/master/COPYING
+# For details: https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/blob/master/LICENSE
 
 import pylint
 

pylint/__pkginfo__.py

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Licensed under the GPL: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html
-# For details: https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/blob/master/COPYING
+# For details: https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/blob/master/LICENSE
 
 from typing import Optional
 

pylint/checkers/__init__.py

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2021 Matus Valo <[email protected]>
 
 # Licensed under the GPL: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html
-# For details: https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/blob/master/COPYING
+# For details: https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/blob/master/LICENSE
 
 """utilities methods and classes for checkers
 

pylint/checkers/async.py

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2020 hippo91 <[email protected]>
 
 # Licensed under the GPL: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html
-# For details: https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/blob/master/COPYING
+# For details: https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/blob/master/LICENSE
 
 """Checker for anything related to the async protocol (PEP 492)."""
 

pylint/checkers/base.py

@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2021 Or Bahari <[email protected]>
 
 # Licensed under the GPL: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html
-# For details: https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/blob/master/COPYING
+# For details: https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/blob/master/LICENSE
 
 """basic checker for Python code"""
 import builtins

pylint/checkers/base_checker.py

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2020 hippo91 <[email protected]>
 
 # Licensed under the GPL: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html
-# For details: https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/blob/master/COPYING
+# For details: https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/blob/master/LICENSE
 import functools
 from inspect import cleandoc
 from typing import Any

pylint/checkers/classes.py

@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2021 Marc Mueller <[email protected]>
 
 # Licensed under the GPL: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html
-# For details: https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/blob/master/COPYING
+# For details: https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/blob/master/LICENSE
 
 """classes checker for Python code
 """

pylint/checkers/deprecated.py

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Licensed under the GPL: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html
-# For details: https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/blob/master/COPYING
+# For details: https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/blob/master/LICENSE
 
 """Checker mixin for deprecated functionality."""
 from itertools import chain

pylint/checkers/design_analysis.py

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2021 Marc Mueller <[email protected]>
 
 # Licensed under the GPL: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html
-# For details: https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/blob/master/COPYING
+# For details: https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/blob/master/LICENSE
 
 """check for signs of poor design"""
 

pylint/checkers/exceptions.py

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2020 Anthony Sottile <[email protected]>
 
 # Licensed under the GPL: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html
-# For details: https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/blob/master/COPYING
+# For details: https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/blob/master/LICENSE
 
 """Checks for various exception related errors."""
 import builtins

pylint/checkers/format.py

@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2020 Raphael Gaschignard <[email protected]>
 
 # Licensed under the GPL: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html
-# For details: https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/blob/master/COPYING
+# For details: https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/blob/master/LICENSE
 
 """Python code format's checker.
 

pylint/checkers/imports.py

@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2021 Matus Valo <[email protected]>
 
 # Licensed under the GPL: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html
-# For details: https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/blob/master/COPYING
+# For details: https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/blob/master/LICENSE
 
 """imports checkers for Python code"""
 

pylint/checkers/logging.py

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2019 Svet <[email protected]>
 # Copyright (c) 2020 Anthony Sottile <[email protected]>
 # Licensed under the GPL: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html
-# For details: https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/blob/master/COPYING
+# For details: https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/blob/master/LICENSE
 
 """checker for use of Python logging
 """

pylint/checkers/mapreduce_checker.py

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2021 Pierre Sassoulas <[email protected]>
 
 # Licensed under the GPL: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html
-# For details: https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/blob/master/COPYING
+# For details: https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/blob/master/LICENSE
 import abc
 
 

pylint/checkers/misc.py

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2021 Konstantina Saketou <[email protected]>
 
 # Licensed under the GPL: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html
-# For details: https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/blob/master/COPYING
+# For details: https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/blob/master/LICENSE
 
 
 """Check source code is ascii only or has an encoding declaration (PEP 263)"""

pylint/checkers/newstyle.py

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2020 hippo91 <[email protected]>
 
 # Licensed under the GPL: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html
-# For details: https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/blob/master/COPYING
+# For details: https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/blob/master/LICENSE
 
 """check for new / old style related problems
 """

pylint/checkers/python3.py

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2021 Tiago Honorato <[email protected]>
 # Copyright (c) 2021 tiagohonorato <[email protected]>
 # Licensed under the GPL: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html
-# For details: https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/blob/master/COPYING
+# For details: https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/blob/master/LICENSE
 
 """Check Python 2 code for Python 2/3 source-compatible issues."""
 import itertools

pylint/checkers/raw_metrics.py

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2020 谭九鼎 <[email protected]>
 
 # Licensed under the GPL: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html
-# For details: https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/blob/master/COPYING
+# For details: https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/blob/master/LICENSE
 
 import tokenize
 from typing import Any

pylint/checkers/refactoring/__init__.py

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2020 Anthony Sottile <[email protected]>
 
 # Licensed under the GPL: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html
-# For details: https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/blob/master/COPYING
+# For details: https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/blob/master/LICENSE
 
 """Looks for code which can be refactored."""
 

pylint/checkers/refactoring/len_checker.py

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Licensed under the GPL: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html
-# For details: https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/blob/master/COPYING
+# For details: https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/blob/master/LICENSE
 from typing import List
 
 import astroid

pylint/checkers/refactoring/not_checker.py

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Licensed under the GPL: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html
-# For details: https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/blob/master/COPYING
+# For details: https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/blob/master/LICENSE
 
 import builtins
 

pylint/checkers/refactoring/recommendation_checker.py

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Licensed under the GPL: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html
-# For details: https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/blob/master/COPYING
+# For details: https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/blob/master/LICENSE
 
 import astroid
 

pylint/checkers/refactoring/refactoring_checker.py

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Licensed under the GPL: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html
-# For details: https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/blob/master/COPYING
+# For details: https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/blob/master/LICENSE
 
 import collections
 import copy

pylint/checkers/similar.py

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2020 Shiv Venkatasubrahmanyam <[email protected]>
 
 # Licensed under the GPL: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html
-# For details: https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/blob/master/COPYING
+# For details: https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/blob/master/LICENSE
 
 # pylint: disable=redefined-builtin
 """a similarities / code duplication command line tool and pylint checker

pylint/checkers/spelling.py

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2021 Eli Fine <[email protected]>
 
 # Licensed under the GPL: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html
-# For details: https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/blob/master/COPYING
+# For details: https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/blob/master/LICENSE
 
 """Checker for spelling errors in comments and docstrings.
 """

pylint/checkers/stdlib.py

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2021 Matus Valo <[email protected]>
 
 # Licensed under the GPL: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html
-# For details: https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/blob/master/COPYING
+# For details: https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/blob/master/LICENSE
 
 """Checkers for various standard library functions."""
 

pylint/checkers/strings.py

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 
 
 # Licensed under the GPL: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html
-# For details: https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/blob/master/COPYING
+# For details: https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/blob/master/LICENSE
 
 """Checker for string formatting operations.
 """

pylint/checkers/typecheck.py

@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2021 Ikraduya Edian <[email protected]>
 
 # Licensed under the GPL: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html
-# For details: https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/blob/master/COPYING
+# For details: https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/blob/master/LICENSE
 
 """try to find more bugs in the code using astroid inference capabilities
 """

pylint/checkers/utils.py

@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2021 Marc Mueller <[email protected]>
 
 # Licensed under the GPL: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html
-# For details: https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/blob/master/COPYING
+# For details: https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/blob/master/LICENSE
 
 """some functions that may be useful for various checkers
 """

pylint/checkers/variables.py

@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2021 Alexander Kapshuna <[email protected]>
 
 # Licensed under the GPL: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html
-# For details: https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/blob/master/COPYING
+# For details: https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/blob/master/LICENSE
 
 """variables checkers for Python code
 """

pylint/config/__init__.py

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2019 Hugo van Kemenade <[email protected]>
 
 # Licensed under the GPL: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html
-# For details: https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/blob/master/COPYING
+# For details: https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/blob/master/LICENSE
 
 import os
 import pickle

pylint/config/configuration_mixin.py

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Licensed under the GPL: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html
-# For details: https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/blob/master/COPYING
+# For details: https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/blob/master/LICENSE
 
 from pylint.config.option_manager_mixin import OptionsManagerMixIn
 from pylint.config.options_provider_mixin import OptionsProviderMixIn

pylint/config/find_default_config_files.py

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Licensed under the GPL: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html
-# For details: https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/blob/master/COPYING
+# For details: https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/blob/master/LICENSE
 
 import configparser
 import os

pylint/config/man_help_formatter.py

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Licensed under the GPL: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html
-# For details: https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/blob/master/COPYING
+# For details: https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/blob/master/LICENSE
 
 import optparse
 import sys

pylint/config/option.py

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Licensed under the GPL: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html
-# For details: https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/blob/master/COPYING
+# For details: https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/blob/master/LICENSE
 
 import copy
 import optparse

pylint/config/option_manager_mixin.py

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Licensed under the GPL: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html
-# For details: https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/blob/master/COPYING
+# For details: https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/blob/master/LICENSE
 
 
 import collections

pylint/config/option_parser.py

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Licensed under the GPL: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html
-# For details: https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/blob/master/COPYING
+# For details: https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/blob/master/LICENSE
 
 import optparse
 

pylint/config/options_provider_mixin.py

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Licensed under the GPL: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html
-# For details: https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/blob/master/COPYING
+# For details: https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/blob/master/LICENSE
 
 
 import optparse

pylint/constants.py

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Licensed under the GPL: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html
-# For details: https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/blob/master/COPYING
+# For details: https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/blob/master/LICENSE
 
 import sys
 

pylint/epylint.py

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2020 Anthony Sottile <[email protected]>
 
 # Licensed under the GPL: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html
-# For details: https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/blob/master/COPYING
+# For details: https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/blob/master/LICENSE
 
 """Emacs and Flymake compatible Pylint.
 

pylint/exceptions.py

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2020 Anthony Sottile <[email protected]>
 # Copyright (c) 2021 Pierre Sassoulas <[email protected]>
 # Licensed under the GPL: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html
-# For details: https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/blob/master/COPYING
+# For details: https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/blob/master/LICENSE
 
 """Exception classes raised by various operations within pylint."""
 

pylint/extensions/_check_docs_utils.py

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2021 Pierre Sassoulas <[email protected]>
 
 # Licensed under the GPL: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html
-# For details: https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/blob/master/COPYING
+# For details: https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/blob/master/LICENSE
 
 """Utility methods for docstring checking."""