[BUG] LICENSE file does not show correct copyright holder

[pridkett]

Description

The current LICENSE file shows the copyright holder as The Python Packaging Authority. I think this was probably just a legacy oversight from setting up the repo, but should probably be updated to say the copyright holder is crewAI or whatever legal entity holds that copyright.

Unfortunately, there are a couple of larger companies that look at this sort of thing and having the wrong copyright holder on a license, even if it's the MIT License, prevents evaluation or use of the tool.

Steps to Reproduce

1. Check out the git repo and open the file called LICENSE or click here to see the current license.
2. Note that copyright statement currently reads Copyright (c) 2018 The Python Packaging Authority

The Python Packaging Authority maintains a lot of the core Python packaging tools, but not crewAI.

Expected behavior

It should read something like Copyright (c) 2023-2025 crewAI, Inc or whatever the correct legal entity and dates are.

Screenshots/Code snippets

This is the current license with the incorrect copyright holder.

Copyright (c) 2018 The Python Packaging Authority

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
SOFTWARE.

Operating System

macOS Sonoma

Python Version

3.11

crewAI Version

0.100.1

crewAI Tools Version

0.33.0

Virtual Environment

Venv

Evidence

See this link, which is just back to the first line of the current license file.

Possible Solution

Update the copyright holder to the correct legal entity that holds the copyright.

Additional context

N/A