Please provide LICENSE

[squizlabs]

Please provide LICENSE

[aik099]

While we're at it the file itself needs to be renamed from license.txt to LICENSE according to open source project rules.

[remicollet]

It could also make sense to add README and CONTRIBUTING with role="doc".
LICENSE is mandatory for downstream... per license term...

* Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright ...

[gsherwood]

Having the licence file distributed in PEAR places it in a completely different directory away from the actual source code, so it's basically useless. That's why the package.xml and every file header points to the licence file on Github.

Changing the name would require me to change every file header, and instantly break links in the header of all existing distributions, so I'm not going to do that. Also, there is absolutely no requirement to name the licence file LICENCE. The licence file can be named anything you want (especially given there are 2 spellings). All naming and availability is provided for convenience.

Just to clarify: I am not currently in breach of my own licence just because the file is called licence.txt and it is not in the package.xml file.

Having said all that, I'll add the licence.txt entry into the package.xml file considering you've asked for it. I just want to be clear that this change does not affect the licensing of PHP_CodeSniffer in any way.

[gsherwood]

I've committed the change here: b7f98a3

I added the README and CONTRIBUTING files and even changed them names on install for you @aik099 :)