add licensing information

Author: skvark

LICENSE-3RD-PARTY.txt

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+OpenCV library is redistributed within opencv-python package.
+This license applies to OpenCV binary in the directory cv2/.
+
+By downloading, copying, installing or using the software you agree to this license.
+If you do not agree to this license, do not download, install,
+copy or use the software.
+
+
+                          License Agreement
+               For Open Source Computer Vision Library
+                       (3-clause BSD License)
+
+Copyright (C) 2000-2016, Intel Corporation, all rights reserved.
+Copyright (C) 2009-2011, Willow Garage Inc., all rights reserved.
+Copyright (C) 2009-2016, NVIDIA Corporation, all rights reserved.
+Copyright (C) 2010-2013, Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., all rights reserved.
+Copyright (C) 2015-2016, OpenCV Foundation, all rights reserved.
+Copyright (C) 2015-2016, Itseez Inc., all rights reserved.
+Third party copyrights are property of their respective owners.
+
+Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification,
+are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
+
+  * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice,
+    this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+
+  * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice,
+    this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation
+    and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
+
+  * Neither the names of the copyright holders nor the names of the contributors
+    may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software
+    without specific prior written permission.
+
+This software is provided by the copyright holders and contributors "as is" and
+any express or implied warranties, including, but not limited to, the implied
+warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose are disclaimed.
+In no event shall copyright holders or contributors be liable for any direct,
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+(including, but not limited to, procurement of substitute goods or services;
+loss of use, data, or profits; or business interruption) however caused
+and on any theory of liability, whether in contract, strict liability,
+or tort (including negligence or otherwise) arising in any way out of
+the use of this software, even if advised of the possibility of such damage.

LICENSE.txt

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+MIT License
+
+Copyright (c) 2016 Olli-Pekka Heinisuo, Carlos Martinez
+
+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.

README.md

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 Currently the ``find_version.py`` file parses OpenCV version information from the OpenCV sources. OpenCV depends on numpy, so ``setup.py`` checks the numpy version also with the help of pip.
 
-As described earlier, for example the ``.pyd`` file on Windows is normally copied to site-packages. I don't want to pollute the root folder, so the ``__init__.py`` file in cv2 folder handles the import logic correctly by importing the actual ``.pyd`` module and replacing the imported cv2 package in ``sys.modudes`` with the cv2 module to retain backward compatibility.
+As described earlier, for example the ``.pyd`` file on Windows is normally copied to site-packages. To avoid polluting the root folder the ``__init__.py`` file in cv2 folder handles the import logic correctly by importing the actual ``.pyd`` module and replacing the imported cv2 package in ``sys.modudes`` with the cv2 module to retain backward compatibility.
 
 ## Manylinux wheels
 
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 Currently the ``find_version.py`` script searches for the version information from OpenCV sources and appends also a revision number specific to this repository to the version string.
 
+## Licensing
+
+Opencv-python package (scripts in this repository) is available under MIT license. The OpenCV itself is available under [3-clause BSD License](https://github.com/opencv/opencv/blob/master/LICENSE) ([LICENSE-3RD-PARTY.txt](https://github.com/skvark/opencv-python/blob/master/LICENSE-3RD-PARTY.txt)).
+
 #### Releases
 
 A release is made and uploaded to PyPI when a new tag is pushed to master branch. These tags differentiate packages (this repo might have modifications but OpenCV version stays same) and should be incremented sequentially. In practice, release version numbers look like this:

requirements.txt

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 numpy
 wheel
 twine
+pypandoc