Legal File Changes

Author: naga-nandyala

scripts/release/macos/build_binary_tar_gz.py

@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@
 
 Archive Contents:
 ```
+├── LICENSE
+├── NOTICE.txt
+├── README.md
 ├── bin/
 │   └── az → ../libexec/bin/az
 ├── completions/
@@ -33,13 +36,12 @@
 └── libexec/
     ├── bin/
     │   └── az (entry script - Homebrew or AZ_PYTHON)
-    ├── lib/
-    │   └── python3.13
-    │       └── site-packages/
-    │           ├── azure/
-    │           ├── msal/
-    │           └── ... (all CLI packages)
-    └── README.txt
+    └── lib/
+        └── python3.13
+            └── site-packages/
+                ├── azure/
+                ├── msal/
+                └── ... (all CLI packages)
 ```
 
 Usage:
@@ -82,7 +84,6 @@
 PYTHON_BIN = "python3"
 TEMPLATE_DIR = Path(__file__).resolve().parent / "templates"
 LAUNCHER_TEMPLATE_PATH = TEMPLATE_DIR / "az_launcher.sh.in"
-README_TEMPLATE_PATH = TEMPLATE_DIR / "README.txt.in"
 
 
 class BuildError(RuntimeError):
@@ -249,7 +250,7 @@ def create_install_structure(venv_dir: Path, install_dir: Path, version: str, pl
     az_symlink.symlink_to(az_target)
     print(f"Created symlink: {az_symlink} -> {az_target}")
 
-    _create_readme(install_dir=libexec_dir, version=version, platform_tag=platform_tag)
+    _copy_legal_files(install_dir=install_dir)
 
     _generate_shell_completions(venv_dir=venv_dir, install_dir=install_dir)
 
@@ -275,21 +276,18 @@ def _create_launcher_script(bin_dir: Path, python_version: str) -> None:
     print(f"Created launcher script: {az_path}")
 
 
-def _create_readme(install_dir: Path, version: str, platform_tag: str) -> None:
-    """Create README.txt."""
-    template = _load_template(path=README_TEMPLATE_PATH)
-    readme_content = _render_template(
-        template=template,
-        values={
-            "AZURE_CLI_VERSION": version,
-            "PLATFORM_TAG": platform_tag,
-            "PYTHON_MAJOR_MINOR": PYTHON_MAJOR_MINOR,
-        },
-    )
+def _copy_legal_files(install_dir: Path) -> None:
+    """Copy legal and documentation files from the project root into the install directory."""
+    print("\n=== Copying legal files ===")
 
-    readme_path = install_dir / "README.txt"
-    readme_path.write_text(readme_content, encoding="utf-8")
-    print(f"Created README: {readme_path}")
+    for filename in ("LICENSE", "NOTICE.txt", "README.md"):
+        src = PROJECT_ROOT / filename
+        if src.exists():
+            dst = install_dir / filename
+            shutil.copy2(src, dst)
+            print(f"Copied {filename}: {dst}")
+        else:
+            print(f"Warning: {filename} not found at {src}")
 
 
 def _generate_shell_completions(venv_dir: Path, install_dir: Path) -> None: