Add MIT license reference headers across Python and shell sources

[Copilot]

This PR addresses the repo-wide licensing hygiene task by adding explicit MIT license reference headers to source files and standardizing how files point to the canonical LICENSE text.

• Scope

  • Added a compact two-line MIT reference header to tracked *.py and *.sh source files.
  • Preserved executable shebang ordering for script entrypoints.

• Conventions honored

  • Kept generated migration files unchanged in the final patch to avoid hand-editing migration artifacts.

• Header format

  # Licensed under the MIT License.
  # See LICENSE file in the project root for full license information.

• Fixes chore: add MIT license reference headers to all source files #68

[Copilot]

Pull request overview

This PR implements repo-wide licensing hygiene by adding a consistent MIT license reference header to Python and shell sources, pointing contributors to the canonical LICENSE file in the project root.

Changes:

• Added a standardized two-line MIT license reference header to *.py and *.sh files (preserving shebang placement where present).
• Introduced several new __init__.py files containing only the header (per diff), expanding header coverage to those modules/packages.

Reviewed changes

Copilot reviewed 66 out of 66 changed files in this pull request and generated 2 comments.

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File	Description
stop_web.sh	Add MIT license reference header below shebang.
start_web.sh	Add MIT license reference header below shebang.
siteapps/users/views.py	Add MIT license reference header.
siteapps/users/urls.py	Add MIT license reference header.
siteapps/users/tests.py	Add MIT license reference header.
siteapps/users/models.py	Add MIT license reference header.
siteapps/users/middleware.py	Add MIT license reference header.
siteapps/users/auth_backend.py	Add MIT license reference header.
siteapps/users/apps.py	Add MIT license reference header.
siteapps/users/api_client.py	Add MIT license reference header.
siteapps/users/admin.py	Add MIT license reference header.
siteapps/users/init.py	Add new __init__.py containing MIT license reference header.
siteapps/species/views.py	Add MIT license reference header.
siteapps/species/urls.py	Add MIT license reference header.
siteapps/species/tests.py	Add MIT license reference header.
siteapps/species/models.py	Add MIT license reference header.
siteapps/species/management/commands/load_inat_taxonomy.py	Add MIT license reference header.
siteapps/species/management/commands/create_species_names.py	Add MIT license reference header.
siteapps/species/apps.py	Add MIT license reference header.
siteapps/species/admin.py	Add MIT license reference header.
siteapps/species/init.py	Add new __init__.py containing MIT license reference header.
siteapps/socialmedia/web_views.py	Add MIT license reference header.
siteapps/socialmedia/views.py	Add MIT license reference header.
siteapps/socialmedia/urls.py	Add MIT license reference header.
siteapps/socialmedia/tests.py	Add MIT license reference header.
siteapps/socialmedia/test_web_views.py	Add MIT license reference header.
siteapps/socialmedia/test_moderation.py	Add MIT license reference header.
siteapps/socialmedia/test_auth_and_utils.py	Add MIT license reference header.
siteapps/socialmedia/moderation.py	Add MIT license reference header.
siteapps/socialmedia/models.py	Add MIT license reference header.
siteapps/socialmedia/mixins.py	Add MIT license reference header.
siteapps/socialmedia/apps.py	Add MIT license reference header.
siteapps/socialmedia/admin.py	Add MIT license reference header.
siteapps/socialmedia/init.py	Add new __init__.py containing MIT license reference header.
siteapps/sightings/views.py	Add MIT license reference header.
siteapps/sightings/utils.py	Add MIT license reference header.
siteapps/sightings/urls.py	Add MIT license reference header.
siteapps/sightings/throttles.py	Add MIT license reference header.
siteapps/sightings/tests.py	Add MIT license reference header.
siteapps/sightings/models.py	Add MIT license reference header.
siteapps/sightings/management/commands/init.py	Add new __init__.py containing MIT license reference header.
siteapps/sightings/management/init.py	Add new __init__.py containing MIT license reference header.
siteapps/sightings/apps.py	Add MIT license reference header.
siteapps/sightings/init.py	Add new __init__.py containing MIT license reference header.
siteapps/home/views.py	Add MIT license reference header.
siteapps/home/urls.py	Add MIT license reference header.
siteapps/home/tests.py	Add MIT license reference header.
siteapps/home/models.py	Add MIT license reference header.
siteapps/home/context_processors.py	Add MIT license reference header.
siteapps/home/apps.py	Add MIT license reference header.
siteapps/home/admin.py	Add MIT license reference header.
siteapps/home/init.py	Add new __init__.py containing MIT license reference header.
similarity/test_similarity.py	Add MIT license reference header.
similarity/similarity.py	Add MIT license reference header.
similarity/init.py	Add new __init__.py containing MIT license reference header.
manage.py	Add MIT license reference header below shebang.
config/wsgi/staging.py	Add MIT license reference header.
config/wsgi/prod.py	Add MIT license reference header.
config/wsgi/local.py	Add MIT license reference header.
config/version.py	Add MIT license reference header.
config/urls.py	Add MIT license reference header.
config/settings/staging.py	Add MIT license reference header.
config/settings/prod.py	Add MIT license reference header.
config/settings/local.py	Add MIT license reference header.
config/settings/base.py	Add MIT license reference header.
config/init.py	Add new __init__.py containing MIT license reference header.

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