python distribution missing LICENSE.txt

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What version of protobuf and what language are you using?
Version: v3.12.0
Language: Python

What operating system (Linux, Windows, ...) and version?
Linux

What runtime / compiler are you using (e.g., python version or gcc version)
python 3.7.7

What did you do?
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

$ python3 -m venv /tmp/venv
$ source /tmp/venv/bin/activate
(venv) $ pip install protobuf==3.12.0
Collecting protobuf==3.12.0
  Using cached https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/c9/bf/5416042df9e48e89c60bdb116d9f1a72f2d014f6839a85148d63e6ae52dc/protobuf-3.12.0-cp37-cp37m-manylinux1_x86_64.whl
Requirement already satisfied: setuptools in /tmp/venv/lib/python3.7/site-packages (from protobuf==3.12.0) (40.8.0)
Collecting six>=1.9 (from protobuf==3.12.0)
  Using cached https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/65/eb/1f97cb97bfc2390a276969c6fae16075da282f5058082d4cb10c6c5c1dba/six-1.14.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl
Installing collected packages: six, protobuf
Successfully installed protobuf-3.12.0 six-1.14.0
(venv) $ ls /tmp/venv/lib/python3.7/site-packages/protobuf-3.12.0.dist-info/
INSTALLER  METADATA  namespace_packages.txt  RECORD  top_level.txt  WHEEL

What did you expect to see
LICENSES.txt file in /lib/python3.7/site-packages/protobuf-3.12.0.dist-info

What did you see instead?
Missing LICENSES.txt

Anything else we should know about your project / environment
This is causing problems for our automation which uses the pip-licenses tool to gather python licenses.

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