importlib-resources is a backport of Python standard library importlib.resources module for older Pythons. The key goal of this module is to replace parts of pkg_resources with a solution in Python's stdlib that relies on well-defined APIs. This makes reading resources included in packages easier, with more stable and consistent semantics. NOTE: Upstream has removed the LICENSE file from the source repo and I will not be updating until that situation has been resolved. See https://github.com/pypa/setuptools/issues/5001 for the reasons this decision should be reversed.