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6 changes: 5 additions & 1 deletion source/specifications/core-metadata.rst
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Expand Up @@ -116,7 +116,11 @@ When found in the metadata of a source distribution, the following
rules apply:

1. If a field is *not* marked as ``Dynamic``, then the value of the field
in any wheel built from the sdist MUST match the value in the sdist.
in any wheel built from the sdist MUST be semantically equivalent to the
value in the sdist. For example, ``Foo`` and ``foo`` as distribution name
as well as ``>=2,<3`` and ``<3,>=2`` as version specifiers are semantically
equivalent.

If the field is not in the sdist, and not marked as ``Dynamic``, then
it MUST NOT be present in the wheel.
2. If a field is marked as ``Dynamic``, it may contain any valid value in
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