Re: [kbuild-devel] Request for comment -- a better attribution system

From: Eric S. Raymond (esr@thyrsus.com)
Date: Sat Apr 21 2001 - 15:55:09 EDT

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    Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@dplanet.ch>:
    > We should use the same filed name of CREDITS e.g. D: for Description.
    > (maybe you can invert D: description and T: time of last update)

    Good point.
     
    > It whould nice also if we include the type of the license (GPL,...).
    > This for a fast parsing (and maybe also to replace the few lines
    > of license)

    Is there any kernel code that isn't GPLed?

    > Instead of C: it is more important (IMHO) to include the module name.

    That we get from the name of the file we're visiting, I think.

    > Maybe we can include both (modules name are always lower case).
    > I think that the inclusion of the config option is not important (
    > considering that it can be easily parsed from the kaos' new makefiles).

    Interesting point. Maybe that field should drop out once we transition. 

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