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From: "Eric S. Raymond" <esr@thyrsus.com>
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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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