AboutCode-Toolkit Documentation

• AboutCode Toolkit
  • Build and tests status
  • REQUIREMENTS
  • INSTALLATION
  • REFERENCE
  • TESTS and DEVELOPMENT
  • HELP and SUPPORT
  • SOURCE CODE
  • HACKING
  • LICENSE
• Reference
  • about
  • attrib
  • check
  • gen
  • inventory
  • Special Notes
• ABOUT File Specification v3.1.2
  • Purpose
  • Specification
  • ABOUT file name
  • Lines of text
  • Field name
  • Field value
  • Fields are mandatory or optional
  • Extension and ignored fields
  • Fields validation
  • Fields order and multiple occurrences
  • Field referencing a file
  • Field referencing a URL
  • Flag fields
  • Referencing the file or directory documented by an ABOUT file
  • Other Mandatory fields
  • Optional Information fields
  • Optional Owner and Author fields
  • Optional Licensing fields
  • Optional Boolean flag fields
  • Optional Extension fields
  • Optional Extension fields to reference files stored in a version control system (VCS)
  • Optional Extension fields for checksums