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gEDA: gedasymbol.org attributes section comments




Hi DJ,

I have some random comments about http://www.gedasymbols.org/style.html
in the symbol attributes section.


> T . . .
> author=DJ Delorie
> T . . .
> email=dj@delorie.com


	The email= attribute as obsoleted awhile ago and merged with
author.  I think the reasoning was to limit the number of attributes,
to handle multiple e-mail addresses, and keep all contact information
together.  From the master attribute doc:

	The author attribute identifies the name of the author of this
	symbol and their e-mail address. This attribute is optional,
	but it is nice to know who created which symbols. It also serves
	the purpose of known who to contact if there are questions about
	the intent(s) of the symbol. This attribute is free form and
	it can also include people's names who modified the symbol as
	well as multiple e-mail addresses. It is probably also a good
	idea to obfuscate the e-mail address so it is not harvested for
	spam purposes.

		Example: author=Ales Hvezda ahvezdaATgeda.seul.org 

	Whether this is the right thing to do is always debatable.

> T . . .
> dist-license=GPL
> T . . .
> use-license=unlimited

	I like these.  I will add them to the master attribute doc.

	Also, what happens if symbols on the gedasymbol.org site do not
have these attributes?  Are such symbols disallowed, nuked, or just
ignored?

								-Ales