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Rule for linux's MODULE_AUTHOR
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## Short Description
Linux module source code often lists authors at the end of the file using a macro, `MODULE_AUTHOR("Author Name ")`. This is not currently recognised by scancode-toolkit.
## Possible Labels
- new feature
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- Add License/Copyright []
- Scan Feature [x]
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## **Describe the Update**
Scancode-toolkit should recognise the contents of `MODULE_AUTHOR("Author Name ")` as authors. While this would only be relevant when scanning linux kernel sources, I believe it may still be justifiable as:
1. The text to match is well defined, so implementation should be fairly straightforward.
2. Linux is a popular target for license scanning, owing to its widespread use in products, large number of contributors and several cases of license-related litigation.
## **How This Feature will help you/your organization**
The sources for many linux kernel modules are currently missing a list of authors in the scancode-toolkit output. This feature would help to ensure that these authors are credited correctly.
## **Possible Solution/Implementation Details**
## **Example/Links if Any**
It looks like scancode-toolkit already has rules to handle the matching `MODULE_LICENSE()` macro.
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