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@@ -64,10 +64,32 @@ For example:
# VAR_REALLY_COOL - cool right?
#
+Test the documentation formatting by running "cmake --help-module FindXXX".
+Edit the comments until the output of this command looks satisfactory.
+
To have a .cmake file in this directory NOT show up in the
modules documentation, you should start the file with a blank
line.
+After the documentation, leave a *BLANK* line, and then add a
+copyright and licence notice block like this one:
+
+#=============================================================================
+# Copyright 2009-2011 Your Name
+#
+# Distributed under the OSI-approved BSD License (the "License");
+# see accompanying file Copyright.txt for details.
+#
+# This software is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the
+# implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
+# See the License for more information.
+#=============================================================================
+# (To distribute this file outside of CMake, substitute the full
+# License text for the above reference.)
+
+The layout of the notice block is strictly enforced by the ModuleNotices test.
+Only the year range and name may be changed freely.
+
A FindXXX.cmake module will typically be loaded by the command
FIND_PACKAGE(XXX [major[.minor[.patch[.tweak]]]] [EXACT]