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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+""" About the PyKDE Sampler
+
+Defines the 'about' function to create a KAboutData instance for the
+sampler application.
+"""
+from os.path import dirname, join
+from kdecore import KAboutData
+
+
+appName = 'pykdesampler'
+progName = 'PyKDE Sampler'
+authorName = 'Troy Melhase'
+authorEmail = bugsEmailAddress = 'troy@gci.net'
+version = '0.1'
+shortDescription = 'The PyKDE Sampler'
+licenseType = KAboutData.License_GPL_V2
+copyrightStatement = '(c) 2006, %s' % (authorName, )
+homePageAddress = 'http://www.riverbankcomputing.co.uk/pykde/'
+aboutText = ("The application sampler for PyKDE.")
+contributors = [] # module-level global for keeping the strings around; intentional
+
+
+def about():
+    """ creates KAboutData instance for the app
+
+    """
+    about = KAboutData(
+        appName,
+        progName,
+        version,
+        shortDescription,
+        licenseType,
+        copyrightStatement,
+        aboutText,
+        homePageAddress,
+        bugsEmailAddress)
+    about.addAuthor(authorName, '', authorEmail)
+
+    try:
+        contrib = open(join(dirname(__file__), 'contributors.txt'))
+        contrib = [line.strip() for line in contrib]
+        contrib = [line for line in contrib if not line.startswith('#')]
+        for line in contrib:
+            try:
+                name, task, addr = [s.strip() for s in line.split(',')]
+                contributors.append((name, task, addr))                            
+            except:
+                pass
+    except:
+        pass
+
+    contributors.sort(lambda a, b:cmp(a[0], b[0]))
+    for name, task, addr in contributors:
+        about.addCredit(name, task, addr)
+
+    return about